MARCO OZBIČ CONDUCTOR VITA Marco Ozbič was born in Trieste, Italy. In 1990 he gained his first major in piano performance in his home town and continued his studies at the University of Music in Vienna, Austria. There he studied conducting as well as composition. He graduated in 1995. At the present time he is engaged as conductor and chorus master by the Finnish National Opera. CONDUCTING 2012 Finnish National Opera - Helsinki Mozart: The Magic Flute (director J. Tapola, T. Katajala, N. Chorell, J. Merikanto, S. Lampimäki, K. Soasepp, J. Silvasti) 2011 Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir - Abonnement Concert - Philharmonic Hall - Ljubljana (Gombert, Monteverdi, Henze) 2011 Slovenian National Opera and Ballet - Production "Visibleinvisible" - SSG Trieste (Music P. I. Tschaikovsky, M. Lipovšek, A. Thomas, Coreographies by I. Mukhamedov, J. Arques, G. Balanchine) 2010 Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra - Cankarjev Dom - Ljubljana Debut with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Soloist: Tibor Kerekeš, Trumpet) Armenian Music Tales - Works from Khachathurian and Arutunian 2009 Winner of the Jury-Award - "Victor de Sabata" International Conducting Competition Jury: Timothy Walker - President (Artistic Director - London Philharmonic
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MARCO OZBIČ
CONDUCTOR
VITA Marco Ozbič was born in Trieste, Italy. In 1990 he gained his first major in piano performance in his home town and continued his studies at the University of Music in Vienna, Austria. There he studied conducting as well as composition. He graduated in 1995. At the present time he is engaged as conductor and chorus master by the Finnish National Opera. CONDUCTING 2012 Finnish National Opera - Helsinki Mozart: The Magic Flute (director J. Tapola, T. Katajala, N. Chorell, J. Merikanto, S. Lampimäki, K. Soasepp, J. Silvasti) 2011 Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir - Abonnement Concert - Philharmonic Hall - Ljubljana (Gombert, Monteverdi, Henze) 2011 Slovenian National Opera and Ballet - Production "Visibleinvisible" - SSG Trieste (Music P. I. Tschaikovsky, M. Lipovšek, A. Thomas, Coreographies by I. Mukhamedov, J. Arques, G. Balanchine) 2010 Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra - Cankarjev Dom - Ljubljana
Debut with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Soloist: Tibor Kerekeš, Trumpet)
Armenian Music Tales - Works from Khachathurian and Arutunian 2009 Winner of the Jury-Award - "Victor de Sabata" International Conducting
Competition Jury: Timothy Walker - President (Artistic Director - London Philharmonic
Orchestra), Evans Mirageas (Artistic Director - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), Niksa Bareza (Conductor), Roar Leinan (Artistic Director, Trondheim Opera & Symphony Orchestra), Renato Zanettovich (Trio di Trieste)
2005 – 2009 Teatro di San Carlo - Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo Artistic director Jeffrey Tate Chorus master and conductor Highlights - as conductor
Henze: Cantata Musen Siziliens - soloists: Andrea Lucchesini & Pietro De Maria, Piano
Mozart: Gran Partita K361, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K297b, Weber: Clarinet Concerto n.1 Mozart: Requiem K626 Mendelssohn: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, op. 60
2008 Teatro Carlo Gesualdo di Avellino - Project "Settecento napoletano" Paisiello: La precauzione inutile, opera (v. 1787) (dir. R. de Simone) 2006 Dutch Church - London Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Il Corpo Cantante" 1999 – 2005 Wiener Staatsoper, Artistic Director - Seiji Ozawa Deputy Chorus Master Repertoire of over 70 Operas
Cooperation with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniele Gatti, Ricardo Muti, etc.
