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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jun Märkl
Jun Märkl is a highly respected interpreter of core Germanic repertoire and has become known for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French Impressionists . He serves as Music Director for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra , and holds positions as Artistic Advisor of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra , Principal Guest Conductor of the Residentie Orkest , The Hague , and Oregon Symphony Orchestra .
His long-standing relationships with the state operas of Vienna , Berlin , Munich , Semperoper Dresden , and the Metropolitan Opera have been complemented by his music directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon , the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra , and the Basque National Orchestra .
He also guest conducts leading orchestras in North America , Asia , Australia , New Zealand , and Europe . In recognition of his achievements in France , he was honored in 2012 with the Chevalier de l ’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
Märkl has an extensive discography . Among the more than 50 albums he has recorded are the complete Schumann symphonies with the NHK Symphony Orchestra , Mendelssohn and Wagner with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra , and works by Ravel , Messiaen , and a highly acclaimed Debussy series with the Orchestre National de Lyon . He is currently working on a cycle of works by Saint-Saëns , R . Strauss , and Hosokawa .
Born in Munich , Märkl won the conducting competition of the Deutscher Musikrat in 1986 and studied at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa . Soon after he appeared in opera houses throughout Europe followed by his first music directorships at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken and the Nationaltheater Mannheim .
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