Johannes Wildner

Born in

Mürzzuschlag/Austria

Education

• Violin
• Musicology and Conducting
• (K. Österreicher, O. Suitner)/University of Vienna
• University of Music and Performing Arts; Parma (Vladimir Delman)

Engagements

• 10 years member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Chief Conductor of Prague State Opera
• First Permanent Conductor of Leipzig Opera
• GMD of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia
• Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra
• Teatro Carlo Felice
• Arena di Verona
• New National Theatre Tokyo
• Salzburger Landestheater
• Vienna State Opera; LPO und RPO London
• Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
• St. Petersburg Philharmonic
• Hongkong Philharmonic
• China Philharmonic
• Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• RSO Vienna

Repertoire

• Focus on: Austrian music from Haydn to contemporary music
• Schönberg
• Berg
• Webern; Verdi
• Puccini
• Debussy
• Strawinsky.

Website

The Austrian Johannes Wildner studied conducting (with Karl Österreicher, Otmar Suitner and Vladimir Delman), violin and musicology in Vienna and Parma.

His years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp.

After positions as Chief Conductor at the State Philharmonic Košice (Slovakia, 1990-93), at the Prague State Opera (1994-95) and as First Permanent Conductor of the Leipzig Opera (1996-98), Johannes Wildner, who holds a doctorate in musicology, was General Music Director of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia for 10 years (1997-2007) and First Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London (2010-2014). Since 2014 he has been artistic director of the Austrian opera festival Oper Burg Gars. Since 2014 he has been professor of conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Johannes Wildner is a regular guest conductor with important orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz in Ludwigshafen, the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Staatsphilharmonie Saarbrücken, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the ORF-RSO Vienna, the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, the Orchestra der Arena di Verona, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano-Trento, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian Philharmonic Sofia, Danish National Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gelders Orkest in Arnhem, Aarhus Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, of the Orchestre de Bretagne, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, the Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra, the China Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Johannes Wildner recorded more than a 100 CDs, DVDs and videos, including the complete recordings of “Die Fledermaus”, “Così fan tutte” for Naxos and a live recording of Bizet’s “Carmen”, Bruckner’s 3rd (in all versions) and 9th Symphony (with reconstructed 4th movement). He recorded four CDs with music by Erich Zeisl, Joseph Marx and Johann Nepomuk David with the ORF-RSO Vienna for cpo; in 2010, on the occasion of the composer’s 200th birthday, the complete works for piano and orchestra by Robert Schumann with the pianist Lev Vinocour and the ORF-RSO Vienna were released on three CDs by Sony RCA Red Seal. In 2013, Warner Classics published Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (soloist: Alexandre Da Costa) and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. With the BBC Concert Orchestra Johannes Wildner records works by unknown or forgotten composers for Dutton Records. Works by Frédéric d’Erlanger and Walter Braunfels have already appeared in this series.

As a sought-after opera and operetta conductor, Johannes Wildner has appeared at the Prague State Opera, the Leipzig Opera (TV recordings of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” and “Così fan tutte”) and the Music Theater im Revier/Gelsenkirchen, as well as at the podium of the Volksoper Wien, the Vienna State Opera, the Seefestspiele Mörbisch, the Metropol-Theater Berlin, the Wagner-Festival in Wels, the Vienna Summer Festival “Mozart in Schönbrunn”, the Carinthian Summer, the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen; the NCPA in Mumbai, the “Festival de Mayo” in Guadalajara/Mexico, the Opera Halle, the Graz Opera House, the Salzburg and Linz Landestheater, the Bratislava National Opera, the Brno National Theatre, the Croatian National Theatre Zagre, the Arena di Verona, the New National Theatre Tokyo, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, and in Taiwan.

Recent highlights were a new production of “La Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci” at the Bucharest State Opera with Ion Caramitru directing and a new production of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” at the Lithuanian National Theatre Vilnius directed by Graham Vick, as well as concerts with the Bulgarian Philharmonic and the South Denmark Philharmonic Orchestra.

Following the very successful productions of “Der Freischütz”, “Don Carlo”, “Otello” and “Zauberflöte”, he will conduct “Tosca” in 2018 at the Burg Gars Opera Festival, under his artistic direction. Furthermore, he continues his regular collaboration with the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, among others once a year at the Vienna Musikverein and with a major tour of Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan).

