Adam Fischer

conductor

Adam Fischer was born in Budapest, where he attended the Liszt Ferenc Academy for studies in conducting and composition studies in Budapest. Further studies continued with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. His association with Vienna State Opera began in 1973, he has led a large number of performances and highly successful premieres. As a symphonic conductor, he has appeared with some of the leading European and American orchestras. In 1987, Adam Fischer initiated the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Festival and Orchestra in Eisenstadt, Austria and is currently Music Director of the Orchestra. The Festival is now internationally established and draws leading orchestras, ensembles and soloists. In July 1989 he presented and conducted the first Gustav Mahler Festival (of which he is founder and Artistic Director) in Kassel. Since 1999 he is Principal Conductor of the Danish Radio Sinfonietta. In summer 2000 he took up a four year appointment as Music Director of Mannheim Opera. He made his Bayreuth Festival debut in 2001 conducting the complete Ring cycle. The debut has been a huge success and has been hailed unanimously as the event of the year.

Live Dates

16/01/2012 OPUS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies Vol. 3
5/6 Stars

"Spelet är så smittande och positivt att Mozart måste le i sin himmel"
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05/03/2011 Klassik.com

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
"Adam Fischer malt mit feinem Pinsel, sein Interesse gilt - bei aller ‚Wildheit‘ - eher Nuancen als großspurigen, volltönenden Gesten."
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25/02/2011 Fanfare

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
"Adam Fischer understands that Mozart's music should be elegant ... this is a good release."
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01/02/2011 Orpheus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
"Einer sehr homogenen Vokalbesetzung."
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01/02/2011 Fono Forum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies Vol. 8
4/5 Stars

"Der Fortsetzung dieses Zyklus darf man erwartungsfroh entgegensehen."
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01/01/2011 Kultur Spiegel

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies Vol. 8
"Schönen Entdeckungen"
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11/11/2010 MusicWeb

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
"Historically astute, sensitive and absorbing … recorded to the highest of modern standards and beautifully presented."
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04/10/2010 DR P2

DR P2 Prize 2010 – Danish Orchestral Release of the Year Nominee

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29/09/2010 Diapason

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate re di Ponto
4 Stars

"Henriette Bonde-Hansen est une Aspasia lumineuse, au phrase immaculé, Lisa Larsson la plus délicieuse des Ismene, Maria Fontosh un Sifare vibrant, Sine Bundgaard un Arbate de jolie couleur, et la mezzo Kristina Hammarström un Farnace juvenile."
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01/06/2010 Gramophone

W.A. Mozart: Mitridate
"I shall be surprised to hear a more satisfying Mozart opera recording any time soon".
RECORDING OF THE MONTH - June 2010
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08/03/2010 Classics Today

W.A. Mozart: Mitridate re di Ponto
“This set is a winner.”
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03/03/2010 Fono Forum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate re di Ponto
4/5 Stars

"Interpretatorische Wellness"
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01/03/2010 Fono Forum

W.A. Mozart Symfonier Vol. 4
4/5 Stars

Das Dänische Kammerorchester macht das alles zwar anstandslos mit,
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22/02/2010 Audiophile Audition

W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Vol. 4
4 Stars

"Wonderfully ebullient and attention-grabbing"
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01/02/2010 BBC Music Magazine

W.A. Mozart: Symphonies vol. 7
4½ Stars

“First-rate CD … played in a way that makes me want to listen to them again.”
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02/11/2009 Klassik.com

W.A. Mozart: Symfonier Vol. 4
3/4 Stars

"So faszinierend und expressiv das Umfeld auch musikalisch gestaltet ist."
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Discography

	Symphonies Vol. 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220538 (2011)
	Symphonies Vol. 8 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220543 (2010) The Danish National Chamber Orchestra and Adam Fischer have developed a unique – and widely acclaimed – Mozart sound
	Idomeneo, re di Creta Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220586-89 (2010) Adam Fischer’s sparkling Idomeneo includes the original ballet music in the complete recording of Mozart’s opera seria
	Mitridate re di Ponto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220580-82 (2009)
	Symphonies Vol. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220539 (2009)
	Symphonies Vol. 7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220542 (2009) Symphonies 22-27 in spectacular SACD sound
	Lucio Silla Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CD 8.226069-71 (2008)
	Symphonies Vol. 6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220541 (2007) Symphonies 19-21 and 26 by the teenage genius from Salzburg
	Serenades and Romances Nielsen, Weyse, Lange-Müller, Kunzen CD 8.226012 (2007) Smiles and longings of a summer night embodied by the young tenor Mathias Hedegaard
	Symphonies Vol. 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220540 (2007) Symphonies 15-18 by the young Mozart, bursting with Italian inspiration