David Porcelijn (born 7 January 1947 in
Achtkarspelen) is a Dutch
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
and
conductor.
David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in
The Hague
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. He also studied the baroque flute, specialising in authentic performance practice of the baroque and classical periods, which has informed his interpretations as a conductor in that repertoire ever since. He won a scholarship to study conducting and composition in
Geneva
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. He has appeared with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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,
London Sinfonietta
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The ensemble has headquarters at Kings Place and is Resident Orchestra at the Southbank Centre. Since its inaugural concert in 1968—givi ...
, the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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, the
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall.
History
Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The Musical Society), it later changed its name t ...
, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg, Orquesta Filharmónica de Gran Canaria,
NDR Radiophilharmonie
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Hannover and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, amongst many others. In 2002 he conducted the
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Stravinsky concert at the Prague Spring Festival. In 2004 he made his debut with the
Philharmonia Orchestra
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in their series “Music of Today”, and also took the orchestra on tour.
As well as conducting the core repertoire, he also has an interest in new music. With musical director
Ton Hartsuiker
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He was the dir ...
, he founded Ensemble M (1974–1978) for the performance of modern music.
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by deputy minister Aad Nuis In 2003 he took the Nieuw Ensemble of Amsterdam to the
Edinburgh International Festival
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for three concerts.
Porcelijn currently splits his time between Australia, Czech Republic, and Mexico, conducting with major cultural organisations like
Opera Australia
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, the
Prague Spring Festival
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and the Orquesta Filharmónica de la Ciudad de
México
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. He has held positions as chief conductor and artistic director of the
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the orchestra's primary performance venue is the Adelaide Town Ha ...
(including a tour of China
[), chief conductor and artistic director of the ]Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
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History
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestr ...
(including tours of North and South America[), chief conductor and artistic director of the RTS Symphony Orchestra in ]Belgrade
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, music director and conductor of the Nederlands Dans Theater
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and he has also been a regular guest conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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.
From 2010 he served as chief conductor of the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
in Denmark.
In 1992 he was awarded the prize as Best Opera Conductor at the Munich Biennial for a production with Netherlands Opera. In 1994 he made his British operatic debut conducting Verdi
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's '' Oberto'' at Opera North. He made his Australian opera debut in 1991 conducting ''Rigoletto
''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play ''Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had cont ...
'' for the State Opera of South Australia
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History
State Opera South Australia was established in 1976 as a statutory corporation under the ''State Opera of South Aust ...
, where he has since conducted ''Macbeth
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'', ''La traviata
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'' and John Adams
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' ''Nixon in China
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'' and, with Opera Queensland
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, ''Madama Butterfly
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It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
''. His work for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House
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has included ''Lucia di Lammermoor
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...
'', ''Rigoletto'', ''The Tales of Hoffmann
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'' and ''The Barber of Seville
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'' and, in co-operation with Opera Australia, he also conducted a semi-staged version of Rossini
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's ''La Cenerentola
' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon'' ...
'' in Tasmania
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David Porcelijn's recordings include the symphonies of Christian Sinding with the Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR. For ABC Classics
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in Australia
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is his complete cycle of Beethoven
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symphonies with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, only the second such cycle using the Jonathan Del Mar
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Jonathan Del Mar was born in London in 1951; his father was conductor Norman Del Mar. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music ...
edition, and the first Australian orchestra to record a Beethoven symphony cycle; Olivier Messiaen
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's '' Éclairs sur l'au-delà...'' with the Sydney Symphony (which won the 1994 Award for ABC Classic FM Australian Recording of the Year) and other records with the Adelaide and Tasmanian symphony orchestras that have included CDs of music by the Australian composers Richard Meale
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Biography
Meale was born in Sydney. At the time the Meale family lived in Marrickville, an inner suburb of Sydney. Meale ...
, Peter Sculthorpe
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(whose ''Sun Music'' I-IV won the 1997 ARIA award for Best Australian Classical Recording), Nigel Westlake
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and Matthew Hindson
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Biography
Matthew Hindson was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, in 1968. He studied composition at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne with composers including ...
. Other CDs for ABC Classics include music by Kurt Schwertsik
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Life
Schwertsik was born in Vienna. A pupil of Joseph Marx and Karl Schis ...
, Schubert
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lieder (orchestrated by Brahms
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, Reger
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, Offenbach and Liszt
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), overtures by Daniel Auber
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Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when ...
, the first in a series of showpieces for piano and orchestra with Ian Munro as soloist, and harp concertos played by Alice Giles
Alice Rosemary Giles (born c. 1961) is an Australian classical harpist.
Early life and education
She was born in Adelaide,[Tristan Keuris
Tristan Keuris (3 October 1946 in Amersfoort – 15 December 1996 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer.
Life and career
Keuris initially studied with Jan van Vlijmen in Amersfoort. At the age of 15 he started his studies with Ton de Leeuw at the U ...]
(with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus) and Hans Kox
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. For CPO, he recorded symphonic works of the Dutch composers Julius Röntgen
Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg.
Life
Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, ...
, Henk Badings
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Early life
Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Hendrik Herman Ba ...
and Jan van Gilse, as well as Slovak compose
Ľudovít Rajter
This project will be in co-operation with various German, Swedish and Dutch orchestras. With the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
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Hi ...
in the Czech Republic
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, he recorded albums with music Jeff Hamburg, Isidora Žebeljan
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She won many national a ...
, Jacqueline Fontyn and Martin Smolka
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Works
;1983
* ''Slzy (Tears)'';
;1985-1988
: ''Hudba hudbička'' (''Music Sweet Music'') for ensemble;
;1988
* ''Music for Retuned Instrument ...
for Future Classics, CPO and Cybelle Records.[ For ]Phaedra
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* ''Phaedra'' (Alexandre Cabanel), an 1880 painting
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he recorded sacred vocal works by Slovak romantic composer Ján Levoslav Bella with the Janáček Philhamornic Orchestra.
David Porcelijn has been professor in conducting at the Utrecht-Amsterdam and at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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.[
Porcelijn's music is published by Donemus.
]
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards
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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music
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. They commenced in 1987.
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, 1994
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, ''Ross Edwards Orchestral Works'' (with Dene Olding, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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& Stuart Challender)
, rowspan="4" , Best Classical Album
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*In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...
,
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, 1995
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, ''Powerhouse Three Poems of Byron – Capriccio Nocturnes Unchained Melody'' (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the orchestra's primary performance venue is the Adelaide Town Ha ...
& János Fürst
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Biography
Fürst originally studied the violin at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in his native Budapest. After the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hun ...
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, rowspan="2" , 1997
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, ''Peter Sculthorpe: Sun Music'' (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)
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, ''Peter Sculthorpe: The Fifth Continent'' (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
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History
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestr ...
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References
Sources
Patrick Garvey Management
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1947 births
ARIA Award winners
Living people
20th-century classical composers
Dutch male classical composers
Dutch classical composers
Dutch conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
People from Achtkarspelen
20th-century conductors (music)
21st-century conductors (music)
20th-century Dutch male musicians
21st-century male musicians