Claire Levacher
Conductor
NEWS
CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA
Claire Levacher conducts the RSO-ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester at the
Wiener Konzerthaus for the TV LIVE concert event on 15. and 16. December 2023.
DALASINFONIETTAN
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Claire Levacher has been appointed chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Dalasinfoniettan Orchestra in Falun/Sweden in 2024.
BIOGRAPHY
Ever since her successful debuts at the Opéra National de Lyon in 2009 , Claire Levacher has established herself internationally as a conductor with a wide operatic and symphonic repertoire including contemporary world premieres.
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She often appears as guest conductor with leading ensembles such as the Radiosymphonie Orchester Wien, the Wienerkammerorchester, the Symphonieorchester Voralberg, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre National de Lorraine, the Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre d'Auvergne, the Orchestre de Picardie, the Dalasinfonietta of Sweden, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Lebanon, the Vietnam Philharmonic Orchestra.
After serving as assistant conductor at the Opéra National de Paris, at the Opéra Comique in Paris, at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and at the Theater an der Wien, Claire Levacher has been invited to conduct at the Göteborg Opera , at the Theater an der Wien-Kammeroper, at the Bregenz Festival, at the Opera du Rhin, at the Prague Opera, at the Graz Opera.
From 2020 onwards, Claire Levacher is Professorin für Orchesterausbildung at the University of Graz, Austria. Before 2011, she had developed her pedagogical activity as professor of conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) and as Musical Director of the Orchestre des Lauréats at the CNSMDP. She has also been invited to conduct at the Univeristy of Illinois (USA), at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik, at the Budapest Franz Liszt Academy, at the franco-german Opus XXI Academy and at the Neemrana Foundation (India).
A pianist by training, Claire Levacher obtained three first prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, a master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan (USA) and she was awarded a French government grant to further study conducting with Leopold Hager at the Musikhochschule of Vienna. She won the first prize at the International Conducting Competition in Treviso (Italy) and the second prize in orchestral conducting at the Prague Spring International Music Festival (Czech Republic).
In the 2022/2023 season, Claire Levacher conducts the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna for the «Christmas in Vienna » TV live concert at the Konzerthaus of Vienna and makes her debuts with the Klangforum of Vienna for two creations of Sarah Nemtsov and Michael Pelzel. A reinvitation brings her back to Bregenz Festival with Werther of Massenet.
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With effect of 2024, Claire Levacher has been appointed chief conductor and artistic advisor of Dalasinfoniettan in Falun/Sweden.
In recognition of her services to French musical life, Claire Levacher has been appointed 'Officier des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Ministry of Culture.
SCHEDULE
Klangforum Wien / Wiener Konzerthaus
12 Dezember 2022
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XENAKIS : Okho for 3 percussionists (A. Lipowski,L. Schiske,B. Wilker)
NEMTSOV : Sacrifice – Suite für Ensemble UA
PELZEL : „Pavlopetri“ – in memoriam Iannis Xenakis
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RSO – ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien / Wiener Konzerthaus
16, 17 Dezember 2022 – Live TV
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CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA
Katharina Konradi, Jamie Barton, Rolando Villazón,
Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Sängerknaben, Bartolomey Bittmann
Matthias Bartolomey, cello, Klemens Bittmann, violin, mandola
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Kunst Universität Graz / Ligeti-Saal
28, 30 Januar / 1, 3 Februar 2023
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BOESMANS : Reigen
Gesangsstudierende, Opernorchester der KUG
Inszenierung : Ingo Kerkhof
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Oper Graz
11, 12, 16 Februar / 1, 4, 5, 31 März / 15, 27 April 2023
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BIZET : Carmen (Ballett)
Choreografin : Beate Vollack
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Dalasinfoniettan Orchestra / Falun
24, 25 March 2023
GLUCK : Iphigenia in Aulis Overture
STAERN : Sånger om bländvit kärlek, for alto and orchestra (Pers Anna Larsson, alto)
BERLIOZ : Romeo and Juliet’s Love scene
CHERUBINI : Symphony in D
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Kunst Universität Graz / Ligeti-Saal
8, 9 Mai 2023
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BEETHOVEN : Egmont (Schauspielmusik zu Goethes Drama)
