INTRODUCTION

Aage Richard Meyer (b. 1994) is a rising Norwegian conductor, nurtured through the national talent program “Dirigentløftet.”

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Aage Richard had his Opera debut at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in April 2023, conducting 3 performances of Guiseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo In Maschera. Previously he has assisted several of Bergen National Opera’s productions, including La Clemenza Di Tito in 2021 and The Merry Widow in 2022. In spring 2022 he assisted James Gaffigan at the Palau De La Reina Sofia, Valencia in their production of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.

His debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra was in December 2023, and he returned for a different project in January 2024. Aage Richard jumped in to lead the Hærens musikkorps Harstad (the Army Band) in two concerts in August 2024.

His upcoming projects include a return to the Oslo Philharmonic for Christmas concerts in December 2024, a National Day Concert with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in 2025, and a concert with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra.

BIOGRAPHY

Aage Richard Meyer served as assistant conductor with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, under Chief Conductor Edward Gardner, from 2020 to 2022. In 2020, Aage Richard achieved acclaim as the recipient of Dirigentløftet’s prestigious “Opptakt” program, affording him collaborations with all of Norway’s leading professional ensembles from 2021 to 2023. Aage Richard was also chosen to take part in the first edition of Dirigentløftet’s Nordic Dirigentforum, where he attended a masterclass with the Oslo Philharmonic and their chief conductor Klaus Mäkela in 2023 and will partake in the masterclass with The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and their previous chief conductor Sakari Oramo in 2024.

Aage Richard has already worked with ensembles such as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Royal Norwegian Marine Band, Royal Norwegian Army Band, and the Royal Navy Band Bergen. In 2018, Aage had his international debut with the Moravian Philharmonic at the Rudolfinum, Prague.

Aage Richard participated in his first orchestral recording with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra along with conductor Peter Szilvay, recording works by the Norwegian composer Gisle Kverndokk and recorded by LAWO.

OPERA    

                                                                                                                                                                       

Berg, A. Wozzeck
Lehar, F. The Merry Widow
Mozart, W. A. La Clemenza di Tito
Strauss, R. Salome
Verdi, G. Un Ballo in Maschera
Wagner, R. Parsifal

 

SYMPHONIC

 

Barber, S. Knoxville Summer of 1915
Bartók, B. Divertimento for strings
Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven, L. V. Coriolan Overture
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Bernstein, L. Candide Overture
On the Town suite
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brahms, J. Haydn Variations
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Beahns, J. Symphony No. 4
Dawson, W. Symphony No. 2
Debussy, C. La Mer
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dvořák, A. Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
String Serenade
Grieg, E. Holberg Suite
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Symphony no. 1, Intermezzo
Symphonic Dances no. 3 and 4
Groven, E. Hjalarhjod Overture
Gupta, R. Epilogue from Earth’s Song
Halvorsen, J. Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1
Sigurd Slembe Overture
Haydn, J. Symphony No. 101
Symphony No. 102
Symphony No. 104
Johansen, D.M. Pan
Kverndokk, G. Three Pictures
Mahler, G. Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Symphony No 2
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Mozart, W. A. Magic Flute Overture
Symphony No. 36
Symphony No. 38
Nielsen, C. Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 5
Prokofiev, S. Peter and the Wolf
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninoff, S. Symphonic Dances
Ravel, M. La Valse
Schubert, F. Symphony No. 5
Schumann, R. Symphony No. 1
Shostakovich, D. Chamber Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 5
Sibelius, J. Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Stravinsky, I. Firebird Suite 1919
Dumbarton Oaks
Pulcinella Suite
Rite of Spring
Svendsen, J. Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2
Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky, P. Piano Concerto No. 1
Serenade for Strings
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Verdi, G. La Forza Del Destino Overture
Wagner, R. Siegfrids Idyll
Walker, G. Lyric for Strings
Weber, C. M. v. Der Freischütz Overture

 

CONCERTO

 

Beethoven, L. V. Piano Concerto No. 3
Violin Concerto
Bruch, M. Violin Concerto No. 1
Grieg, E. Piano Concerto in a minor
Halvorsen, J. Norwegian Dance No. 1 and 2
Schumann, R. Piano Concerto
Sibelius, J. Violin Concerto
Korngold, E. W. The Snowman Overture and Serenade
Ravel, M. Tzigane
Williams, J. Tuba Concerto
Vaughan Williams, R. The Lark Ascending

 

OTHER

 

Händel, G. F. Messiah

AUDIO & VIDEO

Aage Richard Meyer – Klanger fra den nye verden w. Stavanger Symphony Orchestra & August Schieldrop (2023)

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