Vjekoslav Šutej - biografija

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Vjekoslav Sutej (1951) was born in Rijeka (Croatia) where he grew up in musical environment. Both of his parents sang in Croatian national Opera house. He studied with Igor Gjadrov in Music academy in Zagreb, and he finished postgraduate study in Rome with Franco Ferrare. Today Vjekoslav Sutej is artistic director of Dubrovnik Summer Festival and regular professor of conducting in Zagreb academy of music. He was Artistic director and principal conductor at Split National Theatre (1984-1989). From 1989-1994 he was Artistic Director of Hollybush Festival in New Jersey where he started his international career. V. Sutej was Musical director of “La Fenice” (Venezia) from 1990-1993. He made there new productions of Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto. In Spain, Sutej is academic and a member of Real Academia De Bellas Artes. He founded Real Orquesta Simfonica De Sevilla and was theirs artistic director and principal conductor from 1990-1996. From 1992-1997 he was Musical Director of Houston Grand Opera, where he made 19 new productions and had 133 performances (La Boheme, Andrea Chenier, Ariadne Auf Naxos, Aida, La Traviata, Faust, Boris Godunov, Florenzia En El Amazonas…) He was a guest conductor in many opera houses worldwide. He conducted new productions in: San Francisco (Carmen), Parma - Verdi Festival (Le Trover), Torino, (Il Trovatore, Fanciulla del west), Arena di Verona (Carmen), Verona (Il Trittico, Pagliacci), Catania (Il Trittico, Manon Lescaut, Tosca), Tokyo (Faust, Carmen, Madama Butterfly), Napoli (Cavalleria rusticana), Madrid (Manon), Seattle (Florenzia en el Amazonas, Madama Butterfly)… Since 1994 Vjekoslav Sutej has been regularly invited to conduct the Vienna State Opera, where he conducted 79 performances ‘till today. Vjekoslav Sutej conducted 100 years jubilee of first world premier of Tosca in Vienna State Opera and he opened the 2001/2002 season by directing “Don Carlos” with Shicoff, Mescheriacova, Furlanetto. In past years he conducted there Pique Dame, La Boheme, Don Carlos, Madama Buttefly, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, La Juive, Cavaleria/Pagliacci, Aida, Carmen. As a guest conductor he conducted with orchestras in several countries: Usa, Soviet Union, Espana, Germany, Austria, Italy, Mexico, Japon… Vjekoslav Sutej is also conducting popular concerts with the most popular opera stars: 1991 Sylvester concert in Frankfurt with Carreras, 1992 the Red Square invite in Moscow. Carreras in Vienna, Berlin, Roma with Caballe, gala concerts with them in Orange (France) and Epidaurus (Greece). Gala concert Budapest (Ross, Domingo, Carreras). Gala concert with Carreras in Arena Di Verona 1995. In Monte Carlo gala concert with Vargas And Rost, and Mexico City with Vargas. In Tokyo and Nagoya gala concert with Gulegina. He conducted first four consecutive years The Christmas in Vienna and recordings are sold in more than million copies. Upcoming contracts: Vienna - La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, Carmen, La Favorite, Andrea Chenier, La Juive (48 performances). Berlin - Tosca (gala) Seattle - Florenzia en el Amazonas, La Traviata, La Boheme Mexico City - Gala Ramon Vargas, Symphony concerts Leipzig - gala Puccini Valencia - Symphony concert		Vjekoslav Šutej (1951) rođen je u Rijeci. S roditeljima koji su pjevali u Hrvatskom narodnom kazalištu, cijelo je djetinjstvo proveo u glazbenom okružju. Studirao je u klasi Igora Gjadrova na Glazbenoj akademiji u Zagrebu. Poslijediplomske studije završio je u Rimu kod Franca Ferrarea. Danas je Vjekoslav Šutej umjetnički ravnatelj Dubrovačkih ljetnih igara i redovni profesor dirigiranja na Muzičkoj akademiji uz Zagrebu. Bio je umjetnički ravnatelj i glavni dirigent Hrvatskog narodnog kazališta Split (1984 - 1989). Svoju međunarodnu karijeru započeo je na Hollybush festivalu u New Jerseyu čiji je umjetnički direktor bio od 1989 - 1994. Od 1990 - 1993. Vjekoslav Šutej glazbeni je direktor kazališta La Fenice (Venecija) gdje je premijerno postavio opere Evgenij Onjegin i Rigoletto. U Španjolskoj Šutej je akademik, član Kraljevske akademje lijepih umjetnosti, osnovao je Kraljevski simfonijski orkestar Seville, te bio njegov umjetnički direktor i glavni dirigent od 1990 - 1996. Od 1992 - 1997. bio je umjetnički direktor Houston Grand opere, gdje je postavio 19 premijera i ravnao na ukupno 133 izvedbe (La Boheme, Andre Chenier, Arijadna iz Naxosa, Aida, Traviata, Faust, Boris Godunov, Florenzia en el Amazonas...) Nastupao je kao gostujući dirigent u mnogim opernim kućama širom svijeta. Dirigirao je premijernim izvedbama u: San Franciscu (Carmen), Parmi - na Verdi festivalu (Le Trover), Torinu (Trubadur, Djevojka sa zapada), u veronskoj Areni (Carmen), u Veroni (Il Trittico, Pagliacci), u Cataniji (Il Trittico, Manon Lescaut, Tosca), u Tokiju (Faust, Carmen, Madame Butterfly), Napulju (Cavalleria rusticana), Madridu (Manon), Seattleu (Florenzia en el Amazonas, Madamme Butterfly)… Od 1994. Vjekoslav Šutej redovito je pozivan da dirigira u Bečkoj državnoj operi, gdje je do danas dirigirao 79 izvedbi. Dirigirao je na stogodišnjem jubileju praizvedbe Tosce u bečkoj Državnoj operi, te otvorio sezonu 2001/2002 dirigirajući izvedbama Don Carlosa sa Shicoffom, Meserjakovom, Furlanettom. Proteklih godina u Beču je dirigirao Pikovu damu, La Boheme, Don Carlos, Madamme Butterfly, Rigoletta, Traviatu, Trubadura, La Juive, Cavalleriu / Pagliacci, Aidu, Carmen. Gostovao je kao dirigent orkestra u Sjedinjenim državama, Sovjetskom Savezu, Španjolskoj, Njemačkoj, Austriji, Italiji, Meksiku, Češkoj, Japanu... Također je dirigirao popularne koncerte s najpoznatijim opernim zvijezdama: 1991. koncert na Silvestrovo u Frankfurtu s Carrerasom; 1992. koncert na moskovskom Crvenom trgu; s Carrerasom u Beču, Berlinu, Rimu (zajedno s Montserrat Caballe); gala-koncert s njima u Orangeu (Francuska) i Epidaurusu (Grčka); gala- koncert u Budimpešti (Ross, Domingo, Carreras); gala-koncert s Carrerasom u veronskoj Areni 1995; gala-koncert u Monte Carlu s Vargasom i Rostom, te u Mexico Cityju s Vargasom. gala-koncert s Guleginom u Tokiju i Nagoyi. Predstojeći ugovori: Beč - La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, Carmen, La Favorite, Andrea Chenier, La Juive (48 izvedbi) Berlin - Tosca (gala) Seattle - Florenzia en el Amazonas, Traviata, La Boheme Mexico City - Gala s R. Vargasom, simfonijski koncerti Leipzig - gala Puccini Valencija - Simfonijski koncert