KUG Orchester, Institut Jazz, Institut Schauspiel, Mitglieder des Stegreif.Orchesters
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Bregenzer Festpiele
14, 16, 18, 19 August 2023
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MASSENET : Werther
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Regie : Jana Vetten
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Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris
15 September 2023
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FEIERABEND : Musique pour quatuor à cordes
CHOI : Weight of Waiting
LEPAUVRE : Circé "Nous sommes les voix de celles qui n'en ont plus"
Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire
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Kunst Universität Graz / Stefaniensaal Graz
9 November 2023
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MENDELSSOHN : Die Hebriden
WALTON : Konzert für Viola und Orchester (Solist to be determined)
DEBUSSY : La Mer
KUG Orchester
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RSO – ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien / Wiener Konzerthaus
15, 16 Dezember 2023 – Live TV
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CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA
Patricia Petibon, soprano
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Sängerknaben
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Kunst Universität Graz / György-Ligeti-Saal
19 Januar 2024
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MOZART Divertimento KV.136
DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et danse profane
SCHOSTAKOVITCH Kammersymphonie op.110a
KUG Orchester
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Dalasinfoniettan Orchestra / Falun
23, 24 February 2024
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DEBUSSY : Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune
BERIO : Folk songs (Matilda Paulssons, mezzo-soprano)
BEETHOVEN : Symphony 4
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Dalasinfoniettan Orchestra / Falun
22, 23 March 2024
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REBEL : Les Elemens
RAMEAU : Suite des Boréades
DELERUE : Pour un temps de Sérénité, de Clarté, de Méditation
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No 6
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Dalasinfoniettan Orchestra / Falun
13 April 2024
MENDELSSOHN : Midsommarnattsdröm
HAYDN : Seasons (excerpts)
HONEGGER: Pastorale d’été
DELERUE : Pour un temps de Sérénité, de Clarté, de Méditation
TON-THAT TIET : Vo vi
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Kunst Universität Graz / Stefaniensaal 29 April 2024
Betlmenská kaple / Prag 30 April 2024
MOZART : Ouvertüre zu Don Giovanni KV 527 ,
MOZART : Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, KV 297b
MORATO RIBERA : Premiere (2024)
DVORAK : Tschechische Suite
KUG und HAMU Orchester
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PRESS
Opéra de Lyon
Le Roi malgré lui, Chabrier
Mise en scène : Laurent Pelly
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« L’orchestre est tenu de bout en bout, épanoui, pimpant, d’une belle étoffe, parfaitement d’accord avec un choeur très animé, nous rappelant, à chaque mesure, que Le Roi Malgré Lui fourmille de trouvailles et d’imprévus. »
OPERA MAGAZINE
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« Dirigentin Claire Levacher animiert das Wiener Kammerorchester zu einem hochdramatischen Puccini »
KURIER
Theater an der Wien - Kammeroper
La Bohème, Puccini
Inszenierung : Lotte de Beer
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« French conductor Claire Levacher brings a deft touch to the Bizet score, balancing delicacy and restraint in tender moments with powerful emotionnal impact in the marches and dramatic scenes. The premiere was interrupted frequently with bursts of applause. »
PRAGUE POST
Prague Opera
Carmen, Bizet
Stage director : Zdenek Troska
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« La cheffe française Claire Levacher maitrise parfaitement son sujet et crée une pâte sonore, sensuelle, ductile et mouvante, passant de la retenue à l’emportement d’un coup de baguette. L’Orchestre de l’opéra semble parfaitement à l’écoute et répond comme un seul homme avec mention particulière au pupitre des vents dont le velouté fait merveille.»
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« Für das Orchester ist diese Dirigentin ein echter Glücksfall. Ihre Gesten sind präzise, klar, aber auch anfeuernd und mitreissend.»
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« Es ist ihr [Claire Levacher] sehr gut gelungen und das Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg hat das auch wirklich sehr kompakt realisiert, sehr stimmungsvoll realisiert. »
FORUM OPERA
Göteborg Opera
La Voix humaine, Poulenc
Mise en scène : David Radok
GENERAL-ANZEIGER
DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Beethovenfest Bonn
Bregenzer Festpiele
To the lighthouse, Seglias
Inszenierung : Olivier Tambosi
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