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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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