PITTSBURGH 〓 Manfred Honeck Has Extended His Contract With The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

2021/09/25
【最終更新日】2021/10/28

Manfred Honeck has extended his contract with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Honeck has been Principal Conductor since 2008, and this renewal extends his term to the end of the 2027/2028 season.

Honeck is 63 years old born in Nenzing, Austria. He became a conductor after working as a viola player for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. His younger brother, Rainer, is the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.。

His starting point as a conductor was the associate conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugent Orchestra under Claudio Abbado.

Since then, he has been Principal Conductor and Music Director of the MDR Symphony Orchestra（1996-1999）, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra（2000-2006） and the Stuttgart State Opera（2007-2011）.

In the new season, Horneck will hold five world premiere concerts, including works commissioned by the orchestra. In April 2022, for the first time in the orchestra’s 125-year history, he will spend a week performing a concert of all nine Beethoven symphonies.

Photo：Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra　/　Kai Bienert


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