Michael Schønwandt

Michael Schønwandt was music director at the Royal Danish Theatre from 2000 until May 2011. He has conducted regularly there since his debut in 1979. Alongside this, he has been chief conductor of Collegium Musicum since the foundation of the orchestra in 1981. From 2010-2013 Michael Schønwandt was chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic in Amsterdam, and since September 2015 he has been chief conductor of Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier. In 1987 and 1988 he was the first Scandinavian conductor to conduct at the festival in Bayreuth, and in 1992-1998 he was chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (today Konzerthausorchester Berlin). From 1989-2000 he was principal guest conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Michael Schønwandt, who is a much appreciated and sought-after conductor at many international concert and opera houses, appears on numerous CD and DVD recordings, including music by Carl Nielsen, the complete symphonies on both CD and DVD, new recordings of the operas Maskarade on CD and Saul and David on DVD as well as a selection of choral songs with the Danish National Choirs. In addition, he has recorded DVD performances of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung with the Royal Danish Opera. Michael Schønwandt has also recorded a great number of Danish operas for Dacapo Records. In 2011 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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C.F.E. Horneman
Aladdin
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Peter Heise
Drot og Marsk
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Paul von Klenau
Symphony No. 9
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Carl Nielsen
Saul & David
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Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen sung by the Danish National Choirs
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade
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Peter Heise
Sange for mandsstemmer
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Poul Schierbeck
Fête galante
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Bent Sørensen
La Notte
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Carl Nielsen
The Masterworks Vol. 1 – Orchestral Music
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Poul Ruders
Selma Jezková (Dancer in the Dark)
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C.E.F. Weyse
The Key Masterpieces
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J.P.E. Hartmann
The Key Masterpieces
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade (DVD)
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Richard Wagner, Carl Nielsen, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, George Bizet, Alexander Borodin
Famous Opera Choruses
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Vagn Holmboe
Requiem for Nietzsche
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Poul Ruders
The Handmaid's Tale
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
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Friedrich Kuhlau, Niels W. Gade, J.P.E. Hartmann, P.E. Lange-Müller, H.E. Krøyer, Jacob Gade, J. Mikel
Der er et yndigt land
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P.E. Lange-Müller
Renaissance
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
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Poul Ruders
Symphony No. 2
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J.P.E. Hartmann
Liden Kirsten
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P.E. Lange-Müller
Der var engang (Once upon a time)
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C.E.F. Weyse
Cantatas
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Edouard Dupuy
Ungdom og Galskab (Youth and Folly)
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Orchestral Works
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Poul Ruders
Solar Trilogy
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Niels W. Gade
Elverskud (The Elf King's Daughter)
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 6-7
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 4-5
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 1-3
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Poul Ruders
Concertos
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8
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Svend Erik Tarp
Orchestral Works
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5