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Conductor - Casting Director
Born: 7/6/1958
Citizenship: Danish/U.S.A.
Education
1976 - 1982 "Royal Academy of Music", Denmark
1978 "Conservatorio San Martino", Bologna
1979 "Ecole Normale de la Musique", Paris
1980 "Mozarteum", Salzburg - Tatjana Nikolajewa
1984 "California State University", Los Angeles - Jakob Gimpel
Career
1978 - 1986 Extensive concert activity as solo piano recitalist and as soloist with orchestra in
Denmark, Germany, Italy, U.S.A., France, Switzerland etc.
1986 Musical director of the "Copenhagen University Student Orchestra"
1988 Musical director "The University Choir", Copenhagen
1989 - 1992 Conducting assistant "Münster Stadttheater", Germany
1992 - 1999 Principal conductor at TIROLER LANDESTHEATER, Innsbruck;
Opera productions and concerts in Ankara, Turkey (Otello), Berlin, Paris,
Scandinavia etc.
1997 Debut in the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC HALL;
Recording for DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHONE
1999 Debut in the GEWANDHAUS, Leipzig with MDR
1999 Resident conductor and Casting director at VOLKSOPER WIEN
2001 Sinfonieconcerts Brasil
Tournee summer Italy: "La Traviata", "Il barbiere di Siviglia", sinfonie concerts
2002 Japan Tour: "Die lustige Witwe" (Cheryl Studer)
Recordings
Kuhlau: Works for male-chorus (Dania Records)
Wüsthoff: Das Kuscheltierkonzert; BERLINER SYMPHONIKER - world premiere recording (Deutsche Grammophone)
Langgaard, Rued: Antichrist, Tiroler Landestheater/Innsbruck, Symphonieorchester Tirol - world premiere recording (Danacord).
This year he received the Danish 'Grammy Award' for the best classical recording.
Internationally
known as an expert for Italian singing style- and tradition. Niels Muus
is guest professor at the UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, Sweden, at the
OPERA CENTRUM, Amsterdam and at the CONSERVATORIO MONTEVERDI, Bolzano,
Italy.
Mr. Muus is chairman of the Jury for the
BELVEDERE-competition for opera coaches, Vienna and is a member of the
Jurys in Dublin MUSICIAN OF THE FUTURE as well as the singing
competition in Merano, Italy.
1999 Niels Muus received the Danish Radio-prize for his extraordinary importance for
Danish music.
Konzert Repertoire
Bach:
Matthäus-Passion
Johannes-Passion
Haydn:
Sinfonien 45, 49, 88, l00, l0l, l04
Die Schöpfung
Messen
Konzerte
Mozart:
Sinfonien 25, 29, 36, 38, 39, 40, 4l
Klavierkonzerte (alle)
Krönungsmesse
Violinkonzerte
Divertimenti
Requiem
Beethoven:
Sinfonien l, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Klavierkonzerte (alle)
Violinkonzert
Missa Solemnis
Schubert:
Sinfonien 4, 5, 8, 9
Mendelssohn:
Sinfonien 3, 4
Violinkonzert
Ein Sommernachtstraum
Schumann:
Sinfonien (alle)
Cello-Konzert
Klavierkonzert
Brahms:
Sinfonien (alle)
Klavierkonzerte
Violinkonzert
Serenade
Bruckner:
Sinfonie 4
Mahler:
Kindertotenlieder
Rückert-Lieder
Das Lied von der Erde
Stravinski:
Symphonie of Psalms
Oedipus Rex
Petrouchka
Dumbarton Oaks
Klavierkonzert
Apollon Musagete
Persephone
Webern:
alle Werke
Schoenberg:
Verklärte Nacht
Pelleas e Melisande
Klavierkonzert
Nielsen:
Sinfonien (alle)
Violinkonzert
Klarinettenkonzert
Debussy:
La Mer
Nocturnes
Prelude a apres-midi d'un faune
Wagner:
Wesendonck-Lieder
Tristan, Vorspiel, Liebestod
Verdi:
Requiem
Quattri Pezzi Sacrae
Ravel:
Klavierkonzerte
La Valse
Bolero
Daphnes e Cloe
Ives:
Three places in New Eng-land
Sinfonie 4
Prokofiev:
Classical Symphonie
Peter and the Wolf
Violinkonzerte
Klavierkonzerte
Strauss:
Till Eulenspiegel
Tod und Verklärung
Rosenkavalier-Suite
Hindemith:
Mathis der Maler
Sinfonische Metamorphosen
Strauss J.:
Walzer, Polkas etc.
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Repertorio
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Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti) :
1/3/2000 - 17/3/2000 Volksoper Wien
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