Carlos Kalmar was born to Austrian parents in Uruguay in 1958. He began studying violin at the age of six. By 15 his musical development led him to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he studied conducting with Karl Österreicher. In June 1984 he won first prize at the Hans Swarowsky Conducting Competition in Vienna.
Kalmar has been music director of the Hamburger Symphoniker (1987 to 1991), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (1991 to 1995) and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany (1996-2000). Since 2000, Kalmar has been the principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago and, since 2003, the Oregon Symphony. His symphony and opera guest conducting engagements throughout Europe and North America include return appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the National Orchestra of Spain, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Hamburg State Opera, the Detroit Symphony, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the Zurich Opera House, among others.
Carlos Kalmar’s recordings include the 2003 release of the Joachim (listen here) and the Brahms (here) Violin Concertos featuring Rachel Barton and the Chicago Symphony, both on the Cedille Records label.
We published the interview Bruce Duffie took with Carlos Kalmar some years ago; you can listen to Maestro Kalmar conducting here.
May 31, 2010
Carlos Kalmar was born to Austrian parents in Uruguay in 1958. He began studying violin at the age of six. By 15 his musical development led him to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he studied conducting with Karl Österreicher. In June 1984 he won first prize at the Hans Swarowsky Conducting Competition in Vienna.
Kalmar has been music director of the Hamburger Symphoniker (1987 to 1991), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (1991 to 1995) and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany (1996-2000). Since 2000, Kalmar has been the principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago and, since 2003, the Oregon Symphony. His symphony and opera guest conducting engagements throughout Europe and North America include return appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the National Orchestra of Spain, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Hamburg State Opera, the Detroit Symphony, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the Zurich Opera House, among others.
Carlos Kalmar’s recordings include the 2003 release of the Joachim (listen here) and the Brahms (here) Violin Concertos featuring Rachel Barton and the Chicago Symphony, both on the Cedille Records label.
We published the interview Bruce Duffie took with Carlos Kalmar some years ago; you can listen to Maestro Kalmar conducting here.