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Karel Mark Chichon
Birth nameKarel Mark Chichon
Born1971
London, UK
OriginLondon
GenresClassical
Occupationconductor
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.karelmarkchichon.com

Karel Mark Chichon OBE (born 1971) is a British conductor.

He is Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (beginning September 2011) and has also been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (2009–12). His previous positions include Chief Conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra (2006–09).

Education

Chichon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he attended master-classes with Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle and numerous major prizes. He furthered his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with Leopold Hager and was Assistant Conductor to Giuseppe Sinopoli and Valery Gergiev.

Career

In recognition to his services to music, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England appointed Chichon an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire OBE in June 2012.

In addition to his post in Saarbrücken, Chichon regularly conducts at the Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu and with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Wiener Symphoniker, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Russian National Orchestra in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Turin, Bologna, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

Future debuts include Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera New York and La Bohème at Teatro alla Scala Milan.

In December 2010, he made a thrilling debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam for a set of four subcription concerts, stepping in for Antonio Pappano at short notice. These concerts were immediately acclaimed by the critics and audience.

He made his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon in March 2010 conducting the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI which was released in September 2010. Over the next five years he will record the complete orchestral works of Dvořák with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie for the record label Hänssler Classic. He is a frequent guest conductor with leading orchestras throughout the world at venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Vienna,Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Festival Hall London, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris, Munich Philharmonie, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Alter Oper Frankfurt, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Auditorio Nacional de Musica Madrid and Seoul Arts Center South Korea.

Personal life

He is married to the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča. Their first child, Catherine Louise, was born on 22 September 2011, and their second child, Christina Sophie, was born on 10 January 2014.

Footnotes

References

  • "Karel Mark Chichon". Rieder Classics Konzertagentur. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  • "Karel Mark Chichon". Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival. Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  • "Karel Mark Chichon". Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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