保羅•古德溫 ｜ 指揮

保羅．古德溫最為人稱道的是，他對所有時代的音樂擁有絕佳的理解與詮釋能力，他的演出曲目相當廣泛，而且對當代音樂饒富興致。他熱愛將時代風格融入傳統的管弦樂，創造出獨具特色又豐富多變的表演內容。他目前擔任加州卡梅爾巴哈節的藝術總監與指揮。

保羅演出的交響樂曲目廣泛，他曾經指揮過的樂團如下：BBC愛樂、哈勒管弦樂團、伯明罕市立交響樂團、皇家蘇格蘭國家管絃樂團，以及蘇格蘭室內管弦樂團。他指揮過的美國樂團包括明尼蘇達管弦樂團、華盛頓國家交響樂團、西雅圖交響樂團、費城交響樂團，以及聖保羅室內交響樂團。他合作過的歐洲樂團包括比利時國家交響樂團、西班牙國家交響樂團、鹿特丹愛樂、赫爾辛基愛樂、加利西亞愛樂、皇家斯德哥爾摩愛樂、巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、黑森可廣播交響樂團、漢諾威的北德廣播管弦樂團，以及萊比錫的中德廣播交響樂團。

至於歌劇指揮方面，他近來的作品包括在柏林輕歌劇院演出的《伊菲姬妮在陶里德》、馬德里皇家劇院的《盧克雷蒂亞受辱記》、在雪梨歌劇院與蘇格蘭歌劇院演出《奧蘭多》，以及在威爾斯國家歌劇院演出韓德爾的《耶弗他》。

至於2013/14樂季，保羅會持續與巴賽爾室內古樂團演出《彌賽亞》，並會在每年七月舉辦的卡梅爾巴哈節繼續擔任藝術總監與指揮。保羅也會帶領慕尼黑廣播管絃樂團與小提琴家查理‧席姆錄製音樂，並帶領該樂團在幾場教育音樂會演出。另外他還會與下列樂團合作：馬拉加愛樂管弦樂團、加利西亞交響樂團、南荷蘭交響樂團，以及格拉茲大管弦樂團。

保羅曾擔任古樂學會樂團的副指揮達11年之久，並到各處巡迴演出，他還與該樂團錄製了舒茲的合唱音樂、莫札特的歌唱劇《載依德》，以及受AAM委託、為約翰．塔文納演出兩張專輯。這些專輯中有三張獲得美國葛萊美獎與英國留聲機大獎的提名。他擔任英國室內管弦樂團首席客座指揮一職長達六年，合作過的音樂家包括奇里．特．卡娜娃、約夏．貝爾、瑪麗亞．若昂．皮耶絲、姆斯蒂斯拉夫．羅斯卓波維奇、以及瑪德琳娜．柯翠娜。他還錄製過眾多專輯，包括史特勞斯、赫曼、韓德爾的《獅心王理查一世》與《阿撒利亞》，他為Harmonia Mundi唱片公司錄製艾爾加的《兒歌組曲》更是大受好評。

保羅投身教育計畫不遺餘力，他指導過西班牙與荷蘭的國家青年管弦樂團、海牙的皇家音樂學院，以及倫敦的皇家學院管弦樂團與皇家音樂學院管弦樂團。多年來他也擔任布魯塞爾的伊麗莎白女皇大賽的定期客座指揮。保羅．古德溫在2007獲得德國哈勒城頒發的韓德爾榮譽獎，以表揚他對韓德爾作品的卓越演出。

Paul Goodwin ｜ Conductor

Paul Goodwin is renowned for his historically informed interpretations of music of all periods, his wide repertoire and his interest in contemporary music. He has a great passion for incorporating period style within the traditional orchestral world and creating idiosyncratic and dynamic programs. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival in California.

Paul has a wide symphonic repertoire, conducting orchestras including: the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.  In the US he has conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. In Europe he has worked with the Belgian and Spanish National Orchestras, the Rotterdam, Helsinki, Real Filharmonia de Galicia and Royal Stockholm Philharmonics and the Bayerischer, Hessischer, NDR (Hannover), and MDR (Leipzig) Rundfunkorchester.

In opera, Paul’s recent successes have included Iphigenie en Tauride at the Komische Oper Berlin, Rape of Lucretia at the Teatro Real Madrid and Orlando at Scottish Opera, following its previous success at Opera Australia and Handel’s Jeptha at Welsh National Opera.

During the 13/14 season Paul continues his close relationship with the Baselkammerorchester in performances of the Messiah and will continue his position as Music Director and Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival, which takes place each July. Paul will also lead the Munchner Rundfunkorkester in a recording with violinist Charlie Siem and in several educational concerts. Other appearances include: Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, South Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, and Grosses Orchester Graz.

For 11 years Paul was the Associate Conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music with whom he toured extensively and made recordings of Schutz choral music, Mozart’s singspiel ‘Zaide’ and two discs of music by John Tavener, commissioned for the AAM.  Three of these CDs were nominated for Grammy (USA) and Gramophone (UK) awards. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra for 6 years, collaborating with artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa, Joshua Bell, Maria João Pires, Mstislav Rostropovich and Magdalena Kozena.  He has recorded CDs of Strauss, Hartmann, Handel’s Riccardo Primo and Athalia, and a highly acclaimed CD of Elgar's Nursery Suite for Harmonia Mundi.

Paul’s dedication to educational projects has led him to work with National Youth Orchestras in Spain and Holland as well as the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and the orchestras of the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, London. For many years he has been a regular visiting conductor for the Queen Elisabeth Competition Brussels.  In 2007, Paul Goodwin was awarded the Handel Honorary Prize of the City of Halle (Saale) in recognition of his extraordinary services to performances of works by George Frederic Handel.