Niels Muus, Conductor. Born in West Chester. APA Artists' Management Alexandra Mercer - www.apaartistsmanagement.com/nielsmuus/ Nicoleta Ardelean Antonia Cifrone** Cellia Costea Abbie Furmansky** Vassiliki Karayanni Elena Kelessidi** Irini Kyriakidou Maria Laura Martorana Irina Samoylova* Lolitta Semenina Anna Shafajinskaia** Svetlana Sozdateleva* Nina Warren** Anne Williams-King Elena Zelenskaya* Fredrika Brillembourg** Louise Callinan** Irina Dolzhenko* Daniela Innamorati** Irini Karaianni** Marita Paparizou Alexandra Durseneva* Viktor Afanasenko Fernando del Valle** Howard Haskin Michael Heim Antonis Koroneos** Vadim Zaplechny* Marcin Bronikowski** Rodney Clarke Massimiliano Gagliardo** Yasuo Horiuchi Marcello Lippi** George Mosley** Dimitri Platanias Sergei Stilmachenko** Johannes von Duisburg** Matteo De Monti** Askar Abdrazakov** Andrey Antonov* Gary Jankowski** Arutjun Kotchinian** Ayk Martirossian Christophoros Stamboglis Mikhail Svetlov** Manlio Benzi** Alistair Dawes Niels Muus** Sergio La Stella (IT) Benjamin Davis Dieter Kaegi Bronowski Productions Danish-American pianist/conductor/artistic director Niels Muus was born in Pennsylvania 1958. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark with later studies at the Conservatorio San Martino in Bologna and L'Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Masterclasses: with Franco Ferrara, Tatjana Nikolajowa, Carlo Zecchi. 1992-99 Niels Muus was Principal Conductor at the TIROLER LANDESTHEATER, INNSBRUCK. Besides being responsible for the development of one of the most prolific European opera ensembles (Pamela Rosenberg), he conducted several operas to great international acclaim. Most notably Carl Nielsen`s MASKARADE - a performance that led to the new National Edition of the composer's complete works ( finished 2009) and the world premiere of Ruud Langaard's ANTIKRIST. The recording of this opera was selected for Critics' Choice as the best opera recording in the music magazine Gramophone. 1999-2003 Niels Muus was engaged as Casting Director/Aritistic Director at the VOLKSOPER WIEN. Here he created an ensemble of young outstanding singers who has later enjoyed major international careers (Markus Werba, Steve Davislim, Dario Schmunck, Adrian Eröd, Maurizio Muraro, Klaus Kuttler, Elisabeth Kulmann, Aleksandra Reinprecht etc.) Recognized as an international expert in Italian Opera, he has had extensive activity in the Italian opera houses and has led major productions around the world: L'ELISIR D'AMORE at the Macerata Festival (DVD from label TK-RAI recently reissued at label ARTHAUS MUSIK), L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO for the Culture-Olympics, AIDA in Bejing for CCTV, DIE FLEDERMAUS in Tokyo and Moscow, L'ELISIR D'AMORE in Seoul etc. Since 2008 Niels Muus has been the artistic director of the WORLD OPERA - Research Project: The creation of a distributed opera stage internet as a virtual stage for the arts. In international collaboration between institutions such as Stanford University, Mcgill University, SARC-Belfast, Oslo University, Carnegie Hall, SF Opera, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, The Royal Swedish Opera, New York University, Bang & Olufsen. Niels Muus has been a visiting professor at institutions such as Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi di Bolzano, New National Theater Tokyo, National Opera of Korea, Gothenburg University, Otto Edelamnn Society Wien, and New York University (2010). Niels Muus has been a jury member in the following singing competitions: Belvedere - Vienna, Musician of the Future - Radio Ireland, Concorso Toti dal Monte - Treviso, Debut in Meran, AEOS (The League of Spanish Symphony Orchestra) Composition Prize. Niels Muus is currently member of the Board of the Spanish Cultural Fundacion Valparaiso. Recordings: for labels DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHON-UNIVERSAL, DYNAMIC, TDK- RAI, ARTHAUS MUSIK; PREISSER RECORDS VIENNA, DANACHORD. World premiere recordings: Catalani, Ricci, Auber, Mercadante, Nicolai, Thomas. Lied recitals and symphony concerts in Berliner Philharmonie, Avery Fisher Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo Bunkakaikkan, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Theatre des Champs Elysees, Wigmore Hall. --> Download (Pdf) APA Artists' Management / Alexandra Mercer Studio 1 - 79 Bedford Gardens - London W8 7EG, UK - Tel: +44 (0)207 794 7633 - Fax: +44 (0)207 431 4344