Johannes Wildner

Born in

Mürzzuschlag/Austria

Education

• Violin, Musicology and Conducting
• Karl Österreicher, Otmar Suitner/University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
• 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
• Chief Conductor Danish Philharmonic 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

• Austrian music from Haydn to contemporary music
• Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Verdi, Puccini
• Debussy, Stravinsky

Website

The Austrian conductor Johannes Wildner impresses in the operatic and symphonic field with his great knowledge of repertoire, his stylistic confidence, his clear conducting technique and his ability to inspire musicians and audiences. In his previous positions, he has also demonstrated his great qualities as an orchestra trainer, creative program planner and imaginative developer of new audiences.

After studying conducting (with Karl Österreicher, Otmar Suite and Vladimir Delman), violin and musicology in Vienna and Parma, Johannes Wildner’s time as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra had a lasting influence on his conducting style and music-making.

After positions as Chief Conductor of the Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovakia, 1990-93), the Prague State Opera (1994-95) and First Permanent Conductor of the Leipzig Opera (1996-98), Johannes Wildner was General Music Director of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, which has also been the opera orchestra of the Musiktheater im Revier (1997-2007), Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London (2010-2014) and Chief Conductor of the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra in Sønderborg from 2019-2024.

From 2014-2023, he  was a university professor for conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW) and was artistic director of the Austrian opera festival Oper Burg Gars, where he conducted Verdi’s “Aida” as his last production in Gars in 2023 after the very successful productions of “Don Carlo”, “Otello”, “The Magic Flute”, “Tosca”, “Fidelio”, and “Carmen”.

As part of his regular collaboration with the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Johannes Wildner conducts regularly at the Vienna Musikverein, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Berlin Philharmonie, the KKL Luzern and on Asian tours in Japan, China and Korea.

As a guest conductor, Johannes Wildner regularly conducts major orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the ORF-RSO Vienna, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra Sofia, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gelders Orkest in Arnhem, the Aarhus Symphony, 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, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

In addition to his engagements at the Prague State Opera, the Leipzig Opera (TV recordings of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Così fan tutte”) and the Musiktheater im Revier/Gelsenkirchen, Johannes Wildner has also conducted at opera houses like the Volksoper Vienna, the Graz Opera House, the Salzburg and Linz State Theatres,  the Arena di Verona, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, the Lithuanian Opera in Vilnius,  the National Theater in Bucharest, the National Opera Bratislava, as well as at the Seefestspiele  Moerbisch, the Metropol Theater Berlin, the Carinthian Summer Festival, the Opera Festival St. Margarethen; the NCPA in Mumbai, or the “Festival de Mayo” in Guadalajara/Mexico.

Johannes Wildner has recorded over 100 CDs, DVDs and videos with a broad opera and concert repertoire, including the complete recordings of “The Bat”, “Così fan tutte” for Naxos and a live recording of Bizet’s “Carmen”, Bruckner’s 3rd (in all versions) and 9th symphonies (with reconstructed 4th movement) or the complete piano and orchestra works by Robert Schumann with ORF RSO Vienna and Lev Vinocour for Sony RCA Red Seal,  Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and his Violin Concerto with Alexandre da Costa and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra for Warner.
His interest in rarely played or forgotten music is also documented by numerous recordings: Works by Erich Zeisl, Joseph Marx and Johann Nepomuk David with the ORF-RSO Vienna for cpo; Joseph Marx “Herbstsinfonie” with the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, or works by Frédéric d’Erlanger Walter Braunfels or Charles Martin Loeffler with the BBC Orchestra for Dutton Records.

www.johanneswildner.com

10/2024

Beethoven, Ludwig van

• Fidelio

Berg, Alban

• Lulu
• Wozzeck

Bizet, Geroges

• Carmen

Britten, Benjamin

• Peter Grimes

Cech, Christoph

• Bitterness from all Flowers

Humperdinck, Engelbert

• Hansel and Gretel

Janáček, Leoš

• Jenůfa

Kálmán, Emmerich

• Countess Maritza

Lehár, Franz

• The Merry Widow
• The Land of Smiles

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero

• I Pagliacci

Lortzing, Albert

• Regina

Mascagni, Pietro

• Cavalleria rusticana

Maxwell Davies, Peter

• The Martyrdom of St. Magnus

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

• The Abduction from the Seraglio
• Cosi fan tutte
• Don Giovanni
• Le nozze di Figaro
• The Magic Flute

