Hooman Khalatbari
| Hooman Khalatbari | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Born |
16 April 1969[1][2] Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Music director, choir and orchestra conductor, pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
Hooman Khalatbari (Persian: هومن خلعتبری) is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.[3]
Hooman Khalatbari started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Arts in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and Bahman Cultural Centre and assistant conductor of Tehran Symphony Choir and Tehran Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Khalatbari moved to Austria in 1996 and entered Kunstuniversität Graz to study choral/orchestral conducting and graduate with honors in 2006.[3][4]
Career
Principal Conductor
Hooman Khalatbari is currently the principal conductor of "Prague Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra" in Prague-Czech. [5]
Founder, Music Director and Conductor
From 2001, Khalatbari is one of the founders, music director and conductor of Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.[6][7]
He has conducted the following operas:
- 2001 – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart
- 2002 – Die Zauberflöte – Mozart
- 2003 – Don Giovanni – Mozart
- 2004 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini
- 2005 – Tosca – Puccini
- 2006 – Così fan tutte – Mozart
- 2007 – Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart
- 2008 – La Cenerentola – Rossini
- 2009 – La Traviata – Verdi
- 2010 – Der Schauspieldirektor – Mozart and Prima la musica e poi le parole – Salieri + Classic unter Stars I (The Most Famous Opera choirs I)
- 2011 – Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss + KUS II (The Most Famous Opera Choirs II)
- 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart + KUS III (Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)
- 2013 – Rigoletto, Verdi + KUS IV (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition)
- 2014 – Don Giovanni – Mozart [8]+ KUS V (George Bizet: Carmen / A Spanish Night)[9][10]
- 2015 – L'elisir d'amore – Gaetano Donizetti [11]
- 2016 – Don Pasquale – Gaetano Donizetti
Others
Since 1999, Hooman Khalatbari has held different positions in Graz Opera and performed as conductor, soloist, chamber musician, accompanist and coordinator in several European countries, USA, Canada and Asia. [12]
Conducting Iranian Orchestral Music
Khalatbari's conducting repertoire spans a wide spectrum of musical traditions, ranging from classical opera and symphonic, to atonal and contemporary music. Conducting the Simorq musical project, the world premiere of Hamid Motebassem with Homayoun Shajarian's vocal, is one of the brightest points in this range.[4][13][14]
References
- ↑ "Hooman Khalatbari". Simorq orchestra.
- ↑ "مروری بر اجرای "سیمرغ" در هلند؛ جوانان میآیند" [Review of the performance of "Phoenix" in the Netherlands] (in Persian). 6 October 2011.
- 1 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2011/10/111006_l41_music_simorgh_concert_review.shtml
- 1 2 http://www.simorq.org/Conductor.29.0.html
- ↑ http://www.en.ficopr.com/inpage/orchestra/
- ↑ http://www.manoto1.com/videos/hoomankhalatbari/vid2809?showcode=show105
- ↑ http://www.momus.hu/article.php?artid=6607
- ↑ http://www.meinbezirk.at/mistelbach/leute/frauenheld-don-giovanni-im-schloss-kirchstetten-d1037740.html
- ↑ http://www.wein4tel.tv/index.php?s=videos&id=121
- ↑ http://www.noen.at/lokales/noe-uebersicht/mistelbach/kultur/Trauma-Tragoedie-Tod%3bart2556%2c476973
- ↑ http://www.noen.at/nachrichten/lokales/aktuell/mistelbach/Maechtige-Carmina-Burana;art2689,654532#
- ↑ http://www.oper-graz.com/ensemble.php?bereich=18
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2011/11/111110_l06_simorgh_am_ptv.shtml
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tvandradio/2012/01/120106_maks_simurgh.shtml