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François-Xavier Roth
12+ albums
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François-Xavier Roth (born 6 November 1971 in Paris) is a French conductor. His father is the organist Daniel Roth. His brother Vincent Roth is a violist. Before turning to conducting, François was a flautist. Roth graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where his teachers included Alain Marion for flute and János Fürst for conducting. In 2000, Roth won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, which led to a 2-year appointment as Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as an assistant conductor to John Eliot Gardiner. In 2003, he founded Les Siècles, an orchestra which performs on instruments appropriate to the period of composition of each piece, from late Baroque and Classical to 20th century music, such as Ravel. With Les Siècles, he has given concerts in France, Italy, Germany, England and Japan, appearing at the Proms in London. To mark the centenary of The Rite of Spring in 2013, the orchestra performed the work on period instruments at the BBC Proms and the Alte Oper, Frankfurt. Roth and Les Siècles have devised their own television series for France 2 entitled Presto!, which ran for three years and attracted audiences of over three million viewers. Roth has involved Les Siècles in community music initiatives, including sponsorship of orchestra and choir groups in the Société générale. With Les Siècles , Roth conducted the first revival of 100 years of Le Timbre d'argent. Roth was Associate Guest Conductor o
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Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: II. Adagio
2812I. Also sprach Zarathustra. Sonnenaufgang
2083Le Carillon: Valse au cabaret
1584II. Von den Hinterweltlern
1415Introduction
1286Les Amazones ou La Fondation de Thèbes: Overture. Adagio - Allegro agitato
1187I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen
1098III. Von den großen Sehnsucht
1039Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt (Golaud)
9310II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
90albums
Les nuits de Paris
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: II. Adagio (Air France TV Ad) - Single
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Debussy: Jeux
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Ravel: L'Heure espagnole - Bolero
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Méhul: Les Amazones: Overture
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote. Till Eulenspiegel
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2013
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Les Siècles au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Live)
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2011