Carlos Kalmar

Carlos Kalmar (born February 26, 1958, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan conductor.[1] He began violin studies at age six. At age fifteen, he enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music where his conducting teacher was Karl Österreicher. In 1984, he won first prize in the Hans Swarowsky Conducting Competition in Vienna.

Kalmar has been music director of the Hamburger Symphoniker (198791), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (199195), and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany. He was principal conductor of the Tonkünstlerorchester, Vienna, from 2000 to 2003. Since 2000, Kalmar is the principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. He is also music director of the Oregon Symphony, since 2003. In April 2008, the orchestra announced the extension of Kalmar's contract as music director to the 201213 season.[2]

Kalmar lives in Portland Oregon with his wife Raffaela and their son, Luca.

Notes

  1. Macaluso, p. 194
  2. David Stabler (12 April 2008). "Oregon Symphony conductor renews contract". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

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Preceded by
Heribert Beissel
Chief Conductor, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
19871991
Succeeded by
Miguel Gómez-Martinez
Preceded by
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild
Chief Conductor, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
19911995
Succeeded by
Jörg-Peter Weigle
Preceded by
James DePriest
Music Director, Oregon Symphony, Portland, Oregon
2003present
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