Hooman Khalatbari

Hooman Khalatbari
Background information
Born	17 April 1969[1][2] Tehran, Iran
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Music director, choir and orchestra conductor, pianist
Instruments	Piano

Hooman Khalatbari (Persian: هومن خلعتبری) is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.^[3]

Hooman Khalatbari started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Arts in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and Bahman Cultural Centre and assistant conductor of Tehran Symphony Choir and Tehran Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.

Khalatbari moved to Austria in 1996 and entered Kunstuniversität Graz to study choral/orchestral conducting and graduate with honors in 2006.^[3][4]

Career

Principal Conductor

Hooman Khalatbari is currently the principal conductor of "Prague Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra" in Prague-Czech. ^[5]

Exterior of Kirchstetten Castle - Hooman Khalatbari is the founder, music director and conductor of the Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.

Founder, Music Director and Conductor

From 2001, Khalatbari is one of the founders, music director and conductor of Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.^[6][7]

Exterior of Graz Opera House - Hooman khalatbari holds different positions in Graz Opera since 1999.

He has conducted the following operas:

• 2001 – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart
• 2002 – Die Zauberflöte – Mozart
• 2003 – Don Giovanni – Mozart
• 2004 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini
• 2005 – Tosca – Puccini
• 2006 – Così fan tutte – Mozart
• 2007 – Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart
• 2008 – La Cenerentola – Rossini
• 2009 – La Traviata – Verdi
• 2010 – Der Schauspieldirektor – Mozart and Prima la musica e poi le parole – Salieri + Classic unter Stars I (The Most Famous Opera choirs I)
• 2011 – Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss + KUS II (The Most Famous Opera Choirs II)
• 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart + KUS III (Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)
• 2013 – Rigoletto, Verdi + KUS IV (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition)
• 2014 – Don Giovanni – Mozart ^[8]+ KUS V (George Bizet: Carmen / A Spanish Night)^[9][10]
• 2015 – L'elisir d'amore – Gaetano Donizetti ^[11]
• 2016 – Don Pasquale – Gaetano Donizetti

Others

The world premiere of Hamid Motebassem's Simorq project; conducted by Hooman Khalatbari

Since 1999, Hooman Khalatbari has held different positions in Graz Opera and performed as conductor, soloist, chamber musician, accompanist and coordinator in several European countries, USA, Canada and Asia. ^[12]

Conducting Iranian Orchestral Music

Khalatbari's conducting repertoire spans a wide spectrum of musical traditions, ranging from classical opera and symphonic, to atonal and contemporary music. Conducting the Simorq musical project, the world premiere of Hamid Motebassem with Homayoun Shajarian's vocal, is one of the brightest points in this range.^[4][13][14]

References

External links

• Hooman Khalatbari's Official Website
• Hooman Khalatbari's Official Fan Page