Wilson Hermanto Conductor A fine conductor, Wilson Hermanto ...
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<strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong><br />
<strong>Conductor</strong><br />
A <strong>fine</strong> <strong>conductor</strong>, <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> conducted the<br />
Haydn with style, giving the work a lightness of touch<br />
and elegance Le Temps February 2011<br />
<strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong>, the Swiss based American <strong>conductor</strong>, has had a number of successful<br />
debuts to his credit, most recently with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and<br />
the Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. His successful debut with the<br />
Orchestre national de Lyon in spring 2012, conducting an adventurous programme of works<br />
of Varèse, Schoenberg and Brahms/ Schoenberg is followed by a return to conduct an all<br />
Wagner program in the 2012/2013 season.<br />
Other recent engagements have included performances with the London Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra in a programme of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, the Prague Symphony Orchestra<br />
(Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloe), Orchestra of Schleswig-Holstein Festival with pianist<br />
Lang Lang on its USA tour, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (Tokyo and Paris), the<br />
Festival Chamber Orchestra Français de la Grange de Meslay as well the Orchestre<br />
National du Capitole de Toulouse, replacing Mikko Franck.<br />
The 2011/ 2012 season opened with a series of concerts in Rennes with the Orchestre de<br />
Bretagne, including works by Dvorak and Brahms. This was followed by a ten concert<br />
French tour with the Orchestre national d´Île de France which also included a Paris concert<br />
to showcase the programme of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert as well as a world<br />
premiere Triple Concerto by Matteo Franchescini with the Trio Wanderer as soloists. In<br />
Lausanne <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> conducted a prestigious Mahler/Mozart programme with<br />
soloists Pascal Moragues clarinet and soprano Miah Persson, supported by the<br />
distinguished musicologist Mr Henry-Louis de la Grange.<br />
During the 2012/2013 season <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> makes his debuts with the Ulster Orchestra<br />
in Belfast and the Orquesta Filharmonica de Bogota in Columbia.<br />
In September 2011, Offenbach Orphée aux enfers with the exciting young director,<br />
Stephan Groegler, was the successful production of the Geneva Conservatoire. Featured<br />
in a long television interview, excerpts can be seen on the websites below.<br />
In recent seasons, <strong>Wilson</strong> has worked in addition with the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra<br />
of the NDR Hannover, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne,<br />
the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de<br />
Lorraine, Brandenburg State Orchestra, Sinfonia Cracovia and Sinfonietta de Lausanne.<br />
In the USA, <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> joined the Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant <strong>Conductor</strong>, a<br />
post he held from 2002 – 2004. He conducted the orchestra on numerous occasions during<br />
his tenure, working closely with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, guest <strong>conductor</strong>s, and<br />
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on touring projects. He was then invited to collaborate with M. Christoph Eschenbach and a<br />
number of orchestras between 2004 - 2007.<br />
He made his Blossom Festival debut conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in the summer of<br />
2003. <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> was active in the planning of education programmes with the<br />
Cleveland Orchestra as well as taking part in the training programme of the Cleveland<br />
Orchestra Youth Orchestra.<br />
Prior to his position in Cleveland, <strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> was Music Director of the Young<br />
Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles, continuing the tradition of its<br />
past music directors such as André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas and Myung-Whun<br />
Chung. The YMF Debut Orchestra is among the most respected and important training<br />
orchestras for young musicians in the United States and Mr. <strong>Hermanto</strong>’s appointment to<br />
lead this ensemble came as a result of his winning a national <strong>conductor</strong> search competition<br />
in 1999. In his three year tenure in Los Angeles he performed several important world<br />
premiere works by American composers as part of a collaboration between the YMF Debut<br />
Orchestra and the BMI Foundation, as well as the standard works from Classical, Romantic<br />
and 20th Century repertoire, including the Orchestra’s first performance of Bruckner<br />
Symphony No 9.<br />
<strong>Wilson</strong> <strong>Hermanto</strong> has a keen and active interest in contemporary repertoire. He was<br />
invited by Pierre Boulez to be one of only two young <strong>conductor</strong>s to participate in the<br />
Lucerne Festival Academy, working intensively with Maestro Boulez on works by<br />
contemporary composers.<br />
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