Alexander Liebreich
Conductor Alexander Liebreich has drawn attention in repertory of great variety, from J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Rossini to works by Isang Yun, Toshio Hosokawa, and Betty Olivero. However, it is not just his wide-ranging and multiethnic repertory that points up Liebreich's versatility and eclecticism, it is the variety in his whole multifaceted career, from guest-conducting both major and second-tier orchestras across Europe, Japan, and New Zealand to conducting opera at such venues as the Frankfurt Opera.
Liebreich was born in Regensburg, Germany, on May 25, 1968. Liebreich showed musical talent early on and, at 17, founded the Regensburg Chamber Choir. He studied musicology and Romance languages at Regensburg University. Liebreich later enrolled at the Hochschule für Müsik in Munich, where he studied conducting and voice. He had further study at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where his teachers included Michael Gielen. In 1996, Liebreich won the International Kirill Kondrashin Conducting Competition in Amsterdam. In the aftermath of that victory, he served as assistant to several important conductors, including Colin Davis, Robert Abbado, and, at the Hilversum-based Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart. Liebreich also took master classes with Myung-Whun Chung and, on invitation from Claudio Abbado, worked on operatic endeavors at the Salzburg Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also busily engaged as a guest conductor with various orchestras throughout Europe. In 2000, he led a concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw featuring music by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of the famed composer and conductor. Two years later, Liebreich toured both North and South Korea with the German Youth Orchestra. Liebreich served the first of several stints as a guest professor at Pyongyang University in the fall of 2003. That year, he made his recording debut on the Chandos label, leading the North Netherlands Orchestra and Concert Choir in a performance of Jacob Ter Veldhuis' oratorio Paradiso.
In 2004, Liebreich toured the Netherlands with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and violin soloist Janine Jansen. Liebreich became the artistic director and chief conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra in 2006, stepping down from that post in 2016. In September 2011, Liebreich debuted at the Frankfurt Opera, leading a performance of Othmar Schoeck's Penthesilea. That same year, he was appointed artistic director of the Tongyeong International Music Festival in Tongyeong City, South Korea. Among Liebreich's more acclaimed as well as unusual recordings is his 2011 ECM disc of Landscape No. 5 and other works by Toshio Hosokawa. In 2012, he was named principal conductor of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, remaining in that post until 2019. He has also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, Accentus, and other labels, moving to Hyperion for an album of harpsichord concertos by Viktor Kalabis, Hans Krása, and Bohuslav Martinu in 2023. On that recording, Liebreich led the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, of which has been chief conductor and artistic director since 2018. He is also the artistic director of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.
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Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos
Mahan Esfahani, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Hyperion il 3 feb 2023
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Haydn, Yun: Farewell - Symphonies Nos. 39 and 45 / Chamber Symphony I
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da ECM New Series il 28 gen 2008
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Bach - Violin and Voice
Hilary Hahn, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Deutsche Grammophon (DG) il 1 gen 2009
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Tigran Mansurian : Requiem
Rias Kammerchor, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Messe, Passioni, Requiem - Pubblicato da ECM New Series il 17 mar 2017
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Szymanowski: Concert Overture, Op. 12 - Lutosławski: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 4
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gautier Capuçon, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Accentus Music il 4 nov 2016
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Szymanowski: Violin Concerto 1 - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony
Rabindranath Tagore, Elina Vähälä, Michael Nagy, Johanna Winkel, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Accentus Music il 1 feb 2019
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Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Mayumi Miyata, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da ECM New Series il 23 set 2011
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Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 & Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 9 mag 2014
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Carl Reinecke : Flute Concertos & Sonatas
Tatjana Ruhland, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Eckart Heiligers, Alexander Liebreich
Concerti per strumenti a fiato - Pubblicato da CPO il 6 ott 2017
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Symphony No. 4
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 29 mag 2015
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Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra - Szymanowski: 3 Fragments, Op. 5
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ewa Podles, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Accentus Music il 5 gen 2015
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Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 - Lutosławski: Livre & Musique funèbre
Piotr Tarcholik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Accentus Music il 31 dic 2015
Gramophone Editor's Choice16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Works by Hindemith, Blacher, Genzmer, Eisler
Hindemith Quintett, Alexander Liebreich, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classica - Pubblicato da Coviello Classics il 1 lug 2016
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Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos
Mahan Esfahani, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
Classica - Pubblicato da Hyperion il 3 feb 2023
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Harald Genzmer: Werke für Kammerorchester
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Musica sinfonica - Pubblicato da Thorofon Records il 22 nov 2006
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Brass: Zeit im Graund & Von wachsender Gegenwart
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich, Das Klarinettenduo
Classica - Pubblicato da NEOS Music il 2 lug 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo