Garrett Keast

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Garrett Keast (born 6 December 1971 in Houston [1] ) is an American conductor of opera, orchestra, ballet, and chamber music and founder of the Berlin Academy of American Music (BAAM).

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Biography

Keast began his career as associate conductor of the New York City Opera, [2] resident conductor at the Queens Symphony Orchestra, [3] and assistant conductor at the Dallas Opera, [4] where he was awarded the Bruno Walter Foundation Career Development Grant. Later, he began his European career as assistant with conducting duties to the general music director at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, [4] assistant and guest conductor at the Opéra National de Paris, [5] and as musical assistant to Christoph Eschenbach at the Wiener Staatsoper. [6] [7]

Based in Europe, Keast has conducted at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, Hamburg Staatsoper, [8] Aspen Music Festival, Theater an der Wien, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Throughout his career, Keast has conducted performances with orchestras including the Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, SWR Symphonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Royal Danish Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, and Odense Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to orchestral works, Keast has conducted numerous opera and ballet performances worldwide. Productions include: Faust and Swan Lake with Opéra National de Paris, Prokofiev's Romeo et Juliette at the Opera National Capitole de Toulouse, [9] Don Quixote with the Royal Swedish Ballet, [10] Die Zauberflöte with Deutsche Oper Berlin, [4] Sylvia and Jekyll & Hyde with Finnish National Opera & Ballet, [11] La Bohème at the Aspen Music Festival, [12] Der Fliegender Holländer at Theater Erfurt, Rigoletto at Theater Bremen, [13] Carmen at Opera San Antonio, [14] and Bluthaus at Oper Bonn. [15]

Berlin Academy of American Music

In 2021 Keast founded the chamber orchestra Berlin Academy of American Music (BAAM) for orchestra works with a strong connection to North America. An album called Transatlantic was recorded at Teldex Studio in Berlin and published by Onyx in London in October 2021. [16] It contains works of Aaron Copland, Avner Dorman, Igor Stravinsky, Craig Urquhart and Toru Takemitsu. Soloists were Stathis Karapanos und Chen Reiss. [17] [18] Reviews were published in Fanfare Magazine, [19] Das Orchester [20] and the BBC Music Magazine amongst others. [21]

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  2. ↑ "Brooklyn Philharmonic". Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Queens Symphony joined by Amante's vocal talent – QNS.com". qns.com. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
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  5. ↑ "Alumnus Finds International Conducting Success". The Alcalde. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  6. ↑ "WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE - Wiener Staatsoper". Theaterkompass - Für Theaterbesucher und Theatermacher (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  7. ↑ Bachelor, Blane (2021-04-09). "Europe's top orchestras are clamoring for this Houston conductor. Here's why". Chron. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  8. ↑ John Neumeier: Bernstein Dances, Hamburgische Staatsoper
  9. ↑ "Affichage evenement - Théâtre du Capitole". www.theatreducapitole.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  10. ↑ Foyer, Maggie. "Colour and energy: The Royal Swedish Ballet in Don Quixote". SeeingDance. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  11. ↑ www.michal-krcmar.cz. "The World ballet premiere of JEKYLL & HYDE". MICHAL KRCMAR. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  12. ↑ "Aspen (4): Emotional All-Student La bohème, Joyce Yang, Midori, and Sterling Chamber Music – Seen and Heard International". seenandheard-international.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  13. ↑ "Rigoletto". theaterbremen.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  14. ↑ "Carmen".
  15. ↑ "Bluthaus, Theater Bonn". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  16. ↑ Transatlantic, Berlin Academy of American Music / Garrett Keast Release information, October 2021.
  17. ↑ Phillip Scott: Transatlantic (Berlin Academy of American Music, Garrett Keast) Limelight, 14 January 2014.
  18. ↑ Richard S. Ginell: American Expats and Friends Join Forces in Transatlantic San Francisco Classical Voice, 21 November 2021.
  19. ↑ Fanfare Magazine, April 2022.
  20. ↑ Das Orchester, 5/2022, p.72
  21. ↑ BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, p.70
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