Jonathan Stockhammer
is one of the most versatile conductors of the younger generation, combining a broad experience in the field of contemporary music with a unique and impassioned approach to the classical symphonic and opera repertoire. He has worked with such prominent orchestras and opera companies as Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared at major festivals such as Donaueschingen Music Days and Wien Modern.
Jonathan Stockhammer commences the 2009/2010 season with a debut performance at the Salzburg Festival in August, conducting the Basel Sinfonietta in the festival's concert series Kontinent Varèse. Having premiered Proserpina, by Wolfgang Rihm in Mai 2009 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, he returns to conduct the same orchestra in another work by this renowned composer, Deus Passus. He makes his debut in September with the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI TORINO in Torino and Milan, conducting a program dedicated to composer Toshio Hosokawa. 2010 will include two other major projects: a re-invitation from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to conduct the premiere of Little Night Music by Sondheim in Théâtre du Châtelet, as well as a debut appearance with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.
Opera comprises a central part of Jonathan Stockhammer's musical activities. He has been a regular guest at the Opéra de Lyon since his first appearance there in 1998. An invitation to lead Dusapin's Faustus, The Last Night at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris followed the highly successful premiere of this production at the Opéra de Lyon. The Faustus-DVD was awarded the prestigious Victoire de la musique, Prix Choc and Prix François Reichenbach. He conducted the Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon in two concerts at the Philharmonie Essen in April 2008 and returned to Lyon for new productions of Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy and Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici. In the 2007/2008 season, he appeared at the New Zealand International Arts Festival for the first time, where he conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in several performances of Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins and The Lindbergh Flight. In past seasons, he led, to great acclaim, productions of Carmen at the Freiburg Theater, The Threepenny Opera at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Turnage Twice Through the Heart in Oslo and Krouse Lorca, Child of the Moon in Los Angeles.
After having completed composition and conducting studies in his home city of Los Angeles, Jonathan Stockhammer resettled in Germany, where he became immersed in the unique ensemble culture, conducting the Ensemble Modern, musikFabrik and Ensemble Recherche amongst others. His explorations into the rock/pop genre have included Greggery Peccary & OtherPersuasions, a CD with works by Frank Zappa with Ensemble Modern released in 2003 on RCA, which was honoured with an Echo Klassik award, and performances and the recording of a new soundtrack to Sergei Eisensteins's 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin composed by and performed with the Pet Shop Boys and the Dresdner Sinfoniker. In 2009, the live recording he had conducted of The New Crystal Silence with Chick Corea, Gary Burton and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, received a Grammy award.
is one of the most versatile conductors of the younger generation, combining a broad experience in the field of contemporary music with a unique and impassioned approach to the classical symphonic and opera repertoire. He has worked with such prominent orchestras and opera companies as Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared at major festivals such as Donaueschingen Music Days and Wien Modern.
Jonathan Stockhammer commences the 2009/2010 season with a debut performance at the Salzburg Festival in August, conducting the Basel Sinfonietta in the festival's concert series Kontinent Varèse. Having premiered Proserpina, by Wolfgang Rihm in Mai 2009 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, he returns to conduct the same orchestra in another work by this renowned composer, Deus Passus. He makes his debut in September with the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI TORINO in Torino and Milan, conducting a program dedicated to composer Toshio Hosokawa. 2010 will include two other major projects: a re-invitation from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to conduct the premiere of Little Night Music by Sondheim in Théâtre du Châtelet, as well as a debut appearance with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.
Opera comprises a central part of Jonathan Stockhammer's musical activities. He has been a regular guest at the Opéra de Lyon since his first appearance there in 1998. An invitation to lead Dusapin's Faustus, The Last Night at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris followed the highly successful premiere of this production at the Opéra de Lyon. The Faustus-DVD was awarded the prestigious Victoire de la musique, Prix Choc and Prix François Reichenbach. He conducted the Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon in two concerts at the Philharmonie Essen in April 2008 and returned to Lyon for new productions of Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy and Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici. In the 2007/2008 season, he appeared at the New Zealand International Arts Festival for the first time, where he conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in several performances of Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins and The Lindbergh Flight. In past seasons, he led, to great acclaim, productions of Carmen at the Freiburg Theater, The Threepenny Opera at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Turnage Twice Through the Heart in Oslo and Krouse Lorca, Child of the Moon in Los Angeles.
After having completed composition and conducting studies in his home city of Los Angeles, Jonathan Stockhammer resettled in Germany, where he became immersed in the unique ensemble culture, conducting the Ensemble Modern, musikFabrik and Ensemble Recherche amongst others. His explorations into the rock/pop genre have included Greggery Peccary & OtherPersuasions, a CD with works by Frank Zappa with Ensemble Modern released in 2003 on RCA, which was honoured with an Echo Klassik award, and performances and the recording of a new soundtrack to Sergei Eisensteins's 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin composed by and performed with the Pet Shop Boys and the Dresdner Sinfoniker. In 2009, the live recording he had conducted of The New Crystal Silence with Chick Corea, Gary Burton and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, received a Grammy award.
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