Victor Aviat (born 1982)[1] is a French oboist[2] and conductor[3] of classical music and opera.
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| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Montpellier, France |
| Occupation(s) | Oboist, conductor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Biography
editBorn in Montpellier,[3][4] Aviat studied oboe, piano and conducting in Paris, Zürich (Zurich University of the Arts)[5] and Geneva.[6] He is an orchestra musician, works regularly as principal oboe with the Zürich Opera House, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart among others.[6] After further study, Aviat began a career as a conductor parallel to his activities and has led performances with the Orchestre national de Lille, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others.[6]
In the season 2015/16, Aviat conducted a new production of Offenbach's operetta Le roi Carotte at the Opéra de Lyon which was broadcast on radio and television and was widely praised.[7][8][9] This production of Le roi Carotte under the musical direction of Aviat won "Best Rediscovered Work" in the International Opera Awards 2016.[10] From 2016 to 2018 Aviat was the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Leverhulme Young Conductor in Association of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.[11] More recently Aviat showed interests in composition. His first orchestral piece has been performed by Orchestre National de France in December 2019.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Introducing Victor Aviat, the Third Finalist of the Young Conductors Award", Salzburg Festival Archive, 13 February 2014
- ^ "Fine chamber playing from Budapest's visiting musicians in Edinburgh", concert review by Alan Coady, Bachtrack, 14 August 2015
- ^ a b "Salzbourg : fier de la prestation de Victor Aviat", review, 5 March 2014, L'agglorieuse (in French)
- ^ "Victor Aviat, Dirigent & Oboist", netzhdk.ch (Zurich University of the Arts)
- ^ "«prix netzhdk» geht an Victor Aviat", Schweizer Musikzeitung, 30 September 2016
- ^ a b c "About – On the way". victoraviat.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Metdepenninghen, Erna (April 2016). "Report from Lyon". Opera. 67 (4): 458–459.
- ^ "Opéra: le putsch râpé du Roi Carotte" by Nicolas Blanmont, La Libre Belgique, 17 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ "Oper: Karottendämmerung in Lyon" by Robert Quitta, Die Presse, 20 December 2015 (in German)
- ^ "2016 Winners". International Opera Awards. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Victor Aviat appointed new BSO Leverhulme Young Conductor in Association". Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 27 November 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Program 31 December 2019" (in French). France Musique. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- Victor Aviat discography at Discogs
- Victor Aviat at IMDb
