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“He feels the music he conducts with all of his heart, and is able to convey it to the orchestra as well.” 

(Herbert von Karajan)

“In Weil’s case – and this he shares with his avowed favourite composer Haydn – childlike unpredictability stems from a sharp mind…” 

(Michael Stallknecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung)

“Bruno Weil is a treasure chest of musical knowledge”; this, in any case, is what a young conductor once stated when asked about exceptional figures among his generation of teachers. However it also requires the conductor’s absolute resolve to pass on this knowledge to the orchestra and transform it into an interpretation. Bruno Weil is one of the conductors who can achieve this. Another feature that distinguishes Bruno Weil is his insistence on absolute textual exactitude in music making. But textual exactness alone is not enough; it must be inspired. Only in this way can it help the music develop its own inherent vitality. After finishing his teaching career as a Professor of the Salzburg Mozarteum University, Bruno Weil has restarted to conduct the major orchestras like recently the Dresden Staatskapelle in January 2020. Since the 2018/19 season, he has served as first guest conductor of the Bruckner-Orchester Linz.

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News & Reviews

“…Bruno Weil is an acknowledged specialist for classical music, and as such, Mozart’s music took centre stage… Together with the soloists, Bruno Weil opted for rather quick tempi, which lent the work with its sometimes slightly sentimental Andantino, an ideal drive and spurred an active dialogue between soloists and orchestra. Following the intermission, attention shifted to the rarely performed Symphony in B-flat major, KV 319, … captivatingly presented by the orchestra and Bruno Weil… It’s not often you can hear this music so exquisitely played! …” 

Michael Wruss in the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten on June 11, 2018 

“…Weil followed all of Beethoven’s indicated metronome markings and repeats. In the gently flowing slow movement, he sought a renewed reconciliation with the spirit of classical music. But as it broke into something new, it became apparent what this compositional text is all about: pure and even pristine joy… Weil flung mankind’s age-old utopia into the air like a brightly coloured ball, and it was so fantastically silly and at no time resembled the crash and boom of the interpolated Turkish March that in most performances just seems odd. In Weil’s case – and this he shares with his avowed favourite composer Haydn – childlike unpredictability stems from a sharp mind…” 

Michael Stallknecht in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on June 7, 2011 

Such a performance was Tafelmusik’s Ninth Symphony of Beethoven, presented this weekend at Toronto’s Koerner Hall. Under the masterful direction of conductor Bruno Weil…

The orchestra…was committed to the music and to the performance in an almost superhuman way. We always talk about an orchestra playing as one person, animated by the same mind and spirit. It seldom happens. On Sunday night, we were awarded a first-class demonstration. Winds and brass were in fine balance; second violin parts, usually buried, were clear and revelatory. The sheer physical energy the orchestra engaged in playing a still very taxing piece was impressive.

To conductor Bruno Weil must go a lot of the credit for the superb performances. Weil is a no-nonsense kind of guy when it comes to Beethoven… He set quite brisk tempos for all four movements of the symphony and, more to the point, kept those tempos consistent throughout the movements (with very few exceptions), with almost fanatically disciplined precision. No slowing for the dramatic parts, no shading of tempos to make a musical point, The result was a Ninth of intense propulsion, full of the drama that Beethoven clearly intended to be its hallmark, shapely and taut. Weil never allowed the plot of the music, its musical coherence, to falter…”

Robert Harris in The Globe and Mail, Toronto on February 8, 2016

Selection of Concerts – Seasons 2019/20/21

11. und 12. Mai 2020 – Grazer Philharmoniker, Bruckner Sinfonie Nr. 3 u.a. – Stefaniensaal Graz

10. März 2020 – Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Haydn “Sieben letzte Worte” – Liederhalle Stuttgart

Gallery

Bruno Weil I
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Bruno Weil II
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Bruno Weil III
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Bruno Weil IV
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Bruno Weil V
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Bruno Weil VI
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Bruno Weil VII
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Bruno Weil VIII
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Bruno Weil IX
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Sound clips

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonien 1 – 9, Tafelmusik Toronto, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Aus: Ludwig van Beethoven – Sinfonie Nr. 5 in c-moll, Op. 67
1. Satz – Allegro con brio
Tafelmusik Toronto 2004

Aus: Ludwig van Beethoven – Sinfonie Nr. 2 in D-Dur, Op. 36
1. Satz – Adagio molto-Allegro con brio
Tafelmusik Toronto 2013

Aus: Joseph Haydn – Sinfonie Nr. 94 “Mit dem Paukenschlag”  in G-Dur, Hob. I:94 (Londoner)
2. Satz – Andante

Aus: Joseph Haydn – Sinfonie Nr. 94 “Mit dem Paukenschlag”  in G-Dur, Hob. I:94 (Londoner)
4. Satz – Finale.Allegro di molto
Cappella Coloniensis 2009

Aus: Joseph Haydn – Sinfonie Nr.  100  in G-Dur, Hob. I:100 (Londoner)
4. Satz – Finale.Presto

Aus: Joseph Haydn – Sinfonie Nr. 101  in D-Dur, Hob. I:101 (Londoner)
4. Satz – Finale.Vivace
Cappella Coloniensis 2012/13

Aus: Richard Wagner – “Der fliegende Holländer”
Ouvertüre
Cappella Coloniensis 2004

Aus: Franz von Suppé – “Die schöne Galathée”
Ouvertüre
Cappella Coloniensis 2005

Franz Schubert: Sinfonie C-Dur, D 944,
1. Satz Andante. Allegro ma non troppo
Classical Band 1992

More Audio Clips can be found under the title “Haydn-Cycle“.

Videos

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 7 A-Dur, Op. 92
Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra

Press-Meeting on the occasion of presenting the Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg + KoehlerOsbahrStiftung 2016

Rehearsals to Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphies Nr. 7 und 8
Tafelmusik Toronto 2008

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 8 in F-Dur, Op. 93
1. Satz – Allegro vivace e con brio
Tafelmusik Toronto 2008

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 7 in A-Dur, Op. 92
2. Satz – Allegretto
Tafelmusik Toronto 2008

Interview zur CD-Produktion der 9. Sinfonie von Ludwig van Beethoven mit Tafelmusik Toronto 2016

Haydn-Cycle

Bruno Weil devised a cycle of the London Symphonies by Joseph Haydn presented with moderation. In six concerts, each featuring two of the London symphonies, Bruno Weil takes up the cudgels for Joseph Haydn, who to this day unfairly remains in the shadow of Mozart and Beethoven. 

The six programs with the headings 

“The Beginning”

“Mozart’s Death”

“The Drumroll”

“The Clock”

“Military”

“Fulfilment”

may be easily divided over two or three seasons, or played separately. They can also be supplemented with the two oratorios “The Creation” and “The Seasons”. 

We would be happy to provide you with more detailed information. An audio sample from a concert with the Capella Coloniensis in the Essen Philharmonic Hall can be found here: 

Discography (Selection)