Christian Thielemann
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Biography
Conductor Christian Thielemann was born in Berlin, Germany on April 1, 1959, and has conducted the New Year's Concert in Vienna on several occasions. After completing his musical apprenticeship on piano at the age of five, followed by viola, he went on to study composition and conducting. In 1979, he assisted Herbert von Karajan at the Berlin Philharmonic and the Salzburg Festival, before continuing with Daniel Barenboim at the Bayreuth Festival. Hired as Principal Conductor of Düsseldorf's Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 1985, he was subsequently appointed Music Director of the Nuremberg Opera (1988-1992). He made a name for himself in the United States, conducting two Richard Strauss operas: Elektra in San Francisco in 1991 and Le Chevalier à la rose at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1993. A regular fixture on European opera stages, Christian Thielemann was appointed General Director of Berlin's Deutsche Oper (1997-2004) and conducted at Bayreuth for the first time in 2000, becoming Festival Advisor in 2008 and Music Director from 2015 to 2020. He also began collaborating regularly with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted the Munich Philharmonic from 2004 to 2011, leaving to take over as Music Director of the Staatskapelle Dresden (2012-2024). Very active on the recording front, he made a complete recording of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen with the Vienna Staatsoper and conducted the New Year's Concert in 2019 and again in 2024. Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival between 2013 and 2022, the conductor - renowned for his knowledge of the Germanic repertoire - was appointed General Director of the Berlin Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) as of the 2024 season.
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- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - II. Andante con moto featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - III. Rondo. Vivace featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - I. Allegro moderato featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
- Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio featuring Christian Thielemann
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - "Komm, holder Knabe!" featuring Plácido Domingo
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - "Hier war das Tosen!" featuring Plácido Domingo
- R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 / Opera: Ach! Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 / Opera: Ein schönes war: hieà Theseus featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Die Ãgyptische Helena / Act 2: Zweite Brautnacht! featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Acht Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Op. 10: 1. Zueignung featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Fünf Lieder, Op. 48: 4. Winterweihe featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Fünf Lieder, Op. 48: 1. Freundliche Vision featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 4. Im Abendrot featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 3. Beim Schlafengehen featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 2. September featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 1. Frühling featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - Prelude - "Die Zeit ist da" featuring Georg Solti
- R. Strauss: Vier Gesänge, Op. 33: 1. Verführung featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 / Opera: "Es gibt ein Reich" featuring Münchner Philharmoniker
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 1 - Auszug der Ritter - "Was stehst du noch da?" featuring Georg Solti
- Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 - III. Im Treibhaus (Orch. Mottl) (Live from Salzburg) featuring ElÄ«na GaranÄa
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - "Ho! Ihr Wächter! Ho! Ritter!" featuring Georg Solti
- Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - "Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht! Wahnsinn!" - "Furchtbare Not!" featuring Georg Solti
- Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 1 - No.1a Ballmusik & No.3a Ballmusik by Christian Thielemann
