Karel Mark Chichon

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Karel Mark Chichon (2023)


Karel Mark Chichon OBE FRAM (born 30 April 1971) is a British orchestra conductor.

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Biography

Born in London, Chichon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna under Leopold Hager. Karel Mark Chichon is the Artistic Director of Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria since May 2017, recently renewed until season 2026-2027

Karel Mark Chichon is also Artistic Director of Gibraltar Philharmonic Society, [1] [2]

Career

Chichon was chief conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2009. He served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2009 to 2012. Chichon became chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (DRP) in September 2011. [3] In March 2013, his initial contract was extended through the 2016–2017 season. [4] In March 2015, the orchestra and Chichon mutually announced the scheduled conclusion of his DRP tenure at the end of the 2016–2017 season. [5] In the US, Chichon made his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut in February 2016 with performances of Madama Butterfly , [6] which included one cinema relay. In May 2017, he was appointed chief conductor and artistic director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, effective with the 2017–2018 season. [7] In May 2018 his contract has been renewed and he will continue to guide the artistic destiny of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria as its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director until the year 2023. [7]

Discography

His commercial recordings include two albums for Deutsche Grammophon, Meditation [8] and Habanera, both of which feature his wife Elīna Garanča. [9] In 2014 he recorded Dvořák's Symphony No. 1 with the DRP orchestra for the Hänssler Classic label, the first of a projected set of all nine of Dvořák's symphonies. [10]

Chichon was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to music and culture in Gibraltar. [11] In March 2016, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. [12]

Personal life

Chichon and Elīna Garanča have two daughters, Catherine Louise Chichon and Cristina Sophie Chichon, who in turn are granddaughters to Harry Chichon and Leonor Chichon. [13] [14]

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  2. Gibraltar Philharmonic Society Artistic Director: Karel Mark Chichon. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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Cultural offices
Preceded by Music Director, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Andris Poga
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
2011–2017
Succeeded by
Pietari Inkinen
Preceded by
Pedro Halffter
Chief Conductor, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
2017–present
Succeeded by
incumbent