INTRODUCTION
Gregor Bühl is a a renowned opera and concert conductor. In the last few seasons Maestro Bühl was a regular guest at the Hamburg and Stuttgart State Operas, where he conducted Cenerentola, Rigoletto, Pique Dame, L’elisir d’amore, Les contes d’Hoffmann and Tosca. He also regularly collaborates with the Hannover State Opera, where he recently conducted several new productions including the German premiere of Manfred Trojahn’s Orest and a highly acclaimed production of La Traviata.
RECENT AND FUTURE HIGHLIGHTS
Most recent and future projects include a new interpretation of Beethoven’s Fidelio, and a performance series of Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera Copenhagen; a revival of Viaggio a Reims at the Hannover State Opera; the continuation of a CD series for Capriccio with works by Walter Braunfels; and a number of concerts with the Orchestra of the Gothenburg Opera, with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, with the Staatskapelle Weimar and a new production of Il Trovatore at the opera festival Østfold, Norway.
BIOGRAPHY
Gregor Bühl gained international attention by launching the highly-acclaimed new Ring des Nibelungen cycle at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm. His interpretation was enthusiastically received by audience and press alike. The entire production was recorded and broadcast by Swedish Television and is available on DVD.
Maestro Bühl gave his North American debut with Fidelio at the Canadian Opera Company Toronto and his South America debut at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires with Lehàr’s Merry Widow. He has appeared as guest conductor at the Opéra National de Montpellier, the Semperoper Dresden , the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Leipzig Opera.
His concert engagements have presented him extensively in Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, working with the Radio Symphony Orchestras in Berlin, Hamburg, Hilversum and Hannover; with the Finnish and Danish Radio Orchestras; with the Israel Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Weimar, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Düsseldorf Symphony an the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz.
Mr. Bühl was first engaged as GMD Gerd Albrecht’s assistant at the Hamburg State Opera and was shortly after chosen for the position of 1. Kapellmeister at the Hannover State Opera. During this six year engagement he conducted a broad operatic repertoire, including not only the major German and Italian operas, but also important contemporary works.
DISCOGRAPHY
Mr. Bühl’s discography includes, among others:
- the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik award winning recording Walter Braunfels: Prelude from »Don Gil von den grünen Hosen«, op.35; Divertimento op.42; Serenade op.20, Ariel’s Song op.18. w. ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, CapriccioNR (Naxos) (2021)
- the Weber/Kurpinski/Crusell Clarinet concertos with Sharon Kam and ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orfeo (2020)
- Walter Braunfels: Fantastical Apparitions of a Theme by Hector Berlioz Op. 25 / Sinfonia brevis, op. 6 with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Capriccio (2019)
- Walter Braunfels WERKE FÜR KLAVIER UND ORCHESTER with Tatjana Blome and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Capriccio (2018)
- Walter Braunfels CARNEVALS OUVERTÜRE / HÖLDERLIN GESÄNGE with B. Buntrock, P.-A. Edelmann and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Capriccio (2017)
- the award winning recording of American clarinet music with Sharon Kam and the London Symphony Orchestra, available on Warner classics (2002).
EDUCATION
Gregor Bühl started his conducting studies at the Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf with Wolfgang Trommer. He participated in master classes with Ferdinand Leitner, Gary Bertini and Gerd Albrecht.
Since April 2016 Mr. Bühl is professor at the Academy of Opera in Oslo.
AWARDS
In 1995, Mr. Bühl was awarded the second prize at the Nikolai Malko Conductors Competition in Copenhagen and in 1993 the culture prize of Berenberg Bank in Hamburg. He also received scholarships from “Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben” and “DAAD”.
