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CLAUDE VILLARET  

 

 

Claude Villaret was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. After his studies of piano and conducting, he first concentrated on his carrier as a soloist. Bernard Haitink invited him to follow his work with the Euyo and the Berliner Philharmoniker. For a few years he was living in Argentina where he founded the Youth Orchestra of Latin America in 1990, which he conducted in the famous Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Back in Europe, he won the conducting competition of the music academy in Biel in 1994. Therefore, he was invited as guest conductor from the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic. Since then he is conducting in music centers such as Milan, Zurich, Salzburg, Buenos Aires, Geneva and leads orchestras such as:

 

Berliner Symphoniker (Germany)
Symphony Orchestra Zurich (Switzerland)
Musikkollegium Winterthur (Switzerland)
TKO- Chamber Orchestra Thurgau (Switzerland)
The New Orchestra of Geneva (Switzerland)
Sinfônica Nacional (Brasil)
Plovdiv State Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria)
Dvorak Prague Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic)
South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra (Czech Republic)
Chamber Orchestra of Tübingen (Germany)
State Philharmonic Orchestra of Arad (Romania)
State Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibiu (Romania)
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)
Athen State Symphony Orchestra (Greece)

 

Between 2002 and 2005 he is permanent guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica UNT de Tucuman (Argentina). Since the season 2000 he is principal guest conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional (Brasil), since december 2005 permanent guest conductor of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.  He leads the Symphony Orchestra KV in Zurich since 2004, he was appointed chief conductor as artistic director of the TKO-Chamber Orchestra Thurgau (Switzerland). He has also been conducting operas: performances of "La Bohème", "Il Trovatore" as new productions of "Don Giovanni", " Traviata", "Cosi fan tutte", "Trouble in Tahiti" (L. Bernstein), "7 Deadly Sins" (K. Weill) in Switzerland, Argentina, Czech Republic, Austria and Romania. During the Lyric Festival of Hermannstadt (culture city of Europe 2007) in September 2006, he conducted a new production of Mozarts "Cosi fan tutte" which was acclaimed by the critic as the best production of the festival. He led many first performances of Swiss and foreign composers within Switzerland and abroad. He is also invited as guest professor to give masterclasses of conducting in Germany, Argentina and Brasil and guest conductor in important music festivals like:  http://www.festivaldeushuaia.com/

also appears in the main Concerts Hall like Zurich's Tonhalle, Buenos Aires Teatro Colon, Athen's Megaron Concert Hall leading orchestras and such world-famous soloists as: Francisco Araiza, Dimitris Sgouros.