Frank Beermann

Frank Beermann

The Chemnitz Opera House, where Beermann was GMD from 2007 to 2012
Born (1965-03-13) 13 March 1965
Hagen, Germany
Education Hochschule für Musik Detmold
Occupation Conductor
Organization Theater Chemnitz
Website frank-beermann.com

Frank Beermann (born 13 March 1965) is a German conductor. He was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) at the Chemnitz Opera for several years, and has worked freelance at international opera houses from 2012. He has conducted premieres and recordings of rarely performed operas and orchestral works.

Career

Beermann was born in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. He was Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Theater Freiburg.[1] From 1997 to 2002 he had a Residenzvertrag with the Hamburgische Staatsoper, and conducted opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Royal Opera Stockholm, the Bonn Opera and the Opéra de Marseille.

Chemnitz Opera

Beermann became in 2007 Generalmusikdirektor of the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie in Chemnitz. At the Chemnitz Opera, Beermann conducted several rarely performed works. Love and Other Demons by Peter Eötvös received its German premiere in the 2008/09 season. The following season brought Franz Schreker's Der Schmied von Gent.[2]

In 2013/14, Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre was staged by Walter Sutcliffe with a set by Georg Baselitz. Beermann left the opera house after the 2015/2016 season to work as a freelance conductor.[3]

Concerts and recordings

In 2006, Beermann conducted Mozart's piano concertos with Matthias Kirschnereit and the Bamberger Symphoniker.[4] He conducted and recorded in Chemnitz, again with Kirschnereit, all piano concertos by Felix Mendelssohn, including the first recording of the reconstructed concerto in E minor.[5] The recording was awarded a ECHO Klassik prize in 2009.[6] He recorded several works by Robert Schumann with the orchestra named after him,[7] including all symphonies including the rarely performed Zwickauer Sinfonie, and all works for violin and orchestra with soloist Ulf Wallin.[8] He dedicated a CD to the work of Hermann Hans Wetzler, and completed recordings of symphonies by Emil von Reznicek by the third and the fourth.[9]

He conducted premieres by Torsten Rasch, in 2011 Wouivres – Four pieces of orchestra and in 2013 Das Haus der Temperamente. In 2013 he also conducted the first performance in Germany and the first recording of Bruno Maderna's Requiem for soloists, choir and orchester.[10][11]

Discography

Recordings by Beermann are held by the German National Library:[12]

Orchestral

Opera, operetta, vocal

References

  1. ↑ Biographie klassik-heute.com
  2. ↑ Schreker, Franz – Der Schmied von Gent – Eine Oper für Jedermann klassik.com
  3. ↑ Chef der Philharmonie verlässt 2016 Chemnitz freiepresse.de
  4. ↑ Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Die Klavierkonzerte – Kirschnereits Mozart klassik.com
  5. ↑ Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix – Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte – Plädoyer für Mendelssohns Klavierkonzerte auf klassik.com
  6. ↑ Die Gewinner des Klassik Echo 2009 auf welt.de
  7. ↑ Schumann, Robert – Sämtliche Sinfonien – Weit mehr als eine klingende Urtextausgabe auf klassik.com
  8. ↑ Schumann, Robert – Werke für Violine & Orchester–Kunstvoll und irritierend schön auf klassik.com
  9. ↑ Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von – Symphonien Nr. 3 & 4 – Mit leichter Hand auf klassik.com
  10. ↑ Deutsche Erstaufführung in Chemnitz auf deutschlandradiokultur.de
  11. ↑ Bruno Maderna – MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig*, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Frank Beermann – Requiem discogs.com 2015
  12. ↑ Publications (in German) German National Library
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