Will Humburg (born 1957) is a German conductor. He was born in
Hamburg, and studied there with
Horst Stein and
Christoph von Dohnányi. After appointments at the
Theater Bremen and
Theater Hagen and guest appearances in Italy he was appointed director of the "Laboratorio Lirico" festival of contemporary music in
Piedmont, where he conducted a series of world and national premières of modern music.
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From 1992 to 2004 he was chief conductor of the Theater Münster, and the . Among his work in Münster were productions of Wagner's '' Ring'' cycle (1999–2001), other repertoire works by Wagner and Verdi, and modern works. He became associated with the music of Azio Corghi, with whom he has worked on four operas. Among other contemporary composers with whom he is associated are György Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Luigi Nono, Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Rihm.][
Humburg has conducted complete recordings of '' La bohème'', '' Il barbiere di Siviglia'', '' Il trovatore'' and '' Falstaff''.]["Will Humburg"]
Naxos Records, retrieved 28 May 2015
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German male conductors (music)
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1957 births
Musicians from Hamburg
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21st-century German conductors (music)
21st-century German male musicians
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