Frank Beermann (born 13 March 1965) is a German conductor. He was

Generalmusikdirektor A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

(GMD) at the

Chemnitz Opera Theater Chemnitz is a German municipal theater organization based in Chemnitz. Performances of opera, ballet, plays, symphonic concerts, and puppet theater take place in its three main venues: * ''Opernhaus Chemnitz'' (for opera, ballet and musica ...

for several years, and has worked freelance at international opera houses from 2012. He has conducted premieres and recordings of rarely performed operas and orchestral works.

Career

Beermann was born in

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. He studied at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, ar ...

. He was

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at the

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and the Theater Freiburg.''Biographie''
klassik-heute.com From 1997 to 2002 he had a ''Residenzvertrag'' with the

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, and conducted opera at the

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, the

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, the

Bonn Opera Theater Bonn (also known as the Stadttheater Bonn) is the municipal theatre company of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is an organization that produces operas, Musical theatre, musicals, ballets, Play (theatre), plays, and concerts. It o ...

and the Opéra de Marseille.

Chemnitz Opera

Beermann became in 2007

of the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie in

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. At the

, Beermann conducted several rarely performed works. '' Love and Other Demons'' by Peter Eötvös received its German premiere in the 2008/09 season. The following season brought

Franz Schreker Franz Schreker (originally ''Schrecker''; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic pluralit ...

's ''Der Schmied von Gent''. In 2013/14, Ligeti's '' Le Grand Macabre'' was staged by Walter Sutcliffe with a set by

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. Beermann left the opera house after the 2015/2016 season to work as a freelance conductor.

Concerts and recordings

Beginning in 2002, Beermann has been the conductor in productions of stage works by

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, a project of the

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, with the

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. He conducted in 2002 ''

Der fliegende Holländer ' (''The Flying Dutchman''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner Conducting, conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hofthe ...

'', in 2005 ''

Tannhäuser Tannhäuser (; ), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Historically, his biography, including the dates he lived, is obscure beyond the poetry, which suggests he lived between 1245 and 1265. His name ...

'', in 2009 ''

Lohengrin Lohengrin () is a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. His story, which first appears in Wo ...

'', in 2012 ''

Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance ''Tristan and Iseult'' by Gottfried von Stras ...

'', in 2015 ''

Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nib ...

'', in 2016 ''

Die Walküre (; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was ...

'', in 2017

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, in 2018

Götterdämmerung ' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). I ...

, and in 2019 the cycle was presented twice, as Der Ring in Minden. In 2006, Beermann conducted Mozart's piano concertos with Matthias Kirschnereit and the

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. He conducted and recorded in Chemnitz, again with Kirschnereit, all piano concertos by

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, including the first recording of the reconstructed concerto in E minor. The recording was awarded an ECHO Klassik prize in 2009. He recorded several works by Robert Schumann with the orchestra named after him, including all symphonies including the rarely performed ', and all works for violin and orchestra with soloist Ulf Wallin. He dedicated a CD to the work of Hermann Hans Wetzler, and completed recordings of symphonies by Emil von Reznicek by the third and the fourth. He conducted premieres by Torsten Rasch, in 2011 ''Wouivres – Four pieces of orchestra'' and in 2013 ''Das Haus der Temperamente''. In 2013 he also conducted the first performance in Germany and the first recording of

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for soloists, choir and orchestra. On 10 July 2021, Beermann conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, choir and soloists in a concert performance of Beethoven's ''

Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Opus number, Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of ...

'' at the Alfred Fischer Hall in Hamm as part of the KlassikSommer Hamm festival.

Discography

Recordings by Beermann are held by the

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:Publications
(in German)

Orchestral

* Fesca: ''Sinfonie Nr. 1''; NDR Radiophilharmonie, cpo, 2002. * Fesca: ''Sinfonien Nr. 2 und Nr. 3''; NDR Radiophilharmonie, cpo, 2001. *

Karl Goldmark Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, 18 May 1830 – Vienna, 2 January 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer. Peter Revers, Michael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, Richard L. Rudolph The Great Tradition and Its Legacy 2004; , p ...

: ''Sinfonie Nr. 1 "Ländliche Hochzeit"'', Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, 2016. *

: ''Klavierkonzerte''; Matthias Kirschnereit, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Arte Nova, 2009. * Mozart: ''Klavierkonzerte''; Matthias Kirschnereit,

, Arte Nova, 2006. * Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: ''Sinfonie Nr. 1, Vier Bet- und Bußgesänge''; Marina Prudenskaya, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder), cpo 2006. * von Reznicek: ''Sinfonien Nr. 2 und Nr. 5'';

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, cpo, 2004. * von Reznicek: ''Sinfonien Nr. 3 und Nr. 4''; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2014. *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

: ''Die Sinfonien''; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2010. * Schumann: ''Symphonische Werke''; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2011. * Schumann: ''Sämtliche Werke für Violine und Orchester''; Ulf Wallin, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, BIS, 2011. * Heinrich von Herzogenberg: ''Violinenkonzert A-Dur''; Ulf Wallin, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, cpo, 2007. * von Herzogenberg: ''Sinfonien Nr. 1 und Nr. 2''; NDR Radiophilharmonie, cpo, 2004. * Wetzler: ''Orchesterwerke''; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2008. * Charles Auguste de Bériot: ''Violin Concertos'';

, cpo, 2006.

Opera, operetta, vocal

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...

: '' Die blaue Mazur''; Johanna Stojkovich, Julia Bauer, Johan Weigel, Jan Kobow, Hans Christoph Begemann, Kammerchor der Singakademie Frankfurt, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder), cpo, 2007. *

: Requiem; Diana Tomsche, Kathrin Göring, Bernhard Berchtold, Renatus Mészár, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Capriccio, 2013. *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart and Richard Wa ...

: ''

Vasco de Gama Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia using an ocean route that roun ...

'', Bernard Berchtold, Claudia Sorokina, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Guibee Yang, Kouta Räsänen, Rolf Broman, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2014. * Nicolai: '' Die Heimkehr des Verbannten''; Julia Bauer, Hans Christoph Begemann, Bernhard Bechtold, Tiina Penttinen, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2016. * Nicolai: '' Il templario''; Kouta Räsänen, Stanley Jackson, Judith Kuhn, Andreas Kindschuh, Hans Christoph Begemann, André Riemer, Tiina Penttinen, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2009. * Puccini: '' Manon Lescaut''; Astrid Weber, Heiko Trinsinger, Zurab Zurabishvili, Kouta Räsänen, Edward Randall, Martin Gäbler, Tiina Penttinen, Jürgen Mutze, Matthias Winter, Arthaus Musik, 2008. *

: ''Der Schmied von Gent''; Oliver Zwarg, Undine Dreißig, André Riemer, Edward Randall, Martin Gäbler, Judith Kuhn, Viktor Sawaley, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2012. * Richard Strauss: '' Die schweigsame Frau''; Franz Hawlata, Monika Straube, Andreas Kindschuh, Bernard Berchtold, Julia Bauer, Guibee Yang, Tiina Penttinen, Matthias Winter, Kouta Räsänen, Martin Gäbler, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, cpo, 2013.

References

External links

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''Biographie''
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