Albert Horne

Albert Horne
Albert Horne in front of Richard Serra's memorial "Berlin Junction" at the Berlin Philharmonie, 26 December 2012.
Born 22 March 1980
Cape Town, South Africa
Education Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation
  • Opera chorus master
  • Conductor
Organization
Website alberthorne.com

Albert Horne is a South African-born orchestral conductor and chorus master, whose focus is opera chorus preparation and operatic performances. He worked for the Cape Town Opera and has been chorus master and conductor at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden from 2014.

Career

Born in South Africa, Horne studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He was the Chorus Master and Conductor of the Cape Town Opera from 2007 to 2014. In 2013, the chorus was awarded “Opera Chorus of the Year” at the International Opera Awards in London.[1]

In 2012, Horne prepared the chorus for Simon Rattle's concert performances of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Philharmonie with the Berlin Philharmonic.[2] He has conducted orchestras such as the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Victoria in Melbourne, the Hessisches Staatsorchester in Wiesbaden and the Orchestre Pasdeloup in Paris. He also conducted in Bordeaux, Cardiff, Malmö, Tel Aviv and at London's ENO.[1] In a performance of the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, he conducted Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with the chorus of the Cape Town Opera and the orchestra of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in a production which was regarded as one of the best contributions of the year's festival because of its authenticity.[3]

Horne has been chorus master and conductor at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden since the start of the 2014/15 season, where he is responsible for the preparation of the chorus, and conducted productions of Bernstein's Candide, Puccini's Madama Butterfly and La Bohème, as well as Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.[1] In 2017, he conducted and also prepared the chorus for Britten's Peter Grimes, staged by Philipp M. Krenn.[4][5] He also conducted the World Premiere of Søren Nils Eichberg's new opera, "Schönerland" in Wiesbaden, as well as a Symphony Concert with the Hessisches Staatsorchester. In the 2017/2018 Season he will conduct the Wiesbaden premiere of Tim Plegge's new Ballet, "Liliom", as well as a tour with the Landesjugendorchester Rheinland-Pfalz to South Africa and Botswana. He has performed as vocal accompanist in various concert halls in Europe, South Africa, USA and Australia, with upcoming performances at the Helsingborg Konserthus and at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional d'Aubervilliers in Paris.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Albert Horne". Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Anderton, Julia (31 January 2017). "Die zehn Fragen: Chor-Leiter und Dirigent des Hessischen Staatstheaters Albert Horne über Humor, Fleischgelüste und Sir Simon Rattle" (in German). Wiesbadener Tagblatt. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Boyens, Bettina (12 May 2013). ""Porgy and Bess" aus Kapstadt in Wiesbaden" (in German). Gießener Allgemeine. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Gepflegte Rohheit – Philipp Krenn inszeniert Brittens „Peter Grimes" in Wiesbaden" (in German). nmz.de. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Bomba, Andreas (7 February 2017). "Premiere am Staatshaus Wiesbaden Britten-Oper „Peter Grimes" : Jagd auf einen Außenseiter" (in German). FNP. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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