Ádám Fischer (born 9 September 1949 in
Budapest
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) is a Hungarian
conductor. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, chief conductor of the
Danish Chamber Orchestra, and chief conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker.
Career
Ádám Fischer is an elder brother of the conductor
Iván Fischer. The two belonged to the children's choir of Budapest National Opera house, and sang as two of the three boys in
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
's ''
Die Zauberflöte''.
Fischer studied piano and composition at the Bartók Conservatory
( hu) in Budapest, and conducting with
Hans Swarowsky
Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth.
Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, ...
in
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. He also studied with Franco Ferrara at Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He won first prize in the Milan
Guido Cantelli Competition. His career began with opera conducting in Munich, Freiburg, and other German cities. In 1982 he made his
Paris Opéra debut, leading ''
Der Rosenkavalier'', and in 1986 he made his debut at
La Scala
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, Milan, leading ''
Die Zauberflöte''. Between 1987 and 1992, he was the general music director in Kassel.
Fischer began a long collaboration with the
Vienna State Opera in 1973. In January 2017, he was named an honorary member of the company.
In 1987, Fischer established the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra and started the Haydn Festival in the Austrian city of Eisenstadt. He has recorded the complete Haydn symphonies for the
Nimbus label, the first digital recording of the cycle, with the orchestra. In July 1989, Fischer started the first Gustav Mahler Festivals in Kassel. In 1998, Fischer was appointed chief conductor of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Fischer has recorded the complete ''
Opere serie'' by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
with this orchestra, and is currently recording Mozart's complete symphonies.
At the end of 2010 Fischer resigned as Music Director of the
Hungarian State Opera
The Hungarian State Opera is the national opera company of Hungary. Located in Budapest, it is a busy institution, with over 200 operas each calendar year, on top of extensive educational programs, ballet, and musical theatre. The company employs 1 ...
in protest against the controversial media law introduced in Hungary in 2011.
Speaking in
Brussels
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on 11 January 2011 he told reporters:
: 'A lot of the attention has focused on the new law but the problems run far deeper. Even more worrying are changes to the national constitution that are being drafted and the rise of anti-Semitism, homophobia and xenophobia in Hungarian society.'
Fischer joined with
András Schiff
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,
Miklós Jancsó
Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), '' ...
and others in an open letter condemning the Hungarian government's record on these issues.
Fischer has recorded commercially for Nimbus, CBS, EMI, Hungaroton, Delta, Dacapo and Naxos. In 1982, he won the Grand Prix du Disque. In 2018, he was the laureate of the
Wolf Prize in Arts.
References
Sources
*
Dr. Raab and Dr. Böhm Artist Management (Austria), official artist biography of Adam FischerFriends of Ádám Fischer page
External links
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11 November 1981
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Hungarian conductors (music)
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1949 births
Living people
Hungarian Jews
Jewish classical musicians
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century Hungarian musicians
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century Hungarian musicians
Musicians from Budapest
Wolf Prize in Arts laureates
20th-century Hungarian male musicians
21st-century Hungarian male musicians