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General Management with Askonas Holt
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Eva Wagner, Astrid Schoerke Kunstlersekretariat
Japan: Chikako Itagaki, Novellette Arts Management
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About Thomas
Principal Conductor: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Principal Conductor: Irish Chamber Orchestra Principal Conductor: Orchestre National d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Conductor Laureate: Royal Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair enjoys international acclaim as a violinist, conductor and founding member of Zehetmair Quartet. Thomas received much inspiration from his work as a soloist with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Frans Brüggen, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and Paavo Järvi.
As a conductor, he has appeared with orchestras including London Philharmonic, The Hallé, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Eighteenth-Century, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Hamburger Philharmoniker, Mozarteum Orchester and Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
He was Chief Conductor of Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Artistic Partner of St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra and Music Director of Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Thomas has an extensive and varied discography, including Paganini's Caprices, which won a Midem Classic Award. He received Gramophone Awards for his rendition of the Elgar Concerto with Sir Mark Elder and Szymanowski Concertos with Sir Simon Rattle. A Gramophone Award of the Year and four other international prizes were presented to the Zehetmair Quartet for their recording of Schumann Quartets.
He received an Opus Klassik Award 2020 for his disc of Bach's Six Solo Sonatas and Partitas, recorded with Baroque violin, which was also selected by The New York Times as one of “The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019” and Die Zeit as one of their six favourite recordings of 2019.
Representation
General Management with Askonas Holt
Partner managers:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Eva Wagner, Astrid Schoerke Kunstlersekretariat
Japan: Chikako Itagaki, Novellette Arts Management
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Season Highlights
Sample Programmes
Solo Bach
J. S Bach: Solo Sonatas & Partitas Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002 Sonata No.2 in A minor BWV 1003 Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004 Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005 Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006
Solo
Biber: Passacaglia in G minor Zimmermann: Sonata for solo violin Hartmann: Sonata No.1 for solo violin interval Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004
News
Press
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Queens Hall EdinburghOct 2021Zehetmair’s high-energy, high-impact approach really came into its own in the concert’s closer, Haydn’s “Oxford” Symphony, from a shapely, stylish slow movement (with supple, sculpted contributions from principal flautist André Cebrián), to a boisterious (sic) minuet and trio that would have made its dancers break a sweat.
- The Scotsman
- 15 October 2021
Discography
- Perspectives
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 14
- Bartok Casken Beethoven
- Bach: Solo sonatas and partitas
- Brahms: Symphonies
- Schumann: Violin Concerto
- Britten
- Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 5
- Schubert, Gal Vol 2
- Schubert, Gal
- Mantos and Madrigals
- Stravinsky
- Paganini Capricci
- Ysaÿe: Sonatas for solo violin
- Brahms Violin Concerto