Hooman Khalatbari
Hooman Khalatbari | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 16 April 1969[1][2] Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Music director, choir and orchestra conductor, pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
Hooman Khalatbari (Persian: هومن خلعتبری) is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.[3]
He started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Art in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and Bahman Cultural Centre and assistant conductor of Tehran Symphony Choir and Tehran Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Khalatbari moved to Austria in 1996 and entered Kunstuniversität Graz to study choral/orchestral conducting and graduate with honors in 2006.[3][4]
Career[]
Principal Conductor of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra and Its controversy[]
In the official website of Hooman Khalatbari has been mentioned that he was the principal conductor of "Prague Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra" in Prague-Czech for 2 years (2014–16).Alexander Rahbari a wellknown Iranian conductor has dismissed this matter. According to information from "Prague Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra" Ali Rahbari has cited that Hooman Khalatbari has collaborated with the Orcherstra for a short period of time and in the frame of a project.[5] Since 2016 he is the Honorary Conductor of “ Virtuosi Brunenses “. [6][7]
Founder, Music Director and Conductor[]
From 2001, Khalatbari is one of the founders, music director and conductor of Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.[8][9][10] [11]
He has conducted the following operas:
- 2001 – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart
- 2002 – Die Zauberflöte – Mozart
- 2003 – Don Giovanni – Mozart
- 2004 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini
- 2005 – Tosca – Puccini
- 2006 – Così fan tutte – Mozart
- 2007 – Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart
- 2008 – La Cenerentola – Rossini
- 2009 – La Traviata – Verdi
- 2010 – Der Schauspieldirektor – Mozart and Prima la musica e poi le parole – Salieri + Classic unter Stars I (The Most Famous Opera choirs I)
- 2011 – Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss + KUS II (The Most Famous Opera Choirs II)
- 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart + KUS III (Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)
- 2013 – Rigoletto, Verdi + KUS IV (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition)
- 2014 – Don Giovanni – Mozart[12]+ KUS V (Georges Bizet: Carmen / A Spanish Night)[13][14]
- 2015 – L'elisir d'amore – Gaetano Donizetti + KUS VI (Carmina Burana)[15]
- 2016 – Don Pasquale – Gaetano Donizetti + KUS VII (A Night in Italy)
- 2017 – La fille du régiment – Gaetano Donizetti + KUS VIII (A Russian Night)[16]
- 2018 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini + KUS IX (Viva la France)[17]
- 2019 – L'italiana in Algeri – Rossini
- 2021 – Il signor Bruschino – Rossini
Others[]
Since 1999, Hooman Khalatbari has performed as a Conductor, Soloist, Chamber musician, Accompanist and coordinator in several Europa’s Cities, the USA, Canada, and Asia. His most recent performances were given as guest Conductor in Austria/ Vienna & Graz & Salzburg & Linz & Kirchstetten - Hungarian/ Budapest & Szombathely - Czech Republic/ Prague, Brno & Olomouc - Slovenian/ Maribor – France/ Paris – UK/ London - Canada/ Vancouver & Calgary and USA/ Houston, San jose, Chicago and at last in Zurich and Göteborg. [18]
Conducting Iranian Orchestral Music[]
Khalatbari's conducting repertoire spans a wide spectrum of musical traditions, ranging from classical opera and symphonic, to atonal and contemporary music. Conducting the Simorq musical project, the world premiere of Hamid Motebassem with Homayoun Shajarian's vocal, is one of the brightest points in this range.[4][19][20]
See also
References[]
- ^ "Hooman Khalatbari". Simorq orchestra.
- ^ "مروری بر اجرای "سیمرغ" در هلند؛ جوانان میآیند" [Review of the performance of "Phoenix" in the Netherlands] (in Persian). 6 October 2011.
- ^ a b "مروری بر اجرای "سیمرغ" در هلند؛ جوانان میآیند". 6 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Simorq simorgh شاهنامه فردوسی music project iranian homayoun Shajarian شجریان Motebassem Hooman khalatbari shahname ferdousi,iran tehran : Conductor".
- ^ "Rahbari, Khalatbari". Prague Philarmonic Orchestra.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.virtuosibrunenses.com/
- ^ "تلویزیون منوتو - تلویزیون من و تو".
- ^ "A béna, a vak (és a néma?) – Revelatív Rigoletto a kirchstetteni fesztiválon • Café Momus".
- ^ "Oper, Orchester, Konzerte". 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Il signor Bruschino".
- ^ "Frauenheld Don Giovanni im Schloss Kirchstetten".
- ^ "Du hast nach videos gesucht".
- ^ http://www.noen.at/lokales/noe-uebersicht/mistelbach/kultur/Trauma-Tragoedie-Tod%3bart2556%2c476973
- ^ "Mächtige "Carmina Burana"". 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.schloss-kirchstetten.at/de/menu23/veranstaltungen73/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "نگاهی به ارکسترال سیمرغ به آهنگسازی حمید متبسم". 10 November 2011.
- ^ "مکث با سیمرغ". 6 January 2012.
External links[]
- Persian classical musicians
- Iranian classical musicians
- Iranian conductors (music)
- Iranian pianists
- People from Tehran
- Living people
- 1969 births
- 21st-century conductors (music)
- 21st-century pianists