
Casper Schreiber
Represented By:
Tom Kristensen
tk@crescendiartists.com
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Ole Justesen
oj@crescendiartists.com
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INTRODUCTION
The conductor Casper Schreiber is equally at home in symphonic music, opera and contemporary music in collaboration with international symphony orchestras and classic music ensembles.
He has conducted all Danish professional symphony orchestras and classic ensembles and has also served as choir master at Danish National Opera, Aarhus, and The Royal Opera Choir.
RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS
Casper Schreiber is a guest conductor at various Scandinavian symphony Orchestras, contemporary music ensembles and opera institutions, including Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Randers Kammerorkester, Odense Symphony Orchestra and others.
Schreiber conducted operas at The Royal Opera House, Copenhagen in such works as:
- Carmen by G. Bizet
- Dialogues des Carmelites by F. Poulenc
- Saul and David by C. Nielsen
- Babel by Steingrimur Rohloff
- Alverden god nat by Peter Bruun
- Alcina by G. F. Händel
BIOGRAPHY
Casper Schreiber made his first official debút conducting Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006 and immediately established himself as one of the leading Scandinavian conductors in the fields of contemporary and symphonic music.
Schreiber has cooperated closely with leading contemporary composers and conducted first performances of works by international figures such as Per Nørgård, Hans Abrahamsen, Peter Bruun, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and Sunleif Rasmussen.
Schreiber has conducted leading international contemporary music ensembles such as Seattle Chamber Players, Oslo Sinfonietta, Athelas Sinfonietta, Figura Ensemble, Esbjerg Ensemble, Aarhus Sinfonietta and Danish Chamber Players.
In the operatic field, Schreiber has conducted operas at The Royal Danish Opera House, Copenhagen in classic works like Carmen, Dialogues des Carmelites and Alcina. Other than that, Schreiber at The Royal Danish Opera House successfully conducted first performances of contemporary operas like Babel and The World Good Night (Alverden god nat).
In 2005-09 Schreiber was employed as assistant conductor at The Royal Danish Opera House, Copenhagen in productions of The Turn of the Screw, Elektra, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Die lustige Witwe, Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Carmen and Proces Kafka.
Schreiber has conducted award-winning recordings of music by Per Nørgård at DaCapo Records and NEOS Music.
EDUCATION
Schreiber is educated as an orchestral conductor from Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen and from Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, St. Petersburg.
Furthermore, he has received substantial guidance from international conductors such as Kurt Masur, Yuri Temirkanov, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Eötvös and Helmuth Rilling.
OPERA |
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Ades, T. | The Tempest | |
Bizet, G. | Carmen | |
Britten, B. | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | |
The Turn of the Screw | ||
Bruun, P. | Alverden Godnat | |
Händel, G.F. | Alcina | |
Lehar, F. | Die lustige Witwe | |
Mozart, W.A. | Le Nozze di Figaro | |
Nielsen, C. | Saul and David | |
Offenbach, J. | Les Contes D’Hoffmann | |
Poulenc, F. | Dialogues des Carmelites | |
Rohloff, S. | Babel | |
Ruders, P. | Proces Kafka | |
Schultz, Svend S. | Hosekræmmeren | |
Strauss, R. | Electra | |
Tchaikovsky, P.I. | Eugen Onegin |
CONCERT
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Bach, J.S. | Brandenburg Concerto in G, BWV 1049 | |
