Carlos Kalmar

Carlos Kalmar (born February 26, 1958, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan conductor.[1]

Carlos Kalmar, shown here rehearsing with the Grant Park Festival orchestra in Chicago.

Kalmar 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 (1987–91), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (1991–95), 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 2012–13 season.[2] In February 2020, the Oregon Symphony announced that Kalmar is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020-2021 season.[3][4][5]

Kalmar has been married twice. His first marriage produced two daughters. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his second wife Raffaela, and their son, Luca.[6]

Recordings

Notes
  1. Macaluso, p. 194
  2. David Stabler (12 April 2008). "Oregon Symphony conductor renews contract". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. "Oregon Symphony Announces 2020-21 Season, Celebrating Famed Conductor Carlos Kalmar's Final Year As Music Director" (Press release). Oregon Symphony. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  4. Joe Ranieri (6 February 2020). "Oregon Symphony music director to step down after 2020-2021 season". KGW 8. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. Douglas Perry (2020-02-07). "Oregon Symphony announces ambitious 2020-21 season, music director Carlos Kalmar's last; Wynton Marsalis on tap". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  6. David Stabler (2015-01-05). "Oregon Symphony conductor Carlos Kalmar is a new father". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-02-16.

References
  • Macaluso, Tony; Julia S. Bachrach & Neal Samors (2009). Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration Of The Grant Park Music Festival. Chicago's Book Press. ISBN 978-0-9797892-6-7.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Heribert Beissel		 Chief Conductor, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
1987–1991		 Succeeded by
Miguel Gómez-Martinez
Preceded by
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild		 Chief Conductor, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
1991−1995		 Succeeded by
Jörg-Peter Weigle


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