Mussorgsky, Modest

• Boris Godunov

Puccini, Giacomo

• La bohème
• Gianni Schicchi
• Madama Buterfly
• Tosca

Rossini, Gioacchino

• La Cenerentola

Strauss, Johann

• The Bat
• A Night in Venice
• Vienna Blood

Strauss, Richard

• Salome
• The Knight of the Rose

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

• The flying Dutchman
• Tristan and Isolde
• The Valkyrie
• Ring (Cross Section)
• "Wagner"-Ralley with Christoph Schlingensieff
• Parsifal

Weber, Carl Maria von

• The Marksman

Weill, Kurt

• The Silver Lake

Zemlinsky, Alexander von

• A Florentine Tragedy

Complete Index

Johannes Wildner

A. Adam, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini und Glink

• Tenor Arias 2003 sung by Janez Lotrič, 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

• Symphony Nr. 4 1991 Camerata Cassovia Donau DCD 8092
• Symphony Nr. 7 2013 Taipei Symphony Orchestra Warner Classics
• Violin concert D major op. 61 2013 Soloist: Alexandre Da Costa, Taipei Symphony Orchestra Warner Classics
• Famous Ouvertures 1989 Mozart and 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

• Tragic Ouverture 1991 Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8005
• Haydn Variations 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

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

David, Johann Nepomuk (1895 - 1977)

• Symphony Nr. 1 & 6 2014 ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien cpo 777 741-2
• Symphony Nr. 2 & 4 2018 ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien cpo 777 577-2

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

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

Grechaninov

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

Haydn

• Symphony 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

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

Lanner, Supp

• Viennese Salon Music 1995 Johann Strauss Kammerorchester Novalis 150 127-2

Mendelssohn

• Symphony 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 Arias 1989 The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Don Giovanni a.o.; John Dickie, Tenor; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550383
• Arias and Duets 1991 The Abduction from the Seraglio, Così fan tutte u.a.; Donna Robin; Andrea Martin; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550435
• Coronation Mass 1991 Priti Coles, Sopran; Anna di Mauro, Mezzosopran; John Dickie, Tenor; Andreas Martin, Bass; Lehrerchor Kosice; Camerata Cassovia Naxos 8.550495
• Coronation Mass 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 Concert 1991 (Vol. 1-3); Live from the Arena di Verona; Wiener Mozart-Akademie (CD und Video) Castle Communications; CCS 2905-7, CCV 2905-7
• Symphony Nr. 38 1991 "Prager" and 40 (g-minor); Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8082
• Symphony Nr. 38 1989 "Prager" and 41 ("Jupiter"l); Wiener Mozart-Akademie Golden Classics
• Haffner-Serenade KV 250 1990 March KV 249; Takako Nishizaki, Violine; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.505010
• Violin Concert Nr. 1 und 2 1990 Rondo KV 269, u. a.; Takako Nishizaki, Violine; Capella Istropolitana Naxos 8.550414
• Bassoon Concert, Clarinet Concert 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
• Famous Ouvertures 1989 von Mozart und Beethoven; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8020

Prokofieff

• Peter and the 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

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

Schumann, Clara

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

Schumann, Robert

• Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra 2010 ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Lev Vinocour RCA Red Seal (Sony Music) 88697 70292 2
• Piano Concert op. 54, a-moll 2002 Margarita Höhenrieder, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen RCA Red Seal 74321 98793 2; (BMG Classics)
• Symphony Nr. 2 1990 (op. 61) und Nr. 4 (op. 120); Tschechoslowakische Staatsphilharmonie Kosice Naxos 8.550471
• Piano Concert 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

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

Strauss, J.

• The Bat 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 and 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
• Pieces for Male Choir and Orchestra 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

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

Tschaikovsky

• Romeo and Julia 1991 1812 Ouvertüre; Capriccio Italien; Slawischer Marsch; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8066
• Symphony Nr. 5 1990 Eugene Onegin: Walzer und Polonaise; Philharmonia Cassovia Donau DCD 8105
• Symphony 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

• Guitar Concert 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

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

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