| Daniel Lipton |
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| Daniel Lipton is widely regarded as one of today’s most
exciting and creative conductors, internationally acclaimed for superb
performances of operatic and orchestral repertoire. He has been
appointed General Music Director of the International Classic Festival
in the Ruhr Valley – part of Mortier’s Triennale. This season he was
guest conductor at L’Opéra de Quebec with their production of
“La Bohème”. Maestro Lipton made several appearances with a
production of “Entführung aus dem Serail”, which included
performances in Paris, Brussels, Luxemburg, and Amsterdam. Early next
year he returns to Opera Ontario to conduct “Samson et Dalila” and
“Tosca”, and will conduct the Winnipeg Symphony in a Gala Concert. Maestro Lipton was appointed Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Anhaltische Philharmonie and General Music Director of the opera company in Dessau, Germany. As Artistic Director of Opera Ontario, he presented the Canadian premieres of Giordano’s Andrea Chénier and Verdi’s I Due Foscari. Under his leadership Opera Ontario has been recognized as one of Canada’s most important and artistically innovative companies. POPERA™, the company’s annual Gala concert, has garnered the company an ever increasing audience and critical acclaim. Mr. Lipton spent several years as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia in Bogotà, where he conducted 33 programs a season. During his tenure in Colombia he not only rebuilt the symphony orchestra, but created and was appointed Artistic Director of the Opera de Colombia. Due to his unwavering commitment to excellence, both organizations were acclaimed for their international standard of performance. Previous posts include Music Director with Houston Grand Opera and Artistic Director of the San Antonio Festival. He has also held positions with the Zürich Opera, the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and Florence, American Ballet Theater, and the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Lipton regularly guest conducts throughout the world. Among the cities he has appeared in are Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, London, Venice, Munich, Toronto, Hamburg and Berlin. He conducted the Théâtre de l’Opéra de Nice; Concerts Colonne in Paris; Teatro La Fenice, Venice; Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris; Bayerische Staatsoper; Nationaltheater, Mannheim; Teatro Regio di Parma, San Carlo in Naples; Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe. He has also worked with the Sadler’s Wells and the Philharmonia in London and the Spoleto Festival. He was guest conductor at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin for ten years. Also active as a symphonic conductor, he has made guest appearances with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Hilversum Radio, Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonia, among others. He is currently Artistic Director and chief conductor of the EurOrchester for the Triennale in the Ruhr Valley in Germany. One of the highlights of his career was being invited to conduct the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti’s last opera: Il Giorno di Nozze, performed in Seoul, Korea, on the occasion of the 1988 Olympiad. Another major feat was his stepping in to conduct four performances of La Cenerentola in Barcelona’s Liceo on a mere 24 hours’ notice. So successful were these performances that he was invited to return to conduct over a period of four years. He also conducted the premiere of Mussorgsky’s opera, The Wedding, at the Settimana Musicale Senese, in Siena, Italy. A dynamic conductor, with a unique ability to communicate, he is in great demand and has established himself as a highly respected conductor in the world of opera. A much sought after conductor, among the celebrated singers who have worked with Lipton over the years, are such stellar names as Carlos Alvarez, June Anderson, Martina Arroyo, Hildegard Behrens, Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Montserrat Caballé, Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Renee Fleming, Maureen Forrester, Sherrill Milnes, Katia Ricciarelli, Neil Schickoff, Frederica von Stade, and Bryn Terfel. A native of France, Daniel Lipton was raised in New York, receiving his musical education at the Juilliard, Mannes and Manhattan Schools of Music. He studied piano with Artur Balsam, oboe with Harold Gomberg, composition with Vittorio Giannini, choral conducting with Abraham Kaplan, chamber music with Julius Baker, and orchestra conducting with Carl Bamberger, Sergiu Celibidache, Igor Markevitch and Jean Morel. Following formal studies, Mr. Lipton received a Fulbright Grant to study in Paris with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. He also studied under Franco Ferrara in Siena on an Italian government grant awarded to him. In the short space of time Daniel Lipton was in Dessau, all critics have commented on the miraculous transformation of the sound and the style of playing he obtained from his orchestra. So much so, that critics of Europe’s leading magazines such as Opern Welt have singled out his conducting as the best performance of the year in Germany for two consecutive years, and in the London magazine Opera it is stated that his is the finest Verdi conducting ever heard. Many critics contend that among Lipton’s greatest skills are his ability to encourage orchestras to play better than they ever had before, and the way in which he maintains an excellent musical relationship with his soloists. In this, he is greatly helped by his complete fluency in many languages. He has received critical acclaim for his abilities from reviewers all over the world, praising him for his absolute artistic dedication, his uncompromising search for the ultimate musical standards, and his supportiveness and generosity towards the artists that work with him. They accord him, unanimously, the accolade of greatness. 12/15/06 |