Japan Tour - Le Nozze di Figaro & Don Giovanni (Mozart) with Seiji Ozawa 2002 Salzburger Festspiele Chorus Master and Répétiteur Requiem (Verdi) with Ricardo Muti Parsifal (Wagner) with Placido Domingo and James Levine Turandot (Puccini) with Valery Gergiev Don Giovanni (Mozart) with Nikolaus Harnoncourt Jakobsleiter (Schönberg) with Kent Nagano La Donna del Lago (Rossini) with Marcello Viotti 1998 – 2002 Wiener Jeunesse Chor (Artistic Director and Conductor)
Highlights: Final concert of the first Viennese Salieri Symposium Salieri: Requiem in c minor Arvo Pärt: Passio - Vienna and Graz - with the Hilliard Ensemble Festival Bach 2000 - Jeunesse Wien
Founded Ensemble Salieri - Wien Concerts with many internationally established artists including: Mario Hossen (Violin) Ileana Tonca (Sopran) Stella Grigorian (Mezzo-sopran) Paul Armin Edelmann (Baryton)
Claudi Bombardo (Choreographer) Bruckner Orchester - Linz J. J. Fux Orchester - Graz Martin Mühlfellner (Trumpet Solo of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) Robert Pobitschka (Piano) Shostakovich, List, Mozart, Hummel, Arutunian 1995 – 1999 Wiener Sängerknaben Over 600 concerts world-wide
Santa Cecilia (Roma), Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, NHK Hall, Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo), Symphony Hall (Osaka), New York, Boston Co-operations with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Claudio Abbado, Wolfgang Sawallish, Georges Prêtre
Recordings for Sony and EMI 1993 – 1995 Wiener Musikforum für zeitgenössische Musik (MICA) & Wiener Saxophonquartett Several Premières Wiener Konzerthaus, Odeon Theatre Strawinsky, Cage, Nono, Berio, Lachenmann, Birtwistle, Maxwell-Davies, Harvey 1992 – 1996 Kapellmeister at the Rochus Church – Vienna
Renaissance (Victoria, Lasso, Palestrina, Monteverdi), Baroque (Handel, Telemann, Bach, Biber), Wiener Klassik (Michael and Joseph Haydn, Mozart), Mass in E-flat, Mass in G, Stabat Mater, Motets (Schubert), Motets, Requiem, Mass in E minor (Bruckner)
Founding of the Ensemble Il Maggio Fiorito countertenors and male sopranos for the high voices: support and participation of Ashley Stafford
1991 – 1992 Opèra du Rhin Répétiteur for Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Innsbrucker Barockfestspiele Répétiteur by René Jacobs and Konrad Junghänel Les Arts Florissants – William Christie
Preparation of the soloists Nicolas Rivenq, Jean Paul Fouchécourt and Agnès Mell for the CD “Il Combattimento” (Harmonia mundi)
FUTURE PROJECTS August 2013: Choir-symphonic concert at the Summerfestival "Urkuyö ja aaria", Espoo - Finland Female choir, soloists and orchestra of the Finnish national Opera ACCOMPANYING
Concerts with renowned Austrian and Italian singers CD „Romanze Italiane“ (Oehms classics) with Baryton Paul Armin Edelmann Concerts with Paul Armin and Peter Edelmann in Musikverein (Graz, Austria), Schubertiade – Roskilde (Dänemark), Stift Melk (Austria) ACADEMIC WORK, RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Dissertation on tempi and tempo-proportions in the “Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria” from Monteverdi's Vespers published in the magazine Musica e Ricerca New editions and Performances (Il maggio fiorito, Ensemble Salieri - Wien) Messa da cappella 1650 – Biblioteca casanatense (Monteverdi) Missa 3 choribus (Victoria) Cantata “Deh, vieni, o Nice” (Salieri) Lectures about performance practice and stylistic interpretation in Trieste (RAI programmes), Napoli (Università Federico II), Ljubljana (Academy of Arts and Music) and Vienna (Italian culture institute, MICA) TEACHING Project “Il Corpo Cantante“: Masterclasses together with Ashley Stafford (singer and osteopath - Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, London) in England, France, Austria and Finland Conservatory B. Marcello – Venice (IT) (Chorus conducting and repertoire) Universität für Musik – Graz (AT) (Pianist and coach in the Singing, Lied and Oratorium Classes) Conservatory “N. Sala” – Benevento (IT), conservatory "F. Venezze" - Rovigo (IT) (Lied - Masterclasses) SPOKEN LANGUAGES Slovenian, Italian, German, Spanish, English, French PRESS Paolo Isotta – Corriere della Sera – Henze’s Musen Sizilien „Musen Siziliens was performed by the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (excellent solo piano Andrea Lucchesini and Maria Di Pietro) under the direction of Chorus Master Marco Ozbič. It’s one of the most beautiful concerts that I’ve heard in recent times“ Maurizio Piscitelli – ilmondodisuk – Concert with Ricardo Muti „... the chorus, prepared by Marco Ozbič ...(showed).. immaculate grace...“ Karl Löbl – Kurier „Marco Ozbič is for him (Paul Armin Edelmann) not only an attentive accompanist but also an differentiated and „pointed“ pianistic partner“ S.C. Loder – Operatoday „A new „Poppea“ in London“
„The excellent small ensemble of 8 musicians, led incisively and elegantly from the harpsichord by the experienced Marco Ozbič, musical director and fellow-creator of the project.“ Mittelloge „he has a very good knowledge of voices and how to support and accompany them. More than an accompanist, an equal partner“