Beethoven, Ludwig v.

• Fidelio

Berg, Alban

• Lulu
• Wozzeck

Bizet, Geroges

• Carmen

Britten, Benjamin

• Peter Grimes

Cech, Christoph

• Aus allen Blüten Bitternis

Humperdinck, Engelbert

• Hänsel und Gretel

Janacek, Leos

• Jenufa

Kalman, Emmerich

• Gräfin Mariza

Lehar, Franz

• The Merry Widow
• Land of Smiles

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero

• I Pagliacci

Lortzing, Albert

• Regina

Mascagni, Pietro

• Cavalleria Rusticana

Maxwell Davies, Peter

• The Martyrdom of St. Magnus

Mozart, Wolfgang A

• Le Nozze di Figaro
• Cosi fan tutte
• Don GiovanniAbduction from the Seraglio
• Magic Flute

Mussorgsky, Modest

• Boris Godunov

Puccini, Giacomo

• La Bohème
• Gianni Schicchi
• Tosca
• Madama Buterfly

Rossini, Gioacchino

• La Cenerentola

Strauss, Johann

• The Bat
• A Night in Venice
• Vienna Blood

Strauss, Richard

• Salome
• Der Rosenkavalier

Tavener, John

• Mary of Egypt

Verdi, Giuseppe

• Nabucco
• Il Trovatore
• La Traviata
• Un ballo in maschera
• Don Carlos
• Otello
• Rigoletto
• Macbeth
• Falstaff
• Aida

Wagner, Richard

• Der fliegende Holländer
• Tristan und Isolde
• Walküre
• Ring (Querschnitt)
• "Wagner"-Ralley mit Christoph Schlingensieff
• Parsifal

Weber, Carl Maria v.

• Der Freischütz

Weill, Kurt

• Der Silbersee

Zemlinsky, Alexander v. 

•  Eine florentinische Tragodie

Complete Index

Johannes Wildner

A. Adam, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini und Glink

• Tenorarien 2003 gesungen von Janez Lotric, Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Naxos DDD 8.555920

Barber, Saint-Saens, Zabel, Strauss

• Touching Colour 2003 (Orgelmusik), RSO Saarbrücken; Orgel: Christian Schmitt Audite/Naxos92.506(731)

Beethoven

• Symphonie Nr. 4 1991 Camerata Cassovia Donau DCD 8092
• Symphonie Nr. 7 2013 Taipei Symphony Orchestra Warner Classics
• Violinkonzert D-Dur op. 61 2013 Solist: Alexandre Da Costa, Taipei Symphony Orchestra Warner Classics
• Berühmte Ouvertüren 1989 von Mozart und Beethoven; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8020

Bizet

• Operatic Duets 1994 for Tenor and Baritone; (Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Donizetti); Janez Lotric, Tenor; Igor Morozov, Bariton; ; Slowakisches Radio-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.553030

Brahms

• Tragische Ouvertüre 1991 Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8005
• Haydn-Variationen 1991 Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8099

Braunfels

• Ariels Gesang, Piano Concerto, Schottische Phantasie 2014 Piano Concerto op.21 (1910-11), Ariels Gesang op.18 (1910) (after Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'), Schottische Phantasie for Viola & Orchestra op.47 (1932-33), BBC Concert Orchestra, Victor Sangiorgio (piano) SJB Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Dutton CDLX 7304

Bruckner

• Sinfonie Nr. 9 2003 mit rekonstruiertem Finale, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Naxos 8.555933
• 3. Symphonie d-moll 2003 in den Fassungen von 1873, 1877 und 1889 mit Adagio (Neue Philharmonie) SonArte SP20/LC01490

D'Erlanger

• Prélude Romantique, Andante Symphonique, Sursum Corda!, Ballade, Concerto Symphonique 2013 Prélude Romantique (1934) Andante Symphonique for cello and orchestra op. 18 (1903), Sursum Corda! Prélude pour grande orchestre (1919), Ballade for cello and Orchestra (1926), Dutton CDLX 7300

Donizetti

• Operatic Duets 1994 for Tenor and Baritone, (Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Donizetti), Janez Lotric, Tenor; Igor Morozov, Bariton, Slowakisches Radio-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.553030

