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Gustav Meier (1929) is a Swiss-born conductor and director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.〔 Johns Hopkins. Peabody Institute. (Gustav Meier – Director of the Graduate Conducting Program )〕 He was also Music Director of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut, for more than 40 years (1972–2013).〔(GBS' Maestro Meier to retire at the close of the 2012–13 season ). By Phyllis A.S. Boros., September 25, 2012.〕〔 Greater Bridgeport Symphony website. GBS History. ( The GBS Legacy of Maestro Gustav Meier )〕 ==Biography== Gustav Meier has earned international acclaim as both an exceptional conductor and a truly gifted teacher. After graduating from the Zurich Conservatory, the Swiss-born conductor continued his studies at the Academia Chigiana Siena. He began his career at the Lucerne Opera, followed by several seasons at the Vienna Chamber Opera and the Zurich Opera. In this country his opera talents were quickly recognized, as he was soon conducting at the New York, Santa Fe, Miami, Minnesota, San Francisco Operas and others. He has led orchestras around the globe including appearances with the Zurich Tonhalle, São Paulo, China National, Pittsburgh, Colorado and Alabama Symphony Orchestras; New York City, Santa Fe, Miami, San Francisco, Zurich, and Minnesota Opera Companies; and the Budapest and Vienna State Opera Orchestras. His innovative artistic direction has earned Meier critical praises in this country and abroad. Productions which received nationwide coverage included Stravinsky Rake's Progress in which he collaborated with the film director Rober Altman (M.A.S.H., Nashville, The Players), William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and Experience, which he conducted in Ann Arbor (American premiere) and at Chicago's Grant Park, and André Previn's All Good Boys Deserve Favour, a play by Tom Stoppard set for actors and symphony orchestra. Meier received his musical diploma from the Zurich Conservatory, Switzerland. He has served on the faculties of Yale University (1960–1973) where he became the youngest full-time professor in the school's history, the Eastman School of Music (1973–1976),〔( Columbia's Ditson Award Won by Gustav Meier ). October 10, 1995.〕 and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1976–1995).〔(Meier to give farewell concert; shares podium with students ). By Sarah Zaslaw. April 17, 1995.〕 He has also served on the faculty of the Tanglewood Music Center from 1980 to 1996 where he spent the summers overseeing Tanglewood's prestigious Conductors Seminar. The program selected the "absolute cream" of international students according to André Previn, a frequent guest in Meier's classes, along with the late Leonard Bernstein. Meier's original connection with Tanglewood dates to 1957 and '58 when he himself was chosen as a conducting fellow and won top prizes. He was a member of one of the most remarkable classes in Tanglewood's history that includes Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta and David Zinman.in Massachusetts. He regularly teaches conducting master classes across North America, Europe and Asia. Meier's regular conducting engagements include several that span decades. From 1978 to 2006, Gustav Meier was Music Director and Conductor of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra in Lansing, MI. Upon retiring from this position after 28 seasons, he was given the honor of Music Director Emeritus. October 2012 marks his 41st season as Music Director of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony in Bridgeport, CT. He is currently the Director of the Graduate Conducting Program at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. Conducting workshops take him to all corners of the world such as Vancouver, Canada; Cabrillo, California; New York City; Beijing, China; Prague, Czechoslovakia; and Sofia, Bulgaria. His students have appeared with every major orchestra and opera company in the United States and abroad, some currently serving as music directors of illustrious musical institutions. They include Yakov Kreizberg (First Prize Stokovsky Competition Winner, Music Director Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Netherlands Philharmonic and Principal Conductor Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); John Mauceri (Music Director American Symphony Orchestra, Washington Opera, Scottish Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Teatro Regio di Torino and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra) Marin Alsop (Music Director Baltimore Symphony and Cabrillo Festival), the first woman to be named music director of a major U.S. orchestra; Alexander Frey (Music Director Rome Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Ensemble, Bohemia Symphony Orchestra, Stern Chamber Orchestra); Carl St. Clair (Music Director Komische Oper Berlin and Pacific Symphony Orchestra); Antonio Pappano (Music Director Royal Opera Covent Garden and Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia); Rico Saccani (First Prize Karajan Competition Winner and Music Director Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra); Jun Markle (Music Director of the Mannheim National Theater and Lyon National Symphony Orchestra); Bundit Ungransee (Co-First Prize Winner Lorin Maazel Conducting competition and Principal Guest Conductor Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra); Mark Gibson (Orchestra and Opera Director of Cincinnati Conservatory); Benjamin Loeb (Director International Workshop and Festival); and, of course, Bobby McFerrin (various Orchestras including Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra). Other students have won first prizes in prestigious conducting competitions: the Karajan in Berlin, Stokowski and Lorin Maazel competitions in New York City, the First International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition in Mexico City, the Mario Gusella International Competition in Pecara, Italy, and the Sergei Prokofiev Conducting Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. Meier currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.〔( Gustav Meier ). Polyphonic.org〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gustav Meier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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