CLAUDE VILLARET 
Claude
Villaret’s baton leading the Berliner Symphoniker caused the euphoria of
thousands
spectators
... Because of the magic he created beetween music and public, Claude
Villaret,
was the
unquestionable protagonist of the IIIrd edition of the International Festival
of
Ushuaia.
4th May 2007 www.swissinfo.org
Born in
Lausanne, Switzerland, Claude Villaret studied piano and conducting. He was
then invited by
the
celebrated conductor, Bernard Haitink to follow his work at the Euyo and the
Berliner
Philharmoniker.
In 1990
whilst living in Argentina, he founded the Youth Orchestra of Latin America and
conducted
them at the
famous Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. On returning to Europe, in 1994 he won the
much prized conducting competition of the music academy in Biel, following
which he was invited to be guest conductor of the South Bohemian Chamber
Philharmonic. His career as a conductor has since taken him to leading
music centres
such as Milan, Zurich, Salzburg, Buenos Aires, London, Prague, Athen, Vienna,
Lucerne and Geneva in famous concert halls like Buenos Aires Teatro Colon,
Tonhalle Zürich, Megaron Athen, KKL Lucern, Smetana Hall Prague, Sala Sao Paolo
in Sao Paolo and other international venues with orchestras such as:
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra London (England) Cd production in 2011
Berliner
Symphoniker (Germany)
Symphony
Orchestra Zurich (Switzerland)
Musikkollegium
Winterthur (Switzerland)
TKO- Chamber
Orchestra Thurgau (Switzerland)
The New
Orchestra of Geneva (Switzerland)
OSI Orchestra
della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland) CD production in 2012
Nara
Philharmonic (Japan)
Sinfônica
Nacional (Brasil)
Orquesta
Sinfônica da USP (Sao Paolo)
Plovdiv State
Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria)
North Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic)
Camerata
Boemica Prague (Czech Republic)
Dvorak Prague
Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic)
South
Bohemian Chamber Orchestra (Czech Republic)
Orchestra
Sinfonica di Grosseto (Italy)
Chamber
Orchestra of Tübingen (Germany)
State
Philharmonic Orchestra of Arad (Romania)
State
Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibiu (Romania)
State
Phiharmonic Orchestra of Bacau (Romania)
Chamber
Orchestra of Kiev ( Ukraine)
Orquesta
Sinfónica Uncuyo (Argentina)
Orquesta
Sinfónica de Bahia Blanca (Argentina)
Orquesta
Sinfónica de la UNT (Argentina)
Orquesta
Sinfónica de Matanzas (Cuba)
Thailand
Philharmonic Orchestra (Bangkok)
Bialystok
Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) 2011
Sudecka Philharmonic
Orchestra (Poland)
Athen State
Symphony Orchestra (Greece)
Antalya State
Symphony Orchestra (Turkey)
Astana
National State Orchestra (Kazakhstan)
He has maintained his interests
in South America, between 1998 and 2006 he was principal guest conductor of the
Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional (Brazil), during the seaons 2002 - 2004 permanent
guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica UNT de Tucuman (Argentina). In 2004 he was appointed
chief conductor/artistic director of the TKO Chamber Orchestra Thurgau
(Switzerland), in 2005 he was also appointed a permanent guest conductor of the
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. His success has led to invitations to give
conducting masterclasses in Germany and South America and also to be guest
conductor at several music festivals.
His recent
conducting repertoire includes the operas, La Boheme, Cosi fan tutte, Don
Giovanni, Il
Trovatore. In
addition he enjoys being innovative in conducting many first performances of
both
Swiss and
foreign composers. He also realized projects combining video installations
with contemporany music.
