Eugene Tzigane

Eugene Tzigane at the Fitelberg Competition

Eugene Tzigane (IPA - Judʒin Tzigane, born Gene McDonough) is an American conductor.[1] He served as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra) of Herford, Germany, until April 2014.[2]

Tzigane has guest conducted on four continents including appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and Norwegian Radio Orchestra among many others. His operatic appearances include the Bavarian State Opera, Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, and the Hamburg State Opera.

Tzigane studied with James DePriest at the Juilliard School, and graduated in 2007 with a Master of Music in orchestral conducting.[3] He later studied with Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music, in Stockholm. His awards include the Grand Prize at the 2007 International Fitelberg Competition in Katowice, Poland, and the Second Prize at both the Sir Georg Solti Competition in Frankfurt, Germany and the International Lovro von Matačić Competition[4] in Zagreb, Croatia.

Tzigane first guest-conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in October 2009. In December of that year, he was named the orchestra's next Chief Conductor, effective with the 2010-2011 season.[1][5][6] His was chief of the NWD for four seasons conducting over 140 concerts with the orchestra in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and the USA and in the music of over 60 composers including several German premieres and a world premiere. He relinquish this post as of April 2014.[7] Tzigane also served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Pomerian Philharmonic Orchestra (Filharmonia Pomorska) in Bydgoszcz, Poland, from October 2009 until May 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 Anke Groenewold (2010-04-30). "Eugene Tzigane neuer Chefdirigent der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie in Herford". Neue Westfäliche (in German). Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  2. ↑ Ruth Matthies (2010-03-04). "'Nur Kultur und Bildung führen uns aus der Krise'". Zeitung Westfalen-Blatt (in German). Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Alumni News, February 2008" (Press release). Juilliard School. February 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Alumni News, December 2007" (Press release). Juilliard School. December 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Eugene Tzigane zum Chefdirigenten der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie berufen" (Press release) (in German). Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  6. ↑ Thomas Dohna (2009-12-15). "Ein Hauch von Nelsons Charisma". Mindener Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Yvel Abel designierter Chefdirigent" (Press release). Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-30.

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Preceded by
Andris Nelsons		 Chief Conductor, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
2010-2014 		Succeeded by
Yves Abel
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