CCM Philharmonia performs a US premiere in Nov. 25 concert
Guest conductor Guido Rumstadt joins the orchestra in a program that spans 200 years of German music
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The CCM Philharmonia welcomes distinguished guest conductor Guido Rumstadt, from the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg, in a program spanning 200 years of German music on Monday, Nov. 25. Titled "Aus Deutschland" the concert features the US premiere of Detlev Glanert's Nine Caricatures and CCM faculty artist Dror Biran on Schumann’s beloved Piano Concerto in A Minor. Tickets are on sale through the CCM Box Office.
CCM Philharmonia concludes its fall 2024 concert cycle with "Aus Deutschland," a performance of masterworks from Germany. The performance begins with Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to Oberon, conducted by CCM graduate student conductor Moyue Zhou. The composer's final opera, Oberon is described as “one of the most remarkable combinations of fantasy and technical skill in modern music.”
Faculty artist Dror Biran, piano, joins the student orchestra for Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, one of the most widely performed and recorded piano concertos from the Romantic period.
CCM Philharmonia will take a brief pause before performing the US premiere of Glanert's Nine Caricatures. One of the most frequently performed opera composers in Germany today, Glanert's music is characterized by an especially lyrical musical language and an affinity with the Romantic tradition, newly explored from a contemporary point of view. The program's grand finale is Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a.
Join us for the CCM Philharmonia's "Aus Deutschland" concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in Corbett Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
Guido Rumstadt is a symphonic, operatic and choral conductor from Heidelberg, Germany. He completed his studies at conservatories in Karlsruhe, Hamburg, and Salzburg, working with Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Klauspeter Seibel and Christoph von Dohnanyi. In his early 20s, he began working as Solorepetitor in Mainz, followed by posts in Karlsruhe and Wiesbaden. In 1983 he founded the Schloßfestspiele Zwingenberg, with performances of Weber’s Der Freischütz, which remained the heart of the festival for 19 years, along with other Romantic operas other works and productions.
From 1993-98, Rumstadt was 1st Kapellmeister at Frankfurt am Main Opera before being named Generalmusikdirector of the Opera in Regensburg. From 2007 to 2023, Mo. Rumstadt served as 1st Kapellmeister at the State Opera in Nuremberg. He has conducted countless performances to critical acclaim, premiering new productions of Verdi’s Otello and Il Trovatore, Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, and Halévy’s La Juive, as well as larger operatic works, including Strauss’s Elektra, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tristan & Isolde, and Der Ring des Nibelungen.
In 2009 Rumstadt was awarded the Professorship for Orchestral Conducting at the Musikhochschule in Nuremberg. Since 2014 he has been Artistic Director of one of Bavaria’s largest choral ensembles, the Hans Sachs Choir. As a guest conductor, Guido Johannes Rumstadt has appeared at Theatre La Monnaie in Brussels, English National Opera, Opera North in Leeds, festivals of Buxton and Wexford, Reis Opera Netherlands, Opera de Nice, the Grand Theatre in Geneva, Opera de Tours et de Rouen, and a long and fruitful collaboration with the Opera in Nantes, France. He has conducted at the Norske Opera in Oslo, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera of Cologne, Rheinoper in Düsseldorf, and the Hannover Staatsoper.
In the United States, he conducted productions of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera’s productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, and for Seattle Opera, the complete Ring cycle. Additionally, he has performed at the Glimmerglass and Wolf Trap Festivals.
Guido Johannes Rumstadt lives in Germany with his wife Eva and their four children.
Dror Biran
Professor of Piano, CCM Piano Performance
442 Memorial Hall
Biran has performed widely as a soloist with major orchestras including the Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra of Spain, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has played under the batons of Etinger, Rodan, Gueller, Gacia Asensio, Mester, Lane and others. His concert tours have taken him to the United States, Israel and South Africa, South Korea and China along with Eastern and Western Europe.
As an avid chamber musician, Biran has appeared on a regular basis with different music ensembles such as Carmel, Amernet and Aviv String Quartets. He premiered works by Grawemyer and Rome Award winners such as York Höler and Sebastian Currier. His concerts have been broadcasted by WUOL, WCLV, WQXR, The Voice of Music – Israel and Classic FM South Africa, among others. Biran can be heard on the JMC (Jerusalem Music Centre) and Centaur labels
A recipient of multiple scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation for distinguished musicians, Biran began his piano studies with Ms. Lily Dorfman, and mentored by Arie Vardi, Paul Schenly, Daniel Shapiro and Lee Luvisi. He graduated from Rubin Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University and the Cleveland Institute of Music where he received his doctorate degree in piano performance.
Biran taught at the University of Louisville, Youngstown State University and Case Western Reserve University. Currently, he serves as Professor of Piano at the College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati.
Aus Deutschland
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director
Featuring Mo. Guido Rumstadt, guest conductor
Featuring faculty artist Dror Biran, piano
WEBER: Oberon Overture
R. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor
DETLEV GLANERT: Nine Caricatures (2001)
J. BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Performance Time
- 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25
- Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location
University of Cincinnati
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