Sylvain Cambreling
Sylvain Cambreling is one of the leading French operatic conductors. He is known for his often startling innovations in many opera productions: in a performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the 2001 Salzburg Festival he employed a synthesizer to deliver recitative accompaniments, and at a performance of Janácek's Katya Kabanova, he used some of the composer's songs as transitional material between acts. Cambreling also conducts orchestral concerts on a regular basis, and here as well he imparts imaginative touches to the programming: his concert bills might well mix disparate composers like Haydn and Messiaen or present a colorful assortment of traditional and contemporary works. Cambreling has made many recordings for a variety of labels, including EMI, Hanssler, Orfeo D'or, and others.
Cambreling was born in Amiens, France, on July 2, 1948. At the Paris Conservatory he studied trombone; in 1971 he was taken on as trombonist with the Lyons Symphony Orchestra, but was already preparing for a career in conducting via his studies with conductor/composer Pierre Dervaux. Cambreling won second prize at the 1974 Besançon International Conducting Competition.
In 1975 he debuted as a conductor with the Lyons Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust. That same year he accepted a post at the Lyons Opera as an assistant to music director Serge Baudo. Cambreling's operatic debut also came in that watershed year of 1975 in a performance of Rossini's La Cenerentola.
Cambreling began working with Pierre Boulez in 1976, leading many performances of the latter's Ensemble InterContemporain. From 1981-1991 Cambreling served as music director of the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels. There he conducted a broad range of operatic repertory to generally favorable response, in the end advancing the reputation of the company. At the Frankfurt Opera he served as music director and artistic director from 1993-1997.
From 1999-2011 Cambreling was chief conductor of the SWR Baden-Baden und Freiburg Sinfonieorchester. Continuing to server as principal guest conductor of Klangforum Wien, his next appointment was conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (2011), and beginning in the 2012-2013 season, general music director of the Stuttgart State Opera. Cambreling appears regularly at the Paris National Opera leading a variety of compelling performances, including Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, Messiaen's St. François d'Assisse, and Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Among Cambreling's more notable recordings include the 1999 Katya Kabanova on Orfeo D'or; the 2004 album of Debussy's Images, Danses, and La Mer; and the 2008 box set of Messiaen, both on Hanssler Classics.
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HAYDN, J.: Symphonies Nos. 26, "Lamentatione", 73, "La Chasse" and 82, "L'ours" (South West German Radio Symphony, Cambreling) (Franz Joseph Haydn)
Classical - Released by Glor Classics on 1 Jan 2010
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STRAVINSKY: Sacre du printemps (Le) / DEBUSSY: Jeux / DUKAS: La Peri (Les Ballets Russes, Vol. 1)
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2004
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Berlioz: Vocal Works with Orchestra
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2003
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Matthias Pintscher: Works for Orchestra
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Matthias Pintscher, Urban Malmberg, Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 Jan 1999
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Schönberg: Moses und Aron
Franz Grundheber, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Andreas Conrad, Europe Choir Academy, Sylvain Cambreling
Opera - Released by SWR Classic on 3 Jun 2014
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Sinfonie Nr. 3 (Anton Bruckner)
Symphonic Music - Released by Glor Classics on 5 Jul 2011
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RAMEAU / MOZART / BERLIOZ / GRISEY: Paris Compositions
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Catherine Dubosc, Sylvain Cambreling, Lani Poulson
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 1999
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Friedrich Cerha: Neun Bagatellen et Al
Friedrich Cerha, Klangforum Wien, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Sylvain Cambreling, Peter Rundel
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 Jan 2009
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Debussy: Images, Danses sacrée et profane & La mer
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Ursula Eisert, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2000
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HENZE: Symphony No. 7 / Ariosi on Poems by Torquato Tasso
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Christiane Oelze, Sylvain Cambreling, Christian Ostertag
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2001
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Salvatore Sciarrino: Quaderno di Strada
Otto Katzameier, Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 Jan 2005
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Berlioz: Concert Overtures
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2007
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MOZART, W.A.: Symphonies Nos. 33, 35, 38 (South West German Radio Symphony, Cambreling) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Classical - Released by Glor Classics on 1 Jan 2008
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Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007, Vol. 3
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, SWR Experimentalstudio, Rupert Huber, Mark Andre, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by NEOS Music on 24 Nov 2009
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ZENDER: Schumann-Phantasie / Bardo
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Heinrich Schiff, Sylvain Cambreling, Hans Zender
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2006
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Ives: Orchestral Set No. 1 "Three Places in New England"
Sylvain Cambreling, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 8 Sep 2023
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Reinhard Fuchs: Mania
Klangforum Wien, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Anna Maria Pammer, Sylvain Cambreling, Beat Furrer, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 May 2016
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Cambreling Conducts Berlioz
Jean-Eric Soucy, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 1 Jan 2009
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BERLIOZ, H.: Grande messe des morts, "Requiem" (Cambreling) (Hector Berlioz)
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by Glor Classics on 15 Dec 2009
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Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, L. 124
Sylvain Cambreling, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Collegium Vocale Gent, Dorte Lyssewski
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on 18 Jan 2010
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Wolfgang Rihm: Ensemble Works
Marino Formenti, Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 Jan 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo