David Robert Coleman (born 1969, London) is a British conductor and composer.

Biography

David Robert Coleman was born in 1969 into an English-German family in London. After studies at the

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Junior Department, he studied music at

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(MA) and returned to the Royal College of Music as a postgraduate, where he studied conducting with Christopher Adey and Edwin Roxburgh. At the RCM he was awarded the August Mannes and Constant & Kit Lambert prizes for conducting. In 1993 he emigrated to Germany. Initially he worked as a repetiteur in the opera houses in Innsbruck, Nuremberg and Mannheim as well as being an assistant conductor at the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg. As a composer David Robert Coleman did some work with

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in Karlsruhe and Hans Zender in Freiburg. In 2001 he was a winner in the

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's competition 'Five Movements' and received a composers' residency in Schloss Solitude Stuttgart. From 2006-2009 he was a conductor and assistant of

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at the

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in Munich. From 2010-2018 he worked as a conductor, composer and pianist at the

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under

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. At the Staatsoper Berlin he conducted two new of operas by

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that were directed by

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. In addition, he conducted repertoire opera performances. Since 1998 David Robert Coleman has been invited as a guest conductor with German and international orchestras such as Frankfurt Radio Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester),

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London Philharmonic The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra The or TSO, was established in 1946 as the Toho Symphony Orchestra (東宝交響楽団). It assumed its present name in 1951. Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as pit orchestra for some productions at Ne ...

, State Orchestra Saarbrücken,

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, Mainz State Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Philharmonie Szczecin,

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, Musikfabrik Köln, Philharmonie Bremen. His music is published by

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and Ries und Erler Berlin.

Selected works

* ''Starry Night for piano and small orchestra'' (1999 premiere SWR Symphony Orchestra Freiburg) * '''Herzkammeroper. Opera sketch. 2001 Commission Frankfurt Opera * '''Deux for Ensemble. Commission Ensemble Intercontemporain 2003 * ''Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra 'Ibergang. Commission OSM Montreal 2007 * '''Hans im Glück. Chamber Opera. Commission Berlin State Opera * '''Looking for Palestine for voice and orchestra. Commission Daniel Barenboim and the Divan Orchestra. London Proms and Salzburg Festival 2018 * '''The House of Dr Hoffmann. Opera. Brandenburg Theatre 2019 * '''Piano Concerto in Four Movements for Saleem Ashkar. Commission Kammerakademie Potsdam 2021 * New Orchestration of the London Scene from Alban Berg's 'Lulu' 2012. Commission Daniel Barenboim and Berlin State Opera

Recordings

* ''Starry Night''. Music by David Robert Coleman (Naxos) * ''Mieczyslaw Weinberg Complete Flute Concerti'' with Claudia Stein and Szczecin Philharmonic

References

External links

David Robert Coleman website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, David Robert 1969 births Living people British composers British male conductors (music) 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians