Alexander Frey
Conductor
Erich Wolfgang Korngold...conductor Werner Andreas Albert. Korngold's complete piano works are currently being recorded by the American conductor-pianist Alexander Frey for Koch International Classics. Further recognition came in the 1990s; two full-scale... In this article: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Charles Gerhardt, The Sea Hawk, Die tote Stadt, Hollywood, Richard Strauss, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Max Reinhardt, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Alexander Frey |
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Hollywood Bowl
...Brendel, Vladimir Horowitz, Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Isaac Stern, Kathleen Battle, Jane Eaglen, Marilyn Horne, Alexander Frey, Jennifer Larmore, Sylvia McNair, Andrea Bocelli, Gil Shaham, Stephen Hough, Luciano...
In this article: Hollywood Bowl, Lloyd Wright, Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Mauceri, Los Angeles, Luciano Pavarotti, Lily Pons, Leonard Bernstein, and Hollywood
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Leonard Bernstein
...marrying would help counter the gossip about him and appease the conservative BSO board. Leonard and Felicia had three children, Jamie, Alexander, and Nina. During his married life, Bernstein tried to be as discreet as possible with his...
In this article: Leonard Bernstein, Glenn Gould, New York Philharmonic, Gustav Mahler, Vienna Philharmonic, DVD, Harvard University, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Serge Koussevitzky, and Charles Ives
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Wilhelm Furtwangler
...known to speak of Furtwangler in reverent tones include Valery Gergiev, Claudio Abbado, Sergiu Celibidache, Christoph Eschenbach, Alexander Frey, Eugen Jochum, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur and Christian Thielemann. George Szell, whose precise...
In this article: Wilhelm Furtwangler, Ludwig van Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon, Music and Arts, Richard Wagner, Ninth Symphony, Nazi Party, and Arturo Toscanini
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
Cairo Symphony Orchestra
...2002; it has been held each February since, except for 2008. Many international guest conductors such as Charles Munch, Yehudi Menuhin, Alexander Frey, Carlo Zecchi, Ottokar Truhlik, Ole Schmidt, Gennady Rozhdesivensky, Janos Kukla, Patrick...
In this article: Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Fournillier, Second Symphony, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Rudolf Buchbinder
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Wikipedia | October 22, 2009
Peter Zadek
...such as British director Rosee Riggs and also appointed renowned American Berlin-based conductor Alexander Frey as Music Director of the theater. Frey was the first American to hold any position at the Berliner Ensemble, as well as being...
In this article: Peter Zadek, Berliner Ensemble, The Merchant of Venice, Hamburg, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Michael Billington, William Shakespeare, London, and Jean Genet
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Wikipedia | October 17, 2009
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
...in Brazil. From among the Orchestra's more than 300 concerts, Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, Jane Eaglen, Marilyn Horne, Alexander Frey, Jennifer Larmore, Sylvia McNair, Andrea Bocelli, Gil Shaham, Stephen Hough, Luciano Pavarotti...
In this article: John Mauceri, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Hollywood Bowl, Leopold Stokowski, Peabo Bryson, George Gershwin, HBO, Boston Symphony, and Marilyn Horne
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Wikipedia | October 10, 2009
Alexander Frey
...he has held since 2000. He was conductor of Prague's historic Karlin Theater from 2004-2008 where he conducted 50 performances per season. Frey was Principal Conductor of the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996-2002, and during...
In this article: Leonard Bernstein, Berliner Ensemble, Between Two Worlds, Ruggiero Ricci, Koch International, Berlin, Prague, Peter Zadek, and Kurt Weill
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Wikipedia | October 09, 2009
Peter Pan (1950 musical)
...to accommodate the limited vocal ranges of the principals. A recording of the complete score was released on CD in 2005, conducted by Alexander Frey and featuring Broadway star Linda Eder in the role of Wendy Darling, and baritone Daniel...
In this article: Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Pan, George Darling, Wendy Darling, J. M. Barrie, Peter Land, and Linda Eder
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Wikipedia | July 27, 2009
Berliner Ensemble
...Peter Palitzsch, Heiner Muller, Fritz Marquardt and Matthias Langhoff. In that same year, the internationally renowned conductor Alexander Frey was appointed Music Director of the Berliner Ensemble. Frey was the first American to hold a...
In this article: Berliner Ensemble, Heiner Muller, Helene Weigel, Hanns Eisler, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Wolfgang Langhoff, and Paul Dessau
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L.A. Times - Music Reviews | December 14, 2008
Leonard Bernstein's 'Peter Pan' flies again
...the original production, might there be more music existing that may have met a similar fate?" Frey wrote in the liner notes for the 2005 recording he conducted for Koch International Classics after years searching for the answer. (He's also...
In this article: Peter Pan, Leonard Bernstein, Broadway, and J.M. Barrie
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Alexander Frey is a symphony orchestra conductor known for his electrifying, passionate performances. A highly charismatic artist on the podium, Frey is in great demand as one of the world's most versatile conductors, and has enjoyed great success in the concert hall and opera house, and in the music of Broadway and Hollywood. Leonard Bernstein referred to him as "a wonderful spirit."
Alexander Frey is also an internationally acclaimed virtuoso organist and pianist who performs with some of the world's leading symphony orchestras, as well as in solo recitals.
A well-read, witty and urbane figure, Frey has been called a "a raconteur, a modern-day Oscar Levant" by American writer and Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor, and "a true renaissance man" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel. Frey has been a strong proponent for interdisciplinary education in the arts. As a musician acclaimed for exploring new and deeper ways of musical expression, Frey is known as a maverick and controversial artist.
In January 2008, during an interview broadcast on Radio Cairo while conducting in Egypt, Alexander Frey stated that "Music is an island of peace in a river of sadness."
A resident of Berlin, Germany, Mr. Frey has been frequently invited by the city's diplomatic community to perform for visiting heads of state including President Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama, among others.
Alexander Frey was married to the American pianist Carla Larocca. They divorced in 1989. His second marriage is to Viera Kubalakova (name changed to Viera Frey) of Prague, Czech Republic. ==Recent career==
Alexander Frey is conductor of Prague's historic Karlin Theater (since 2004) where he conducts 50 performances per season, as well as chief conductor of that city's Bohemia Symphony Orchestra and Stern Chamber Orchestra.
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