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An eye towards heaven: Manfred Honeck on Bruckner
Few conductors tackling the music of Anton Bruckner have benefited from an induction that involved a decade playing in the Vienna Philharmonic under such giants as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Carlo Maria Giulini and Zubin Mehta, learning the music from the inside. Manfred Honeck played viola in the orchestra [his younger brother, Rainer, is one of its Concertmasters] before pursuing a career as a conductor. He has been Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony since 2008. Ahead of a European tour that brings Honeck back to Vienna, I chatted with him about this year’s big anniversary composer.
Honeck long held ambitions to step out of the ranks and swap the bow for the baton. “Conducting was always a dream of mine!” he begins. “Even before I joined the Wiener Philharmoniker, I had already conducted the Austrian Youth Orchestra and founded the Wiener Jeunesse Orchester, which still exists actually, but I was far away from really understanding conducting at that time.”
The musical spark came early. “I remember when I was a young boy,” Honeck recounts, “I went to the New Year’s Concert, standing at the back of the Musikverein. I was surrounded in the
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Manfred Honeck
Conductor
Manfred Honeck (born 17 September 1958 in Nenzing) is an Austrian conductor, the son of Otto and Frieda Honeck, from a family of nine children. One of his brothers is the Vienna Philharmonic leader Rainer Honeck.
As a youth, Honeck studied violin. He attended the Academy of Music in Vienna, and later played the viola. He was later a musician in the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. His early work as a conductor included a period as assistant to Claudio Abbado with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (Youth Orchestra).
From 1991 to 1996, Honeck conducted regularly at the Zurich Opera House. From 1997-1998, he was Music Director of the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. He also held a regular position from 1996 to 1999 with the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig. In 1998, he was named the Principal Guest Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic. From 2000 to 2006, Honeck was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, where his work included conducting the 2006 premiere of Sven-David Sandström's Ordet - en passion (24 March, Stockholm). Honeck became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Staatsoper Stuttgart with the 2007-2008 season, with an initial contract for four years. In November 2009, Stuttgart Opera announc
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