Oliver von Dohnányi (born 2 March 1955) is a
Slovak conductor
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based in
Prague,
Czech Republic. He is currently serving as the music director of the Ural Opera House in
Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Dohnányi was born in
Trenčín,
Czechoslovakia (now in
Slovakia) and studied
violin,
composition and conducting at the
Prague Academy for Music
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under
Václav Neumann and the
University of Music and Performing Arts in
Vienna under
Otmar Suitner. He made his conducting debut in 1979 with the
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Fo ...
in
Bratislava
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.
Slovak National Theatre
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Oliver Dohnányi
/ref> Previously, Dohnányi served as the music director of the Czech National Theatre in Prague, Intendent/Artistic Director of the Opera of the Slovak National Theatre
The Slovak National Theater ( sk, Slovenské národné divadlo, abbr. SND) is the oldest professional theatre in Slovakia, consisting of three ensembles: opera, ballet, and drama. Its history begins shortly after the establishment of the first ...
in Bratislava, Intendent/Artistic Director of the Opera of the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre in Ostrava, and principal conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta.Dohnányi family Dohnányi () is a Hungarian family name belonging to a notable family of politicians and musicians related to composer Ernő Dohnányi.
*Frederick Dohnányi ( hu, :hu:Dohnányi Frigyes, Dohnányi Frigyes; 1843–1909), Hungarian professor of mathem ...
, a notable Hungarian family of politicians and musicians.
References
External links
Official web page
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1955 births
Slovak conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Czech conductors (music)
Hungarian conductors (music)
Hungarian male musicians
Living people
People from Trenčín
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni
Oliver Dohnanyi
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century Czech male musicians
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