Toby Thatcher, direttore d'orchestra

TOBY THATCHER, Conductor

Flat 2 38 Osborne Road London N4 3SD

07891136166

tobycthatcher@gmail.com

http://www.tobythatcher.com/

Artistic Director/Music Director

2020-present - Nineteenth Circle, Founder/Artistic Director

2019-present - Zeitgeist, Founder/Director

2013-present - Ensemble x.y, Co-founder/Conductor

2013-2018 - Ensemble Eroica, Founder/Artistic Director

Conducted

2014-present - Orchestre National de France

- Ensemble Modern

- Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

- Sinfonieorchester Basel

- Sydney Symphony Orchestra

- Pannon Philharmonic

- Queensland Symphony Orchestra

- Auckland Philharmonia

- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

- Australian Youth Orchestra

- Riot Ensemble

- Southbank Sinfonia

CLASS

- Ensemble Intercontemporain

- London Sinfonietta

COMPETITION

- Korean Symphony Orchestra

- HR-Sinfonieorchester

- Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester

- Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

- Menuhin Festival Orchestra

- Cadaqués Orchestra

Upcoming Engagements

2021/2022 DEBUTS

- Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra

- Ensemble Lydenskab

RETURNS

- Orchestre National de France

- Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

ASSISTING

- London Philharmonic Orchestra (Edward Gardner)

- Orchestre National de France (Cristian Măcelaru)

SPEAKING

- British Association of Romantic Studies Summer Conference (guest speaker)

- University of the Arts London (guest speaker)

ARTISTIC DIRECTION

- Zeitgeist commission recording projects (including work by Laurence Osborn, Laura Bowler, Edo Frenkel, Luke Styles, Neo Hülker & Jamie Man)

- Nineteenth Circle programmes, including (Un)shackled (launch programme, built around a political interpretation of Beethoven’s 5th) & I once believed (work by  discouraged women from the Nineteenth Century, built around Louise Farrenc

Symphony No. 3)

Prizes and Competitions

2019- International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić, 2nd Prize

2016- Brian Stacey Award for Young Australian Conductors

2015- Menuhin Festival Neeme Jarvi Prize, Winner

- Georg Solti International Conducting Competition with the HR-Sinfonieorchester & Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, 3rd Prize

Training

2021-22 - Guest Assistant Conductor to Edward Gardner/LPO

2020-21 - Orchestre National de France, Assistant Conductor (Cristian Măcelaru)

2019- Coached by Richard Hetherington, Head of Music Royal Opera House - Conducting Fellow at Cabrillo Festival (Cristian Măcelaru)

2018-19 - Conducting Fellow at Péter Eötvös Mentorship Programme

2018- Tanglewood Festival Conducting Seminar

2017- Guest Assistant Conductor to Vladimir Jurowski/LPO

2015-17 - Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor (incl. David Robertson, Charles Dutoit, Simone Young, Christoph von Dohnányi, Masaaki Suzuki, Mark Wigglesworth, etc.)

2013-15 - Masterclasses w. Krystian, Paavo & Neeme Järvi, Johannes Schlaefli & Nicolas Pasquet

Additional Information

2020- Guest speaker at University of the Arts London

2019- Guest speaker at Royal Academy of Music - Funding panel member for Performing Rights Society Foundation & Koestler Trust

2013-2014 - Oboe freelancer, incl. extra work with London Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on trial for position of Principal Cor Anglais) & London Sinfonietta Education

2012-2014 - MA, Royal Academy of Music, London

2008-2011 - BMus (Hons.), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney

Teatro Coccia di Novara

Domenica 4 settembre 2022

PREMIO GUIDO CANTELLI

Edizione 2022 dedicata al Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti

I finalisti dell’edizione 2022
VEDI FOTOSERVIZIO CONCERTODAUTUNNO

1° Premio

Non assegnato

2° Premio

Cristian Spataru, 29 anni, Romania

ha diretto:

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sinfonia n. 1 in do minore per orchestra, op. 68

1- Un poco sostenuto (do minore). Allegro

2- Andante sostenuto (mi maggiore)

3° Premio

Toby Thatcher, 33 anni, United Kingdom

ha diretto:

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Don Juan (Don Giovanni), op. 20

Allegro molto con brio - Molto vivace

Agli altri due finalisti sono andati i premi delle altre giurie:

Maurice Cohn, 28 anni, USA

ha diretto:

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

La valse, Poema coreografico

Davide Tammaro

TEMPUS – Prima esecuzione assoluta

Omer Shteinhart, 27 anni, Israel

ha diretto:

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sinfonia n. 1 in do minore per orchestra, op. 68

3- Un poco Allegretto e Grazioso (la bemolle maggiore)

4- Finale. Adagio (do minore). Più Andante (do maggiore). Allegro non troppo, ma con brio