Cem Mansur
| Born in Istanbul and trained in London, the winner of the Ricordi Prize completed his studies at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, where he was a pupil of Leonard Bernstein. As conductor at the Istanbul State Opera from 1981 to 1989, Cem Mansur built up an impressive opera repertoire which he can call on at any time. He is currently principal conductor of the Akbank Chamber Orchestra and first guest conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. He made a highly successful London debut with the English Chamber Orchestra and the following year he conducted the first performance of Elgar's unfinished opera "The Spanish Lady" at St. John's, Smith Square. He has since worked with orchestras and opera companies in Holland, France, Italy, The Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Hungary, Mexico, Germany, Sweden and Russia. where he has been a regular guest conductor with the Kirov Opera . Cem Mansur makes regular appearances at the Kirov Opera at the invitation of Valery Gergiev, at London's Holland Park Opera Festival and the Prague National Theatre, as well as with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the City of London Sinfonia, and the Hungarian State Orchestra. |
Bruno Weil
| Guest conducting many of the major international orchestras and numerous recordings spread Bruno Weil's worldwide fame as one of the leading conductors of music of Viennese Classicism. Born in Germany, Bruno Weil was a master student of Hans Swarowsky and Franco Ferrara. A prize winner of several international competitions, he was named General Music Director of the City of Augsburg in 1981, being Germany's youngest General Music Director at that time.. Bruno Weil resigned his post as General Music Director of the City of Duisburg, Germany in 2002 and is now principal guest conductor of the Tafelmusik Orchstra and music director of the Cappella Coloniensis. In 1988 he enjoyed a stunning success when he replaced Herbert von Karajan at the Salzburg Festival, conducting Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Bruno Weil has performed with leading symphony orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, The Dresden Staatskapelle, theLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchstra. |