Cantata “Ein feste Burg”, BWV 80 | ||
Magnificat, BWV 243 | ||
Orchestral Suite no. 4, BWV 1069 | ||
Bartok, B. | Concerto for Orchestra | |
Dance Suite | ||
Divertimento for String Orchestra | ||
Music for strings, percussion and celeste | ||
Romanian Folk Dances | ||
Beethoven, L.v. | Coriolan Ouverture | |
Egmont Ouverture | ||
Leonora Ouverture | ||
Symphonies no. 1-8 | ||
Berlioz, H. | Le Carnaval romain | |
Le Corsaire – Ouverture | ||
Symphonie Fantastique | ||
Bernstein, L. | Candide Ouverture | |
Symphonic Dances – West Side Story | ||
Borodin, A. | Polovtsian Dances | |
Brahms, J. | Academic Festival Ouverture | |
Double Concerto | ||
Haydn Variations | ||
Symphonies no. 1-4 | ||
Tragic Ouverture | ||
Violin Concerto | ||
Britten, B. | Four Sea Interludes | |
Simple Symphony | ||
Violin Concerto | ||
Bruckner, A. | Symphony no. 4 | |
Copland, A. | Appalachian Spring | |
Debussy, C. | Iberia | |
La Mer | ||
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune | ||
Dvorak, A. | Serenade for string orchestra | |
Symphonies no. 8 and 9 | ||
Elgar, E. | Enigma Variations | |
Pomp and Circumstance – Marches | ||
Franck, C. | Symphony in d-minor | |
Gade, Niels W. | Ossian Ouverture | |
Symphony no. 1 | ||
Grieg, E. | Peer Gynt Suites no. 1 and 2 | |
Haydn, J. | Symphony no. 49, ”La Passione” | |
Symphony no. 94, “Surprise” | ||
Symphony no. 104, “London” | ||
Kodaly, Z. | Dances from Galanta | |
Mahler, G. | Kindertoten Lieder | |
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | ||
Symphony no. 1 and 4 | ||
Mendelsohn, F. | A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ouverture | |
Symphony no. 3, “Scottish” | ||
Symphony no. 4, “Italian” | ||
The Hebrides – Ouverture | ||
Mozart, W.A. | Don Giovanni – Ouverture | |
Exsultate Jubilate | ||
Le Nozze di Figaro – Ouverture | ||
Piano Concerto no. 20, d-minor | ||
Symphonies no. 25, 29, 34, 36, 38,39, 40 and 41 | ||
Violin Concerto in G | ||
Mussorgsky, M. | Night on Bald Mountain | |
Pictures at an Exhibition | ||
Nielsen, C. | Clarinet Concerto | |
Dance of the Cockerels | ||
Flute Concerto | ||
Helios Ouverture | ||
Little Suite for Strings | ||
Maskerade Ouverture | ||
Symphonies no. 1,2,3 and 6 | ||
Prokofiev, S. | Romeo and Juliet Suites no. 1 and 2 | |
Symphony no. 1, “Classical” | ||
Purcell, H. | Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary | |
Rachmaninov, S. | Symphonic Dances | |
Symphony no. 2 | ||
Ravel, M. | Alborado del gracioso | |
Bolero | ||
La Valse | ||
Le Tombeau de Couperin | ||
Tzigane | ||
Respighi, O. | Pines of Rome | |
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. | Schererazade | |
Rossini, G. | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | |
La Gazza Ladre | ||
Shostakovich, D. | Concerto for trumpet and piano | |
Concerto no. 2 for Cello | ||
Festive Ouverture | ||
Jazz Suite | ||
Symphony no. 1 | ||
Schubert, F. | Symphonies no. 5, 8 and 9 | |
Schumann, R. | Symphonies no. 1,2 and 4 | |
Manfred Ouverture | ||
Schönberg, A. | Verklärte Nacht | |
Sibelius, J. | Finlandia | |
Symphonies no. 2,4 and 7 | ||
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus – Ouverture | |
Die Zigeunerbaron – Ouverture | ||
Kaiser Waltz | ||
Strauss, R. | Don Juan | |
Vier letzte Lieder | ||
Stravinsky, I. | Dumbarton Oaks | |
Firebird Suite | ||
Histoire du Soldat | ||
Symphonies of Wind Instruments | ||
Tchaikovsky, P.I. | Nutcracker Suite | |
Romeo and Juliet | ||
Swan Lake | ||
Symphonies no. 4, 5 and 6 | ||
Violin Concerto | ||
Vaughan-Williams, R. | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | |
Verdi, G. | La Forza del Destino | |
Wagner, R. | Die Meistersinger | |
Lohengrin: Prelude to act III | ||
Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und Liebestodt | ||
Wesendonck Lieder | ||
Webern, A. | Passacaglia |