Bio
"... an exhilarating concert"
"... Werner Andreas Albert elicits playing of character, charm and eloquence"
"Werner Andreas Albert proved to be the ideal guide through these early Romantic masterpieces."
Internationally acclaimed conductor Werner Andreas Albert has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in his native Germany, and for more than 25 years has been much beloved in Australasia. He was chief conductor of the ABC for 8 years and has conducted all 6 Symphony Australia orchestras. His extensive reputation is built on an extraordinary collection of recorded works, mastery of the German Romantic repertoire, and a finely developed skill to inspire and draw out the best in orchestras he conducts.
As a conductor, Werner has held a number of titled positions, including Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony, the North West German Philharmonic, the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon) and the Nuremberg Symphony. He has enjoyed great success conducting tours to the United States, South America, the USSR, China, and most European countries. In recent years he has conducted in Beijing, and at Triphony Hall and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan with the New Japan Philharmonic the Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra.
Recordings have featured prominently in Werner's career. He has made over 600 recordings for the Cologne, Bavarian and Northwest German Radio Networks. After recording all of the vast standard repertoire, he began to look further afield for new challenges, and applied himself to championing new composers and discovering riches from the immense storehouse of works that have never been recorded. In the process he gained an exemplary reputation as a connoisseur's conductor and earned the distinction of being the most recorded artist in Germany.
He records extensively for the highly respected independent German record label CPO. Highlights amongst his many projects include the complete orchestral works of Erich Korngold, Paul Hindemith, Hans Pfitzner and Benjamin Frankel. He has embarked on an extensive new project involving the operatic and symphonic music of Siegfried Wagner, son of Richard Wagner, featuring recordings well as live performances.
Werner has been recognized repeatedly by both the German Federal and Bavarian State Governments for his dedication to music. He holds the title of member of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, Erste Klasse, the German equivalent of the British OM, as well as the Bayerischer Verdienstorden (Bavarian Order of Merit), which is limited to a restricted number of living members.
In addition to his commitment to conducting and recording, Werner Andreas Albert has had a keen interest in the training of young conductors and musicians. He directed the Australian Broadcast Corporation’s Conducting Workshop for many years, as well as teaching selected Masters’ students at the University of Queensland. He was Chief Conductor of the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra for 25 years, and remains Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland.
Werner pursues an active career, dividing his time between Australasia and Europe, maintaining residences in Queensland and Nuremberg.
Werner Andreas Albert
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