Yoel Gamzou

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Yoel Gamzou
יואל גמזו
Born (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • Composer
Organizations
AwardsECHO Klassik
Websitewww.yoelgamzou.com

Yoel Gamzou (Hebrew: יואל גמזו; 10 March 1988)[1] is an Israeli-American conductor and composer, known for works by Gustav Mahler, especially his completion of Mahler's Symphony No. 10. He has been music director at the Theater Bremen from 2017, and has conducted at major European opera houses.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Tel Aviv, Gamzou grew up in a family of musicians.[1][2] He learned cello as a boy, and was exposed to music by Gustav Mahler, which inspired him at age 12 to pursue being a conductor.[1] He completed schooling at age 14.[3] At age 15, he moved to New York City to study.[4] He tried regular studies also in Paris and London, but failed.[4] He studied privately in Italy as the last student of Carlo Maria Giulini.[2][1]

Gamzou founded his own orchestra in 2006, the International Mahler Orchestra (IMO),[2][5] of players from 25 countries.[1] In 2010, 100 years after its completion, he finished his version of a playable score of Mahler's Symphony No. 10, which was published by Schott Music.[6] It was premiered in Berlin on 5 September 2010, with Gamzou conducting the IMO.[4] The performance, the conclusion of the Jüdische Kulturtage (Jewish Culture Days) at the Synagoge Rykestraße,[6] received praise from reviewers and the audience.[1][4] From 2010, Gamzou was chief conductor of the Neue Philharmonie München. From 2012 to 2015, he was First Kapellmeister of the Staatsorchester Kassel [de], conducting operas at the Staatstheater Kassel including Beethoven's Fidelio, Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Verdi's Rigoletto and Puccini's Tosca.[2] In 2017, he became music director at Theater Bremen, conducting Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mzensk District.[2] He conducted there in 2019 Korngold's Die tote Stadt, and was credited with a successful revival of the music by his fervent and passionate dedication "(mit seinem glutvollen und leidenschaftlichen Einsatz)".[7] He conducted the opera also at the Bavarian State Opera in 2021, with Elena Guseva and Klaus Florian Vogt in the leading roles,[8] and at the Vienna State Opera in 2022.[9]

He conducted orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Symphoniker Hamburg and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.[1][2] He was awarded the ECHO Klassik for young conductors in 2017.[2]

Awards[edit]

  • 2007 Special prize of the Bamberger Symphoniker's Gustav Mahler conducting competition [2]
  • 2012 Berenberg Kulturpreis Hamburg[1]
  • 2013 Princess Margriet Award of the European Cultural Foundation[1][5]
  • 2017 ECHO Klassik in the category Nachwuchskünstler (Dirigat) for the recording of Mahler's Tenth Symphony[2][10]

Further reading[edit]

  • Symphonie Nr. 10 (1910), Komponist: Gustav Mahler, Realisation und Weiterentwicklung der unvollendeten Skizzen, Konzertfassung: Yoel H. Gamzou (2003–2010, second version, fall 2012), Schott Music, Mainz 2015, ISMN 979-0-001-19776-2.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Yoel Gamzou". Schott Music. 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Yoel Gamzou / Conductor". Paris Opera. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ Milch, Volker (15 November 2011). "Die große Mahler-Mission: Yoel Gamzou studiert in Wiesbaden die 10. Sinfonie ein". Wiesbadener Kurier (in German). Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Krekeler, Elmar (8 July 2010). "Ein Wunderkind vollendet Mahlers zehnte Sinfonie". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Yoel Gamzou and the International Mahler Orchestra". European Cultural Foundation. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Symphonie Nr. 10 / Symphonie Nr. 10 / for large orchestra / Realisation and elaboration of the unfinished drafts / A concert version by Yoel H. Gamzou". Schott Music. 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ Schalz-Laurenze, Ute (13 May 2019). "Wie ein Sog – Erich Wolfgang Korngolds "Die tote Stadt" am Theater Bremen". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ Weiß, Michael Bastian (6 December 2021). ""Die tote Stadt" im Nationaltheater: Mann mit düsteren Leidenschaften". Abendzeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Die tote Stadt" (in German). Vienna State Opera. February 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  10. ^ Preisträger ECHO 2017 (.pdf), retrieved 30 July 2017.

External links[edit]

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