Arturo Tamayo
Versatile and adventurous are two adjectives that might best define the career of conductor Arturo Tamayo, owing mainly to the vast range and daring nature of his repertory. With his conducting activities split between the concert hall and opera house, he has led works in both realms from all periods and styles, from Baroque to contemporary, from traditional to avant-garde. Thus, one might find him conducting works by J.S. Bach and Berio in concert, or Mozart and Wolfgang Rihm in the opera house. Despite the appearance of a balance in his repertory, however, he has decidedly favored 20th century and contemporary music especially in his discography. Indeed, the names Auric, Honegger, Busoni, Cage, Morton Feldman, Xenakis, Bruno Maderna, and Maurice Ohana are prominent among many others from the modern era. In fact, Tamayo has devoted much attention to the orchestral music of the latter trio, conducting five discs of Xenakis' music and three each of Maderna's and Ohana's. He has regularly conducted throughout Europe and Japan and appeared at a host of major opera houses, including Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, Opera Comique in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Rome Opera House, and many others. Tamayo has recorded for Capriccio, Claves, BIS, Timpani, and several other labels.
Arturo Tamayo was born in Madrid, Spain, on August 3, 1946. He studied music at the Madrid Conservatory, but was initially undecided about his career path, as he also simultaneously studied law at the Complutense University of Madrid. He eventually abandoned pursuit of a career in law and after graduation from the Conservatory, had further studies in conducting in Basel with Pierre Boulez and in Vienna with Witold Rowicki. Tamayo also studied composition at the Freiburg Musikhochschule with Klaus Huber and Wolfgang Fortner.
From 1979-1998 he served as professor of 20th century music at the Freiburg Musikhochschule. During this period he worked much of the time outside his native Spain, guest-conducting such European orchestras as the Orchestre Nationale de France, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Berlin, Franfurt, Vienna, Stuttgart, and Bavaria, and countless other ensembles. But he made many high-profile appearances in Spain, as well, including leading the 1995 performance of Verdi's Stiffelio in Madrid, with Plácido Domingo and Veronica Villarroel. Tamayo was regularly introducing new works, too, as with his November 2001 premiere of Klaus Huber's opera Schwarzerde (1997-2001) at the Basel Opera House.
In 2002 Tamayo received the prestigious Spanish National Performance Award. He remains active in the new century with many guest-conducting appearances both in the concert hall and opera house. He also lectures in conducting at the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Madrid. But it has been in the recording studio that Tamayo has been most conspicuous in the 21st century, turning out a string of albums for several labels, including at least seven discs in the period of 2009-2011, among them volumes 1-3 of the orchestral works of Bruno Maderna, on Neos.
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Iannis Xenakis : Œuvres orchestrales, volume 5
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.01.2008
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Xenakis : Orchestral Works
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Hague Residentie Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 27.10.2017
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Ohana, M.: Tombeau De Claude Debussy / Chiffres De Clavecin / Silenciaire
Sylvie Sullé, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Laure Morabito, Christian Ivaldi, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Arturo Tamayo
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.01.2008
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Maderna: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 2
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Thaddeus Watson, Claudia Barainsky, Clara Andrada de la Calle, Arturo Tamayo, Sebastian Wittiber
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 01.08.2013
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Iannis Xenakis : Œuvres orchestrales (volume 2)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Arturo Tamayo
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.11.2000
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Petrassi: Concerti per orchestra
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 23.03.2005
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Ivo Malec : Œuvres orchestrales
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Raphaël Oleg, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.01.2004
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Lancino: Violin Concerto & Prelude and Death of Virgil
Isabelle Faust, Orchestre National de France, Matteo de Monti, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Gerard Schwarz, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.09.2014
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Œuvres pour orchestre de chambre
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 15.12.1999
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Ginastera: Orchestral Works
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 12.08.2016
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Georges Auric : Ballets
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.01.2005
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Maderna: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 1
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Claudia Barainsky, Arturo Tamayo, Michael Quast
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 26.01.2010
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Petrassi: Orchestral Works
Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin , Giampaolo Pretto, Andrea Dell'Ira, Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Arturo Tamayo, Marco Nesi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 10.12.1999
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Concerto pour violoncelle - T'Harân-Ngô - Concerto pour piano
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 27.04.2000
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Maderna: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 5
Arturo Tamayo, Thomas Zehetmair, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Markus Bellheim
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 15.07.2013
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Maderna: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 4
Konrad Graf, Andreas Hepp, Burkhard Roggenbuck, Andreas Boettger, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 17.03.2012
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Donatoni: In cauda, Portrait, & Duo pour Bruno
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Elisabeth Chojnacka, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 14.07.1999
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Maderna: Orchestral Works (Digitally Remastered)
Lothar Faber, Claudia Eder, Pietro Borgonovo, Roberto Fabbriciani
Klassik - Erschienen bei EMG Classical am 23.11.2010
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Musique orchestrale & concertante
Michael Wendeberg, Miklos Nagy, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Giovanna Reitano, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.01.2004
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Petrassi: Piano Concerto, La follia di Orlando & Partita
Alfonso Alberti, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 08.03.2012
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Œuvres orchestrales, volume 3
Hiroaki Ooi, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Arturo Tamayo
Klassik - Erschienen bei Timpani am 01.10.2002
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