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Ali (Alexander) Rahbari, Born in 1948 in Tehran (Iran),
Alexander Rahbari was trained in Vienna as a pupil of Gottfried von Einem,
Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher. On his return to Iran he was appointed
director of the Teheran Conservatory of Music and took a leading position in
the cultural development of his country.
He was the recipient of
several major awards early in his conducting career. In 1977 he moved to
Europe and in the same year won the prestigious Gold Medal at the Besancon
International Conductors' Competition following a silver medal at the Geneva
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Noticed at this and
other events by Herbert von Karajan, Rahbari was invited by him to conduct
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. After this triumphant debut with the
orchestra, further engagements followed: in 1980, 1982 and 1984. Karajan
also paid Rahbari the enormous compliment of asking him to be his assistant
at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 1980. |
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In 1985, Alexander
Rahbari was invited by the Czech Philharmonic to become their Permanent
Guest Conductor and it was during this period that he was awarded the Dvorak
medal for his outstanding work with the Czech Philharmonic.
Also from 1985 Rahbari
became Guest Conductor with the Belgian Radio and Television Orchestra,
Brussels - the "BRTN" - and served as Chief Music Director from 1988 until
1996. |
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It was during his time
with the orchestra that he became well known for his recordings of the
standard orchestral repertoire together with operas, contemporary music and
choral works and in 1994 he was honored with the Fuga Trophy by the Belgian
Composers' Association for his outstanding achievements with the orchestra.
In 1996 Rahbari became Chief Music Director of the Virtuosi di Praga.
In addition to his work
as a conductor, as Chief Music Director of Koch Discover International
(which he founded in 1992) Rahbari has discovered many young soloists and
ensembles, helping them to make their first recordings and promoting them on
the international scene.
Gathering 60 Iranian
musicians in 1997 from America, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland in Bregenz, Rahbari founded the Persian
International Philharmonic. The result has been recording of several
oriental peaces as "Scheherezade" from Rimsky Korsakov, "Violin Concert"
from Aram Khachaturian and "Nohe Khan" (Composed by Alexander Rahbari when
he was 19) under the direction of Koch Discover International. Both "Scheherezade"
and his own creation "Nohe Khan" are included in the repertoire of Les
Ballets Persians.
From:
baronartists.com
Saturday October 04, 2003 |