| OPERA
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| Bartók, B. | Blaubart | |
| Beethoven, L.v. | Fidelio | |
| Bernstein, L. | On the Town | |
| Trouble in Tahiti | ||
| Bizet, G. | Carmen | |
| Flotow, F. G. v. | Martha | |
| Humperdinck, E. | Hänsel und Gretel | |
| Lehár, F. | Die lustige Witwe | |
| Lortzing, A. | Der Wildschütz | |
| Massenet, J. | Werther | |
| Mozart, W.A. | Die Zauberflöte | |
| Don Giovanni | ||
| Idomeneo (Strauss Version) | ||
| Le nozze di Figaro | ||
| Nicolai, O. | Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | |
| Offenbach, J. | Les contes d‘Hoffmann | |
| Puccini, G. | Gianni Schicchi | |
| Il tabarro | ||
| La Bohème | ||
| Madama Butterfly | ||
| Suor Angelica | ||
| Tosca | ||
| Rossini, G. | Cenerentola | |
| Il barbiere di Siviglia | ||
| Il viaggio a Reims | ||
| Saint-Saëns, C. | Samson et Dalila | |
| Schnittke, A. | Historia von D. Johann Fausten | |
| Smetana, B. | Die verkaufte Braut | |
| Strauss, R. | Ariadne auf Naxos | |
| Der Rosenkavalier | ||
| Elektra | ||
| Tchaikovsky, P.I. | Eugen Onegin | |
| Pique Dame | ||
| Trojahn, M. | Enrico | |
| Orest | ||
| Was ihr wollt | ||
| Verdi, G. | Don Carlo | |
| Il Trovatore | ||
| La Traviata | ||
| Rigoletto | ||
| Simone Bocanegra | ||
| Un Ballo in Maschera | ||
| Wagner, R. | Das Rheingold | |
| Der fliegende Holländer | ||
| Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | ||
| Die Walküre | ||
| Götterdämmerung | ||
| Lohengrin | ||
| Parsifal | ||
| Siegfried | ||
| Tannhäuser | ||
| Tristan und Isolde | ||
| Weber, C.M.v. | Der Freischütz | |
| Zimmermann, U. | Die weiße Rose | |
| CONCERT
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| Arutjunjan, A.G. | Trumpet Concerto | |
| Atterberg, K. | Symphony no.5 | |
| Bartók, B. | Concerto for Orchestra | |
| Divertimento | ||
| Music for strings, percussion and celesta | ||
| Tanzsuite | ||
| Viola concerto | ||
| Beethoven, L.v. | Concerto for Piano no.3 | |
| Concerto for Piano no.4 | ||
| Concerto for Piano no.5 | ||
| Coriolan Overture | ||
| Egmont Overture | ||
| Leonore 3, Overture | ||
| Musik für Ritterballet | ||
| Symphony no.1 | ||
| Symphony no.2 | ||
| Symphony no.3 | ||
| Symphony no.4 | ||
| Symphony no.5 | ||
| Symphony no.6 | ||
| Symphony no.7 | ||
| Symphony no.8 | ||
| Symphony no.9 | ||
| Tripelkonzert | ||
| Two romances for violin solo | ||
| Berg, A. | Violinkonzert | |
| Berlioz, H. | Le Carnival romain | |
| Bernstein, L. | Candide Overture | |
| On the Town | ||
| Prelude, Fugue and Riffs | ||
| Serenade | ||
| Bizet, G. | Arlesienne Suites nos. 1 & 2 | |
| Brahms, J. | Doppelkonzert | |
| Haydn Variationen | ||
| Klavierkonzert no.1 | ||
| Klavierkonzert no.2 | ||
| Symphony no. 1 | ||
| Symphony no. 2 | ||
| Symphony no. 3 | ||
| Symphony no. 4 | ||
| Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 | ||
| Britten, B. | Piano concerto | |
| The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra | ||
| Variations on a Theme of Frank Brigde | ||
| Bruch, M. | Double concerto for Viola and Clarinet | |
| Bruckner, A. | Symphony no. 4 | |
| Symphony no. 8 | ||
| Symphony no.9 | ||
| Chopin, F. | Concerto for Piano no.1 | |
| Copland, A. | Clarinet Concerto | |
| Rodeo (Suite) | ||
| Creston, P. | Marimba Concertino | |
| Debussy, C. | L’apres midi d’un faune | |
| Première Rhapsodie | ||
| Dukas, P. | Der Zauberlehrling | |
| Dvorak, A. | Cello Concerto | |
| Der Wassermann Overture | ||
| Streicherserenade | ||
| Symphony no. 8 | ||
| Symphony no. 9 (New World) | ||
| Elgar, E. | Cello Concerto | |
| King Olaf (Oratorio) | ||
| Pomp & Circumstance | ||
| Françaix, J. | Thema con Variazioni | |
