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Hans Graf
12+ albums
conductor
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Hans Graf (born 15 February 1949 in Marchtrenk) is an Austrian conductor. Biography: As a child, Graf learned the violin and the piano. He studied at the Musikhochschule in Graz, Austria, and graduated with diplomas in piano and conducting. He also participated in conducting master classes with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache, and Arvīds Jansons. He received a state scholarship at the Leningrad Conservatory with Jansons. For the 1975/1976 season Graf was music director of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra in Baghdad. After winning the Karl Böhm conductor's competition in 1979, he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1981 with Stravinsky's Petrouchka. From 1984 to 1994, Graf was music director of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, where he recorded the complete symphonies and other works by Mozart. From 1994 to 1996, he held the position of music director of the Basque National Orchestra. He was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra from 1995 to 2003. He served as music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine from 1998 to 2004. Graf first conducted the Houston Symphony in 2000, and became its music director in 2001. He made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut with the Houston Symphony in 2006. At the conclusion of his Houston tenure in 2013, Graf took the title of Conductor Laureate. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University. On 2 December 2012 Graf was honoured by the Bruckner Society of
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Symphony No. 40 In G Minor - Molto Allegro
292Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Pas De Deux: Variation: Allegretto Grazioso
243Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Sinfonia: Andanta; Allegro Sostenuto
244Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna
215Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Danses Suisses: Tempo Giusto
206Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Scherzo: Modarato; Allegretto Grazioso
207Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Pas De Deux: Adagio
178Stravinsky: Divertimento From Le Baiser De La Fee; Pas De Deux: Coda: Presto
179Rapsodie - Arr. For Saxophone And Piano
1210Carmina Burana: II. Fortune piango vulnera
10albums
Stravinsky: Orchestral Works
Orff: Carmina Burana
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 50
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Fall Wedding: A Bride's Musical Guide
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 9, 10, 43, 42 & 35, "Haffner"
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Saxophone Colors
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Bach, J.S.: Flute Sonata in E Major, Bwv 1035 / Debussy, C.: Rapsodie / Villa-Lobos, H.: Fantasia (Arr. for Saxophone and Piano)
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 1, 4, 5, 36, "Linzer"
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 40 & 41, "Jupiter"
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Mozart: Dances and Minuets
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 6, 8, 38, "Prague"
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Mozart i capolavori