Saint-Saens, Schumann, Bergamo
February 2, 2012
PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Scriabin, Martinu
March 19, 2012
ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA Y CORO DE LA RTVE, MADRID
Scriabin, Schumann
April 12/13, 2012
Aleksandar Markovic, conductor
Being chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic appears 2010/11 with his orchestra at the Festspielhaus Salzburg, at the Stefaniensaal Graz (3rd Mahler) and at the Brucknerhaus Linz. In this time he also made his debuts at the Dresdner Philharmonie, with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Zagreb Philharmonic. He opened the Liszt-Year 2011 together with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted once more the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker. 2011/12 he will conduct the Japan tour with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by his debuts at the Festival Dvorak’s Prag, at the Staatskapelle Halle, with the Orchestre National d´Ile de France and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he conducts anew the RTVE Symphony Orchestra.
In 2010 Aleksandar Markovic made his debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus, moreover he conducted the 9th Beethoven at the closing concert of the Music Festival Bratislava and the Verdi-Requiem at the Palace of Arts Budapest. Before that he made his debuts with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra Spirit of Europe, the Staatsorchester Braunschweig, the Nürnberg Philharmonic, the German Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Württembergische Philharmonie, in addition he conducted a new production of Forza del destino at the National Theatre Belgrade and opened the Wiener Festwochen with the Wiener Symphoniker.
From 2005-08 Aleksandar Markovic was chief conductor at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, where he lead 10 highly acclaimed premieres ( Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci, Swan Lake, Romeo et Juliette, Der fliegende Holländer, Salome, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Traviata, Nabucco and Norma) and numerous concerts with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck.
Aleksandar Markovic performed at the National Theatre Prague and the Landes-theater Salzburg and worked with DSO Berlin, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Prague Symphony, Wiener Kammerorchester and Concertverein, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Symphonieorchester St. Gallen, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and National Symphony, Janacek Philharmony, Belgrade Radio Orchestra and Philharmonic, Croatian Radio Orchestra and Rheinische Philharmonie.
Apart from the classical symphonic repertoire Aleksandar Markovic is a proponent of contemporary music. He premiered Feuerlicht, Nachtschatten by Dirk D’Ase at the Wiener Musikverein,and conducted symphonies by Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Karl Schiske as well as pieces by Witold Lutoslawski, György Ligeti, Philip Glass, Tristan Keuris, Mathias Pintscher, Thomas Larcher und Erkki-Sven Tüür.
Aleksandar Markovic is the 1. Prize winner of the 7th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Conductors’ Competition in Katowice, Poland. He studied at the “Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien“ under Leopold Hager and attended master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he has been awarded Diploma d’onore. Aleksandar Markovic held a scholarship of the prestigeous Herbert von Karajan Foundation Berlin.