| Gade, Nils W. | Nachklänge zu Ossian | |
| Symphony no. 8 | ||
| Gershwin, G. | An American in Paris | |
| Glinka, M. | Ruslan und Ludmilla/Overture | |
| Gould, G. | Derivations | |
| Grieg, E. | Peer Gynt Suite | |
| Hartmann, K.A. | Symphony no. 8 | |
| Haydn, J. | Symphony no. 88 | |
| Symphony no. 94 (Paukenschlag) | ||
| Symphony no. 95 | ||
| Symphony no.100 | ||
| Symphony no.101 in D Major (The Clock) | ||
| Symphony no.103 | ||
| Symphony no.104 (London) | ||
| Trompeten Konzert | ||
| Henze, H.W. | Symphony 7 | |
| Hindemith, P. | Mathis der Mahler (Symphony) | |
| Symphonische Metamorphosen | ||
| Ibert, J. | Concerto for Flute | |
| Lalo, E. | Symphonie Espagnole | |
| Langgaard, R. | Symphony no. 4 | |
| Liszt, F. | 2. Klavierkonzert | |
| Les Preludes | ||
| Wanderer Fantasie (Schubert) | ||
| Lutoslawski, W. | Cello Concerto | |
| Concerto for Orchestra | ||
| Mahler, G. | Symphony no 1 | |
| Mendelssohn, F.B. | Hebrides Overture | |
| Sommernachtstraum | ||
| Symphony no. 3 (Scottish) | ||
| Symphony no. 4 | ||
| Violin Concerto | ||
| Milhaud, D. | Le Carnaval d’Aix | |
| Scaramouche | ||
| Mozart, W.A. | Clarinet Concerto | |
| Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 | ||
| Klavierkonzert Nr.21 | ||
| Klavierkonzert Nr.23 | ||
| Klavierkonzert Nr.27 | ||
| Sinfonia Concertante | ||
| Symphony no. 35 | ||
| Symphony no. 36 | ||
| Symphony no. 38 | ||
| Symphony no. 39 | ||
| Symphony no. 40 | ||
| Nielsen, C. | Clarinet Concerto | |
| Violinkonzert | ||
| Orff, C. | Carmina Burana | |
| Poulenc, F. | Les Biches Orchestral Suite | |
| Prokofiev, S. | Liebe zu den 3 Orangen (Suite) | |
| Second Violin Concerto | ||
| The Classical Symphony | ||
| Ravel, M. | Bolero | |
| Daphne & Chloe Suite no. 2 | ||
| La Valse | ||
| Le tombeau du Couperin | ||
| Ma mere l’oye | ||
| Piano Concerto in G | ||
| Valse nobles et sentimentales | ||
| Respighi, O. | Fontane di Roma | |
| Rietz, J. | Clarinet concerto | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, N. | Sheherazade | |
| Schubert, F. | Symphony no. 4 | |
| Symphony no. 5 | ||
| Symphony no. 8 | ||
| Symphony no. 9 (C Major) | ||
| Symphony no.10 | ||
| Wanderer Fantasie (Liszt) | ||
| Schumann, R. | Cello Concerto | |
| Klavierkonzert | ||
| Konzertstück für 4 Hörner | ||
| Manfred Overture | ||
| Symphony no. 1 | ||
| Symphony no. 2 | ||
| Symphony no. 3 | ||
| Symphony no. 4 | ||
| Shaw, A. | Jazz Concerto for Clarinet | |
| Shostakovich, D. | Symphony no. 5 | |
| Symphony no. 7 | ||
| Symphony no. 9 | ||
| Sibelius, J. | Finlandia | |
| Symphony no 2 | ||
| Violin Concerto | ||
| Strauss, R. | Also sprach Zarathustra | |
| Der Bürger als Edelmann – Suite | ||
| Don Quixote | ||
| Drei Hymnen | ||
| Macbeth | ||
| Till Eulenspiegel | ||
| Tod und Verklärung | ||
| Stravinsky, I. | Apollon Musagete | |
| Circus polka | ||
| Dumbarton Oaks | ||
| Histoire du soldat | ||
| L’oiseau de feu | ||
| Le sacre du printemps | ||
| Pulcinella (whole ballett) | ||
| Suite für kleines Orchester | ||
| Szymanowski, K. | Second Violin Concerto | |
| Taneyev, S.I. | Violin Concerto | |
| Tchaikovsky, P.I. | Capriccio Italien | |
| Dornröschen | ||
| Rokoko Variationen | ||
| Symphony no. 1 | ||
| Symphony no. 5 | ||
| Symphony no. 6 (Pathetique) | ||
| Violin Concerto | ||
| Verdi, G. | La Forza del Destino (Overture) | |
| Requiem | ||
| Wagner, R. | Wesendonck Lieder | |
| Weber, C.M.v. | Clarinet Concarto no. 1 | |
| Clarinet Concerto no. 2 | ||
| Concertino | ||
| Euryanthe – Overture | ||
| Oberon – Overture | ||
| Webern, A. | Passacaglia op. 1 | |
| Weill, K. | Kleine Dreigroschenmusik | |
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