9 Oct programme - London Symphony Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor
‘Noseda gave the orchestra
its head when necessary and
they made a jubilant noise …
obviously enjoying themselves
under his leadership.’
Seen and Heard on Noseda and the LSO,
May 2008
Gianandrea Noseda serves as Music Director
of the Teatro Regio Torino, Chief Guest
Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic and
Conductor Laureate of the BBC Philharmonic
in Manchester. Since 2001 he has been
Artistic Director of the Stresa Festival, and
was appointed Victor de Sabata Guest
Conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra. Noseda became the first
foreign Principal Guest Conductor at the
Mariinsky Theatre in 1997 and has been the
Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam
Philharmonic and of the Orchestra Sinfonica
Nazionale della RAI.
Noseda regularly conducts many of the
leading orchestras including the Chicago
Symphony, New York Philharmonic, London
Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra,
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo
Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National
de France, Orchestre de Paris and the NHK
Symphony Orchestra. In future seasons
he will make his debut with the Cleveland
Orchestra and LA Philharmonic.
As Music Director of the Teatro Regio
Torino, Noseda has conducted many opera
productions including Salome directed by
Robert Carsen, Massenet’s Thaïs (available
on Arthaus DVD), Verdi’s La traviata directed
by Laurent Pelly and Mussorgsky’s Boris
Godunov directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
(Opus Arte DVD). In summer 2010 he led
the Teatro Regio forces in their first ever
residency in Japan and China and in May
2011 he toured them in Spain and at the
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Noseda’s privileged relationship with the
Metropolitan Opera began in 2002 with
Prokofiev’s War and Peace and has continued
to this day with La forza del destino (2006),
Un ballo in maschera (2007) and with new
productions of Il trovatore (2009) and La
traviata (2010). In June 2011 he conducted
Lucia di Lammermoor on the Met’s Japan tour.
Noseda’s intense collaboration with the
BBC Philharmonic continues with studio
recordings, subscription concerts at The
Bridgewater Hall and annual appearances at
the BBC Proms in London. Live performances
of Beethoven’s complete symphonies from
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester by the BBC
Philharmonic conducted by Noseda in 2005
attracted the historical figure of 1.4 million
download requests in a BBC trial which
was offered as part of BBC Radio 3’s The
Beethoven Experience.
An exclusive Chandos artist since 2002,
his discography includes Prokofiev, Karlowitz,
Dvorˇák, Smetana, Shostakovich, Liszt’s
Symphonic works, Rachmaninov (the operas
and the symphonies), Mahler and Bartók.
An extensive survey of the music of the
Italian composers of the 20th century has
included Respighi, Dallapiccola, Wolf-Ferrari
(Diapason d’or in France) and Casella.
He has also recorded for Deutsche
Grammophon conducting the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra in Anna Netrebko’s
debut album and the Teatro Regio Torino
Orchestra for a Mozart album featuring
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo.
Gianandrea Noseda is closely involved with
the next generation of musicians through his
tireless work with youth orchestras such as
the Orchestra of the Royal College of Music
in London, National Youth Orchestra of Great
Britain and the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana.
In summer 2010 he toured with the European
Union Youth Orchestra throughout Europe.
Gianandrea Noseda holds the honour
of Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito della
Repubblica Italiana.
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