Giuliani

• Gitarrenkonzerte 1992 (Vivaldi, Giuliani, Torroba), Dagoberto Linhares, Gitarre, Camerata Cassovia Naxos 8.550483

Grechaninov

• Symphonie Nr. 2 1990 Tschechoslowakische Staatsphilharmonie; Kosice Marco Polo 8.223163

Haydn

• Symphonien Nr. 94, 100, 101 1990 Camerata Cassovia Donau DCD 8039

Lalo

• Lalo 1993 Symphonie Espagnole, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen,; Ravel: Tzigane, Saint-Saens: Havannaise; Marat Bisengaliev, Violine; ; Polnisches Nationales Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.550494

Lanner

• Hofballtänze 1994 Johann Strauss Ensemble der Wiener Symphoniker; (Erste CD, die nur Werke von Lanner enthält) Orfeo C368951A

Lanner, Supp

• Wiener Salonmusik 1995 Johann Strauss Kammerorchester Novalis 150 127-2

Mendelssohn

• Symphonie Nr. 4 1991 ("Italienische"), Ein Sommernachtstraum; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8070

Mozart

• Così fan tutte 1990 (Gesamtaufnahme); Borowska; Yachmi; Coles; Martin; Dickie; Mikulas; Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.660008-10
• Le Nozze di Figaro 1995 Oper Leipzig, TV- und Video-Produktion MDR, Unitel
• Così fan tutte 1995 Oper Leipzig, TV- und Video-Produktion MDR, Unitel
• Tenor-Arien 1989 Zauberflöte, Entführung, Don Giovanni u.a.; John Dickie, Tenor; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550383
• Arien und Duette 1991 Entführung, Così fan tutte u.a.; Donna Robin; Andrea Martin; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550435
• Krönungsmesse 1991 Priti Coles, Sopran; Anna di Mauro, Mezzosopran; John Dickie, Tenor; Andreas Martin, Bass; Lehrerchor Kosice; Camerata Cassovia Naxos 8.550495
• Krönungsmesse 1991 Live-Mitschnitt aus der S. Zeno Cathedrale, Verona; Evelyn Holzschuh; Jutta Geister; Giuseppe Morino; Helge von Boemches; Chor des Landestheaters Linz; Wiener Mozart-Akademie (CD und Video) Castle Communications; CCS 2908, CCV 2908
• Gala-Konzert 1991 (Vol. 1-3); Live-Mitschnitt aus der Arena di Verona; Wiener Mozart-Akademie (CD und Video) Castle Communications; CCS 2905-7, CCV 2905-7
• Symphonien Nr. 38 1991 ("Prager") und 40 (g-moll); Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8082
• Symphonien Nr. 38 1989 ("Prager") und 41 ("Jupiter"l); Wiener Mozart-Akademie Golden Classics
• Haffner-Serenade KV 250 1990 Marsch KV 249; Takako Nishizaki, Violine; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.505010
• Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 und 2 1990 Rondo KV 269, u. a.; Takako Nishizaki, Violine; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550414
• Fagottkonzert, Oboenkonzert, Klarinettenkonzert 1989 Stepan Turnovsky; Martin Gabriel; Ernst Ottensamer; Wiener Mozart-Akademie Naxos 8.550345
• German Dances 1989 KV 586, KV 600, KV 602, KV 605; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550412
• Berühmte Ouvertüren 1989 von Mozart und Beethoven; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8020

Prokofieff

• Peter und der Wolf 2003 Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Son/Arte-Center CD21

Ravel

• Lalo 1993 Symphonie Espagnole, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Ravel: Tzigane; Saint-Saens: Havannaise; Marat Bisengaliev, Violine; Polnisches Nationales Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.550494
• R. Strauss 1997 Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30; Ravel: Bolero; Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Sonarte 29876 20001

Rossini

• Operatic Duets 1994 for Tenor and Baritone; (Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Donizetti); Janez Lotric, Tenor; Igor Morozov, Bariton; ; Slowakisches Radio-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.553030

Saint-Sans

• Lalo 1993 Symphonie Espagnole, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Ravel: Tzigane; Saint-Saens: Havannaise; Marat Bisengaliev, Violine; Polnisches Nationales Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.550494

Sarasate

• Lalo 1993 Symphonie Espagnole, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Ravel: Tzigane; Saint-Saens: Havannaise; Marat Bisengaliev, Violine; Polnisches Nationales Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.550494

