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指揮／艾度．迪華特
Conductor: Edo de Waart

在2019/20樂季，艾度‧迪華特將在連續五個樂季擔任聖地牙哥交響樂團特別客座指揮後，轉任首席客座指揮的新職。在2019樂季尾聲，他為自己在紐西蘭交響樂團的音樂總監任期劃上句點，轉而擔任桂冠指揮；迪華特也是安特衛普交響樂團與荷蘭廣播愛樂管弦樂團的桂冠指揮，並擔任密爾瓦基交響樂團桂冠音樂總監。

除了目前的這些職位，他先前也曾擔任舊金山交響樂團、明尼蘇達管弦樂團、香港愛樂、鹿特丹愛樂管弦樂團、雪梨交響樂團的音樂總監，以及荷蘭國家歌劇院的首席指揮。

為慶祝貝多芬250歲紀念，迪華特將與紐西蘭交響樂團合作，指揮貝多芬所有的交響樂曲；另也將與獨奏家艾曼紐‧艾克斯及黎拉．喬瑟芙維契合作，與聖地牙哥交響樂團演出貝多芬的部分曲目。他也將與荷蘭廣播愛樂管弦樂團安排年度演出，並再度與芝加哥及達拉斯管弦樂團攜手演出。本季其他的重點客座指揮活動還包括與KBS交響樂團及杭州愛樂的合作。 

身為歌劇指揮家，迪華特以豐富且多樣化的曲目在世界上許多頂尖歌劇院享有盛名。 他曾站上貝魯特、皇家歌劇院、柯芬園、日內瓦大劇院、巴士底歌劇院、聖達菲歌劇院和大都會歌劇院的指揮臺。迪華特擔任密爾瓦基、安特衛普交響樂團和香港管弦樂團的音樂總監時，試圖打破完整使用舞臺的種種限制，讓更廣大的觀眾能接觸歌劇，因此經常以半舞台或歌劇音樂會的形式進行指揮。 

而身為知名的管弦樂團訓練者，他除了曾參與茱莉亞音樂院及科爾本音樂院培育優秀年輕演奏家的計劃，也曾與聖塔芭芭拉西方音樂學院合作。 

迪華特錄製了許多專輯，由飛利浦、維珍、EMI、Telarc和RCA發行。他最近的錄音包括亨德利克斯的第一號交響曲與雙簧管協奏曲，馬勒第一號交響曲與艾爾加的《傑若提斯之夢》，都與皇家法蘭德斯愛樂合作

迪華特以在紐約愛樂擔任伯恩斯坦的助理指揮展開他的職業生涯，隨後返回荷蘭，獲得阿姆斯特丹皇家大會堂管弦樂團指定，擔任海汀克的助理指揮。1973年，他受邀擔任鹿特丹愛樂管弦樂團的首席指揮和藝術總監。 

艾度‧迪華特的音樂成就使他獲得多項殊榮，包括獲頒荷蘭政府的雄獅勳章，以及澳洲官佐勳章榮譽，他也是香港演藝學院的榮譽院士。

This 2019-20 Season Edo de Waart begins his new role as Principal Guest Conductor of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, with whom has he been a featured guest conductor for the past five seasons.  He concludes his tenure as Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the end of their 2019 season and takes up the role of Conductor Laureate; de Waart also holds the positions of Conductor Laureate of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his existing posts, he was previously Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of De Nederlandse Opera.

As part of the Beethoven 250th birthday celebrations, de Waart will conduct all the composer’s symphonies with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and several Beethoven programmes with the San Diego Symphony, with whom he will be joined by soloists Emmanuel Ax and Leila Josefowicz. He will make his annual appearance with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and return to Chicago and Dallas orchestras. Other guest conducting highlights this season include KBS Symphony and Hangzhou Philharmonic. 

As an opera conductor, de Waart has enjoyed success in a large and varied repertoire in many of the world’s greatest opera houses. He has conducted at Bayreuth, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra Bastille, Santa Fe Opera, and The Metropolitan Opera. With the aim of bringing opera to broader audiences where concert halls prevent full staging, he has, as Music Director in Milwaukee, Antwerp and Hong Kong, often conducted semi-staged and opera in concert performances. 

A renowned orchestral trainer, he has been involved with projects working with talented young players at the Juilliard and Colburn schools, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. 

De Waart’s extensive catalogue encompasses releases for Philips, Virgin, EMI, Telarc and RCA. Recent recordings include Henderickx’s Symphony No.1 and Oboe Concerto, Mahler’s Symphony No.1 and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, all with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.

Beginning his career as an Assistant Conductor to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic, de Waart then returned to Holland where he was appointed Assistant Conductor to Bernard Haitink at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 1973 he was appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Edo de Waart has received a number of awards for his musical achievements, including becoming a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.