Carlos Kalmar (born February 26, 1958, in

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) is a Uruguayan conductor.Macaluso, p. 194

Biography

Kalmar began violin studies at age six. At age fifteen, he enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music where his conducting teacher was Karl Österreicher. In 1984, he won first prize in the

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Conducting Competition in Vienna. Kalmar has been music director of the

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(1987–91), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (1991–95), and the

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. He was principal conductor of the Tonkünstlerorchester,

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, from 2000 to 2003. In the USA, Kalmar has served the principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in

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since 2000. He is also music director of the

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, since 2003. In April 2008, the orchestra announced the extension of Kalmar's contract as music director to the 2012–13 season. In February 2020, the Oregon Symphony announced that Kalmar is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020-2021 season. In May 2021, the

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announced the appointment of Kalmar as its next director of orchestral studies, effective 1 July 2021. Kalmar currently lives with his second wife, Raffaela, a violinist and nurse, and their two sons, Luca and Claudio, in Shaker Heights, OH. Kalmar was born to Jewish immigrant parents from

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Recordings

* '' Music for a Time of War''. Works by

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Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

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. The Oregon Symphony. PENTATONE PTC 5186393 (2011) * '' This England''. Works by

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. The Oregon Symphony. PENTATONE PTC 5186471 (2012) * '' Spirit of the American Range''. Works by George Antheil, Walter Piston,

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. The Oregon Symphony. PENTATONE PTC 5186481 (2015) * '' Haydn Symphonies''. Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186612 (2017) *
Aspects of America
'' Carlos Kalmar , Oregon Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186727 (2018)

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References

External links

Seldy Cramer Artists agency page on Carlos Kalmar

Oregon Symphony biography of Carlos Kalmar

Grant Park Music Festival, conductors biography page

Oregon Art Beat: Conductor Carlos Kalmar's 10th Anniversary
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