Schubert

• Symphonien Nr. 5 und Nr. 8 1991 , Rosamunde; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8091
• Symphonie Nr. 9 1991 Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8107

Schumann, Clara

• Klavierkonzert op. 7, a-moll 2002 Margarita Höhenrieder, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen RCA Red Seal 74321 98793 2; (BMG Classics)

Schumann, Robert

• 2002 Klavierkonzert op. 54, a-moll, Margarita Höhenrieder, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen RCA Red Seal 74321 98793 2; (BMG Classics)
• Symphonien Nr. 2 1990 (op. 61) und Nr. 4 (op. 120); Tschechoslowakische Staatsphilharmonie Kosice Naxos 8.550471
• Klavierkonzert op. 54 1991 Thomas Hlawatsch; CSFR Staatsphilharmonie Kosice Donau DCD 8106
• Ouvertren 1992 Hermann und Dorothea, op. 136; Faust; Manfred, op. 115; Braut von Messina, op. 100; Julius Caesar, op. 128; Ouvertre, Scherzo und Finale, op. 52; Genoveva, op. 81; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.550608

Spohr

• Klarinettenkonzerte Nr. 1 und Nr. 3 1994 Potpourri, op. 80; Ernst Ottensamer, Klarinette; Slowakische Staatsphilharmonie; Slowakisches Rundfunkorcheste Naxos 8.550688
• Klarinettenkonzerte Nr. 2 und Nr. 4 1995 Phantasie und Variationen, op. 81; Ernst Ottensamer, Klarinette; Slowakisches Rundfunkorchester Naxos 8.550689

Strauss, J.

• Die Fledermaus 1991 (Gesamtaufnahme); Fontana; Hopferwieser; Dickie; Karwautz; Yachmi-Caucig; Martin; Werner; Bratislava City Chorus; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Naxos 8.660017-8
• Strauss à la carte 1988 Johann Strauss Ensemble der Wiener Symphoniker Siedler A8902C
• Soire dansante 1992 Johann Strauss Ensemble der Wiener Symphoniker Orfeo C291931A
• Johann und Josef Strauss 1995 Wiener Johann-Strauss Kammerorchester Novalis 150 122-2
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 9 1990 Marco Polo 8.223209
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 10 1990 Marco Polo 8.223210
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 15 1990 Marco Polo 8.223215
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 21 1991 Marco Polo 8.223221
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 22 1991 Marco Polo 8.223222
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 24 1991 Marco Polo 8.223224
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 25 1992 Marco Polo 8.223225
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 28 1993 Marco Polo 8.223228
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 32 1993 Marco Polo 8.223232
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 33 1993 Marco Polo 8.223233
• Complete orchestral works, vol. 35 1993 Weitere Teile in Vorbereitung Marco Polo 8.223235
• Stücke für Männerchor und Orchester 1992 Wiener Mnnergesangsverein; Rundfunk-Orchester Bratislava Marco Polo 3.223250

Strauss, R.

• R. Strauss 1997 Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30, Ravel: Bolero, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Sonarte 29876 20001

Torroba

• Gitarrenkonzerte 1992 (Vivaldi, Giuliani, Torroba); Dagoberto Linhares, Gitarre; Camerata Cassovia Naxos 8.550483

Tschaikovsky

• Romeo und Julia 1991 1812 Ouvertüre; Capriccio Italien; Slawischer Marsch; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8066
• Symphonie Nr. 5 1990 Eugen Onegin: Walzer und Polonaise; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8105
• Symphonie Nr. 6 1991 Hamlet; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8077

Verdi

• Operatic Duets 1994 for Tenor and Baritone; (Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Donizetti); Janez Lotric, Tenor; Igor Morozov, Bariton; ; Slowakisches Radio-Symphonieorchester Naxos 8.553030

Vivaldi

• Gitarrenkonzerte 1992 (Vivaldi, Giuliani, Torroba); Dagoberto Linhares, Gitarre; Camerata Cassovia Naxos 8.550483

Wagner

• Orchestral highlights 1990 Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Siegfried Idyll; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) Naxos 8.550498

Weber

• Klarinettenkonzerte Nr. 1 und Nr. 2 1990 Concertino; Ernst Ottensamer, Klarinette; Tschechoslowakische Staatsphilharmonie Kosice Naxos 8.550378

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