Markus Stenz
Born: 28th February 1965, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
Nationality: German
Markus Stenz is a German conductor. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Volker Wangenhein and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.
Stenz has served as Artistic Director of the Montepulciano Festival (1989–1995), and Principal Conductor of the London Sinfonietta (1994–1998). In Australia, from 1998 to 2004, he was Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), which he took on their first European tour in 2000. Stenz is known for his championing of contemporary composers, which included the appointment of Brett Dean as the MSO's composer-in-residence in 2001.
Stenz was Principal Conductor of the Gürzenich Orchestra (Gürzenich-Kapellmeister) from 2003 to 2014.
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Markus Stenz conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
29th Jun 2015
James listens to Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln's new recording of Schoenberg's colossal epic.
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel
with Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Lawrence Power (viola) Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
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Detlef Roth (baritone), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Marijn Mijnders & Monica Naselow (violin) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek, Markus Stenz, Ed Spanjaard, David Robertson, Susanna Mälkki
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Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Markus Stenz
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