David Danzmayr
{{Short description|Austrian conductor (born 1980)}}
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David Danzmayr (born 1980, Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria) is an Austrian conductor.
Biography
Danzmayr studied at the Mozarteum Salzburg and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. During his studies, he received a conducting scholarship from the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, where he was a conducting assistant to Claudio Abbado and to Pierre Boulez. In June 2006, he became music director of the Ensemble Acrobat.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
In 2005 and 2012, Danzmayr took part in the Nikolai Malko conducting competition. He is a recipient of the Bernhard Paumgartner Medal of the International Mozarteum Foundation. In 2013, he won 2nd prize at the International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Danzmayr was assistant conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/01/rsno-danzmayr-review | title=RSNO/Danzmayr (Usher Hall, Edinburgh) | work=The Guardian | author=Rowena Smith | date=2010-02-01 | accessdate=2021-02-12 | archive-date=2016-07-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725194853/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/01/rsno-danzmayr-review | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/06/rsno-danzmayr-lerwick-shetland-review | title=RSNO/Danzmayr – review (Clickimin Centre, Lerwick) | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2012-03-06 | accessdate=2021-02-12 | archive-date=2016-07-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731023549/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/06/rsno-danzmayr-lerwick-shetland-review | url-status=live }} for three years, from 2007 to 2010.{{cite news | url=https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20170903/soprano-kathrin-danzmayr-finds-her-professional-groove-in-columbus | title=Soprano Kathrin Danzmayr finds her professional groove in Columbus | work=The Columbus Dispatch | author=Peter Tonguette | date=2017-09-03 | accessdate=2021-02-12 | archive-date=2020-09-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920021540/https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20170903/soprano-kathrin-danzmayr-finds-her-professional-groove-in-columbus | url-status=live }} On the European continent, Danzmayr was chief conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra from 2016 to 2019.
In the US, Danzmayr was music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012 to 2016. Since 2013, he has been music director of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. His current contract with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra is through 2026.{{cite news | url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2021/02/09/promusica-has-extended-david-danzmayrs-contract-2025-26/4385680001/ | title=ProMusica extends contract for David Danzmayr, music director, through 2025-26 season | work=The Columbus Dispatch | author=Peter Tonguette | date=2021-02-09 | accessdate=2021-02-12 | archive-date=2021-02-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210015136/https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2021/02/09/promusica-has-extended-david-danzmayrs-contract-2025-26/4385680001/ | url-status=live }} In 2018, Danzmayr first guest-conducted the Oregon Symphony, and returned in 2019 for an additional guest-conducting appearance. In February 2021, the Oregon Symphony announced the appointment of Danzmayr as its next music director, effective with the 2021–2022 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2021/02/oregon-symphony-announces-new-music-director.html | title=Oregon Symphony announces new music director | work=The Oregonian | author=Lizzy Acker | date=2021-02-09 | accessdate=2021-02-10 | archive-date=2021-02-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209185306/https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2021/02/oregon-symphony-announces-new-music-director.html | url-status=live }}
Danzmayr and his former wife Kathrin, a soprano originally from Weiden in der Oberpfalz (Bavaria), have two children.{{cite web | title=573 days later: An interview with David Danzmayr | url=https://www.orartswatch.org/573-days-later-an-interview-with-david-danzmayr/ | work=Oregon Arts Watch | author=James Bash | date=2022-07-11 | access-date=2024-10-16}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.danzmayr.eu/danzmayr-home.html Official homepage of David Danzmayr]
- [http://nordicartistsmanagement.com/artists/david-danzmayr-conductor Nordic Artists Management page on David Danzmayr]
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{{succession box | title=Music Director, Illinois Philharmonic | before=Carmon DeLeone | years=2012–2016 | after=Stilian Kirov}}
{{succession box | title=Music Director, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra | before=Timothy Russell | years=2013–present | after=incumbent}}
{{succession box | title=Chief Conductor, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra | before=Vjekoslav Šutej | years=2016–2019 | after=Dawid Runtz}}
{{succession box | title=Music Director, Oregon Symphony | before=Carlos Kalmar |years=2021–present |after=incumbent}}
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Category:Austrian conductors (music)
Category:Sibelius Academy alumni