Excellent Workshops - Intercultural Conference

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Basil H. E. Coleman
gives cultural insights and outlooks on artistic cooperation
Basil H. E. Coleman
General Music Director Landestheater Niederbayern
Emigrating on the continent
The British General Music Director Basil H. E. Coleman,
married to a German, gives rather entertaining
insights into his private and professional international
environment. An intercultural and not only musical
journey full of surprises awaits you!
The conductor Basil H.E. Coleman received his education
at the Keble College at Oxford University and
at the Vienna Conservatory. After positions at the Vereinigten
Städtischen Bühnen Krefeld, Mönchengladbach,
the Münchner Gärtnerplatztheater, and at the
Städtischen Bühnen Augsburg, he was appointed first
conductor of the musical department at the Landestheather
Niederbayern. In September 2000 he took on
the direction of the Department of Musical Theatre at
the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding in
Munich. In 2001 he was appointed musical director
of the Landestheater Niederbayern, and in 2005 he
became General Music Director.
The Landestheater Niederbayern was founded in 1952
and combines two divisions, theatre and musical
theatre. There are three main stages involved in
this regional alliance: the Stadttheater in Landshut
and in Passau, as well as the Theater am Hagen in
Straubing. The Niederbayerische Philharmonie is the
Landestheater’s own orchestra.