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Shao-Chia Lü
Since2010Shao-ChiaLüisMusicDirectoroftheTaiwan
NationalSymphonyOrchestra.Hisimaginativeprograming
andhisconductingatthehighestmusicallevelhaveallowed
theorchestratoobtaingreatinternationalrecognition.Their
firsttourtoChinain2012andatourinEurope2013were
greetedeverywherewithenthusiasm.Theirsuccess
continuedduringtheirtoursofNorthAmericain2016and
2019andonceagaininEuropein2013and2017.The
orchestrawillreturntoEuropeinspring2020.From2014–
2017,Shao-ChiaLühasalsobeentheMusicDirectorofthe
SønderjyllandsSymfoniorkesterinDenmark.
Hisdebutasaconcertconductortookplacein1994withtheMunichPhilharmonic.Eversince
hehasconductedregularlymanyleadingEuropeanorchestrassuchastheConcertgebouw
OrchestraAmsterdam,theOrchestraSinfonicadiSantaCeciliaRoma,theOsloPhilharmonic,
theGothenburgSymphonic,theNorwegianandSwedishRadioorchestras,theHelsinki
Philharmonic,theRoyalLiverpoolPhilharmonic,theBournemouthSymphonyOrchestra,the
OrchestreNationaldeFrance,theOrchestreNationald’IledeFrance,theSWRSymphony
Orchestra,theMuseumOrchestraFrankfurt,theDortmundandtheMagdeburgPhilharmonic.
InOctober2011,hereplacedwithgreatsuccessDanieleGattiataperformanceofLeSacredu
printempswiththeConcertgebouwOrchestra.InFebruary2020,hewillgivehisdebutwiththe
OldenburgischesStaatsorchester.
Inrecentyears,Shao-ChiaLühasincreasedhisactivitiesinAsia.HisdebutswiththeChina
Philharmonic,theShanghaiSymphony,theShenzhenSymphonyandtheHongKong
Philharmonicwereallmajorsuccesses.Inthesummerof2017heconductedTristanandIsolde
inBeijing,premieredunderSirSimonRattleattheFestspielhausBaden-Baden,co-produced
withtheMetandOperaBeijing.HealsoperformedwiththeNHKSymphonyOrchestra,the
TokyoMetropolitanandNewJapanPhilharmonicaswellaswiththeSeoulPhilharmonicand
theKBSSymphonyOrchestrainSouthKorea.
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In1995,hebeganhisoperacareerasfirstKapellmeisterattheKomischeOperBerlin.Many
guestappearancesfollowed,amongothersattheAustralianOperaSydney,theEnglishNational
Opera,theThéâtredelaMonnaieinBrussels,theNorskeOperainOslo,theGothenburgOpera,
theFrankfurtOpera,StaatsoperHamburg,StaatsoperStuttgartaswellasattheDeutscheOper
Berlin.
In1998,hebecameGeneralMusicDirectorofboththeStaatsorchesterRheinische
PhilharmonieKoblenzandtheKoblenzTheatre.From2001to2006heassumedthepositionof
GeneralMusicDirectorattheStaatsoperHannover.Thecriticshighlypraisedhissensitive,
dramaticandprofoundinterpretationofhismanyoperaproductions.Hisrepertoireincludes
Aida,Otello,Ernani,Turandot,MadamaButterfly,Tosca,LaBohème,LeNozzediFigaro,Fidelio,
Parsifal,DieWalküre,TristanundIsolde,DerfliegendeHolländer,DerRosenkavalier,Elektra,
Salome,KatiaKabanova,Jenufa,VěcMakropoulosandWozzeck.Inthesummerof2004,heand
theensembleoftheStaatsoperHannoverweresingledoutforspecialpraiseforthe
performanceofDebussy’sPelléasandMélisandeintherenownedfestivalsofViennaand
Edinburgh.
TheTaiwan-bornconductorShao-ChiaLüstudiedmusicinTaipei,laterattheIndiana
UniversityinBloomington,USAandalsoattheHochschulefürMusikinVienna.Histraining
wastoppedoffwiththreeimportantfirstprizesatimportantinternationalconductor
competitionsinBesançon,TrentoandAmsterdam.
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