Alfred Eschwé is a native of Vienna, Austria. Following his studies in violin, piano and conducting at the Music University of Vienna he spent a number of years conducting at various German opera houses before he accepted a full-time engagement at the Vienna Volksoper, beginning in 1989. Since then, Mr. Eschwé has frequently appeared as guest conductor in Germany (Hamburg State Opera, State Opera “Unter den Linden” in Berlin, Bavarian State Opera in Munich etc.), Italy (Teatro Verdi in Triest, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Reggio in Turin, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro Bellini in Catania) as well as Den Norske Opera in Oslo and the New National Opera in Tokio. In 2002, Alfred Eschwé began to conduct regularly at the Vienna State Opera. There the now famous DVD of Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón was recorded under Eschwé’s direction. Other DVD productions include the Austrian opera, Der Evangelimann (composed by Wilhelm Kienzl) and Lehár‘s Der Graf von Luxemburg. The list of Mr. Eschwé’s audio recordings is long and varied and includes CDs for Sony Records in collaboration with Angelika Kirchschlager and Simon Keenlyside. In addition to the field of opera and operetta, Alfred Eschwé is a sought-after concert conductor, for example, in Austria with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Niederoesterreich Tonkuenstler Orchestra, the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra (ORF) and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, in Germany with the West German Radio Orchestra Cologne (WDR), the South German Radio Orchestra Stuttgart and the Hamburg Symphonic Orchestra, in Italy, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Arena di Verona Orchestra. No Eschwé biography would be complete without mentioning his passion for and expert knowledge of the music of Johann Strauss & Co. For decades he has joined forces with the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra with whom he has presented this repertoire around the world, including 270 concerts in Japan alone, but also tours of the United States, South Korea, Italy and Spain.
Tuesday, 01. May 201811.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Spring concert
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : By the Moldau / Polka française op. 366 Johann Strauss II : Let's dance! / Quick polka op. 436 Johann Strauss II : Viennese Bonbons / Waltz op. 307 Johann Strauss II : Fata Morgana / Polka mazurka op. 330 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : The Publicists / Waltz op. 321 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Fairy tales from the Orient / Waltz op. 444 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Joseph Lanner : Tarantel-Galopp op. 125 Johann Strauss II : Czárdás from "Die Fledermaus" Hans Christian Lumbye : Champagne Galop op. 14 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Encore Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
Jubiläum Am 2. Jänner 1983 stand Alfred Eschwé zum ersten Mal am Pult des Wiener Johann Strauss Orchesters. Wir gratulieren Maestro Eschwé ganz herzlich und freuen uns auf die nächsten 35 Jahre!
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