Ivan Anguelov Conductors
One of the finest conductors in Europe, Ivan Anguélov goes from strength to strength, with most recent successes including Falstaff for Opera Zuid in Holland, and concert and opera appearances throughout the remainder of the year.
Ivan Anguélov, one of the finest conductors in Europe, has appeared in numerous International Festivals, including the Arena of Aspendos, the Antibes Festival, the Verdi Festival in Prague, the International Festival in Chiemgau, and the Wagner Festival at the Neuschwanstein castle. His conducting credits include Aida with Michele Crider in the title role in Berlin and Düsseldorf, in addition to the Gerry-Weber-Stadium and the Oberammergau Passion Theatre.
Born in Kavala, Greece, he began his musical studies at the National Academy of Music in his hometown Sofia, and finished them in Moscow and Germany (with Igor Markewitch, Carlos Klaiber and Wolfgang Sawallisch). He first rose to prominence winning the Special Prize in the Prince Rainier III Scholarship in Monte Carlo, going on to take up a post as Chief Conductor at the National Opera of Plovdiv, before moving to positions at Bienne and Lausanne in Switzerland, Bonn and finally as GMD to the National Opera Bratislava, where in 1995, he was awarded the FURTWÄNGLER-PRIZE for particularly outstanding artistic achievements.
He is a much sought-after conductor on the symphonic circuit. Orchestras with whom he has featured prominently include the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestras of Moscow, Munich and Stockholm, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo, Orchestra della RTS Italiana (at the Lucerne Festival), the Radio Orchestras of Munich, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Sofia, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rheinische Philharmonie.
His gala opera performances have included highly-acclaimed appearances with Dame Gwyneth Jones, Grace Bumbry, Edita Gruberova, Lucia Aliberti, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Dame Margaret Price, Denyce Graves, Neil Shicoff, Eva Marton, Paata Burchuladze, Piero Cappuccilli and Sergej Larin.
His vast discography includes Hans Werner Henze’s Boulevard Solitude and a complete version of Verdi’s Il Trovatore. In 2002 his recording Wagners Portrait (with Robert Dean Smith) won the Orphée d’Or Richard Wagner Prize for the best Wagner recording of the year, and in 2005 he completed his project to record all Antonin Dvorak’s symphonies.
In 2007 he was awarded The Golden Feather for his contribution to Bulgarian culture.
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