Alexander Janiczek, highly sought after as a director, soloist, guest leader and chamber musician, was born in Salzburg to a musical family of Polish and Czech descent. He studied with Helmuth Zehetmair at the Mozarteum and also in masterclasses with Max Rostal, Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci and Dorothy Delay.
Alexander established his name as a concert violinist at the age of nine when he won first prize in the National Competition of Austria. From the age of twenty he developed a close association with Sándor Végh and the Camerata Salzburg. This led to tours across Europe and the Americas as leader, director and soloist and in recordings including Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante and Mozart’s G Major Concerto – played on Sándor Végh’s famous Paganini Stradivarius.
He is a regular guest director with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with whom he has toured extensively for many years throughout Europe and the Far East. In 2007 he directed the orchestra in a European tour with Mitsuko Uchida in a programme of Mozart, Strauss & Wagner and again in 2008 in Mozart and Stravinsky. Of his direction of Strauss’s Metamorphosen it was said, “we witnessed the phenomenon of twenty-three musicians linked as telepathically as a quartet” (intermezzo) ”which seemed to emerge through internal combustion.” (The Times). A CD of Alexander directing the COE in Stravinky’s Apollon musagète and Pulcinella Suite was released to great acclaim on the Linn Records label. Alexander Janiczek has also a close relationship with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, whom he led from 1999-2002 and continues to be invited back as director and soloist on tours throughout Scotland and Europe. He is currently directing the Orchestra in the highly acclaimed series of Mozart Serenades for Linn Records.
Alexander also directs orchestras such as the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and has committed himself to exploring 19th century performance practice, with La Chambre Philharmonique under Emmanuel Krivine and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées under Philippe Herreweghe.
He continues to direct Camerata Salzburg and will open their 10/11 season with a programme include a concerto by HK Gruber. He has directs Camerata Bern; recently with Heinz Holliger and Christian Gerhaher and returns next season in a theatre production with the Bern Ballet. He has appeared as guest leader for special projects with orchestras such as : Budapest Festival, City of Birmingham Symphony, London Philharmonic, London Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, SWR Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart and Bavarian State Opera, Munich.
Alexander has an extensive repertoire ranging from Bartok and Berg to Mendelssohn and Mozart and has appeared with artists such as Yuri Bashmet, Jiri Belohlávek, Olari Elts, Thierry Fischer, Hans Graf, Philippe Herreweghe, Manfred Honeck, Neeme Järvi, Ton Koopman, Oliver Knussen, Emmanuel Krivine, Antonello Manacorda, Sir Roger Norrington, Murray Perahia, Matthias Pintscher and Joseph Swensen.
Much in demand at festivals across Europe, appearing at festivals such as the East Neuk Festival, Festival de Saintes, Herrrenchiemsee Festspiele and the Edinburgh International Festival. Alexander’s current solo engagements range from Beethoven’s Triple Concerto (on tour with Ronald Brautigam and Peter Wispelwey) to Berg’s Chamber Concerto (with Llŷr Williams), and from Dvorak and Mozart to Spohr. He will also be performing Hartmann’s Concerto funebre, Berg’s Violin Concerto, HK Gruber’s Nebelsteinmusik and Brahms’ Double Concerto with Miklos Perenyi. As a dedicated chamber musician, he was invited by Mitsuko Uchida and Richard Goode to the Marlboro Music Festival and has appeared with artists such as Thomas Adés, Stefan Arnold, Yuri Bashmet, Joshua Bell, Till Fellner, Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, Denes Varjon, Jorg Widmann, Llŷr Williams and Christian Zacharias. He has appeared in special chamber music festivals such as a Haydn Festival in Budapest and a Schubertiad in Perth and Midsummermusic with Paul Lewis. He also features on the Hebrides Ensemble’s acclaimed cd for Linn Records of Messiaen.
His chamber music with Llŷr Williams includes the Mendelssohn Trios and the Beethoven Sonatas, with a complete Beethoven cycle planned for 2010 and the Duo will make their Wigmore Hall Debut in 2011.
Alexander Janiczek plays the ‘Baron Oppenheim’ Stradivarius from 1716, which is on loan to him from the National Bank of Austria.
August 2010
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