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Claus Peter Flor
Ong Teng Cheong Visiting Professor in Music 2010/2011
Respected by musicians the world over as a hugely gifted conductor and for his instinctive musicianship, Claus Peter Flor is the Ong Teng Cheong Professor in Music 2010/2011 at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music as well as the Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Flor continues to work internationally at a high level and regularly visits Netherlands Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Het Residentie Orkest, Orquesta de Valencia, Orchestre Philharmonique du Strasbourg, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Sao Paolo Symphony, Orchestra Verdi di Milano and KBS Symphony Orchestra amongst others. Highlights of the 2010/11 season include his return to the Russian National Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Osaka Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony, China Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra amongst others. As an opera conductor, Flor continues his relationship with Theatre du Capitole Toulouse and last season returned to conduct the revival of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte – a production he premiered with the house in 2007 as part of a Mozart cycle. He returns to Toulouse in 2011 for a revival of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and in 2011/12 for a new production of Wagner’s Rienzi. Recent operatic collaborations include the production of Wagner’s Siegfried, directed by David McVicar, with Strasbourg Opera in 2008 and other productions with the Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Munich, Dresden, Hamburg, and Cologne opera houses. He has conducted Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Wagner’s Die Meistersinger at La Monnaie in Brussels, taking the latter on tour to Tokyo, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for Houston Grand Opera, Weber’s Euryanthe for Netherlands Opera with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Puccini’s La Bohème for Dallas Opera. Flor has a large discography, including an acclaimed series of Mendelssohn recordings with the Bamberg Symphony, which have recently been re-issued by Sony/BMG. Most recently he has made two recordings with the Malaysian Philharmonic for BIS label; Suk's Asrael Symphony released in 2009 and Dvorak's Symphonies No.7 and 8 which will be released next year. Born in Leipzig in 1953, Flor began his musical career with violin tuition in Weimar and Leipzig, before focusing on conducting with Rolf Reuter and later on with both Rafael Kubelik and Kurt Sanderling. At the age of 31 he became General Music Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and also began regular associations at this time with the other major German orchestras: the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1988 he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, where he has since returned twice. Prior to his position as Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Flor held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (2003-08) at the personal invitation of their Music Director Riccardo Chailly, with a remit to develop the orchestra's work in the central European repertoire. From 1999-2008 he was also Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra (1991-4) and Artistic Advisor to the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (1991-96). |
