Thomas Søndergård, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Thomas Søndergård

Danish conductor

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1969

Place of Birth: Holstebro, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Profession: conductor, music pedagogue

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Thomas Søndergård

  • Thomas Søndergård (born 4 October 1969 in Holstebro, Denmark) is a Danish conductor. Søndergård studied percussion and timpani at the Royal Danish Academy of Music from 1989 to 1992, where his teachers included Gert Mortensen.
  • From 1989 to 1992, Søndergård was a timpanist in the European Union Youth Orchestra.
  • He joined the Royal Danish Orchestra as a timpanist in 1992.
  • He served on the faculty of the Royal Danish Academy of Music from 2001 to 2002. Søndergård devoted greater attention to conducting from age 27.
  • His conducting mentors have included Alexander Polianichko, Yves Abel and Graham Bond.
  • His conducting work in contemporary music has included conducting the 2005 premiere of Poul Ruders' Kafka's Trial with the Royal Danish Opera, in performances which were recorded for commercial release.
  • Søndergård became principal conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) in 2009, and concluded his KORK tenure after the 2011-2012 season.Søndergård first conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) in December 2009, as an emergency substitute for Thierry Fischer.
  • In July 2011, Søndergård was named the 14th principal conductor of the BBC NOW, effective with the 2012-2013 season, for an initial contract of 4 years.
  • In February 2016, the BBC NOW announced the further extension of his contract as principal conductor through "at least 2018".
  • Søndergård formally concluded his tenure as principal conductor of the BBC NOW is July 2018.Søndergård first guest-conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in 2009.
  • as an emergency substitute for Yakov Kreizberg.
  • In October 2011, the RSNO named him its principal guest conductor, effective with the 2012-2013 season, with an initial contract of 3 years for 3 programmes per year.
  • In May 2017, the RSNO announced the appointment of Søndergård as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018-2019 season.Søndergård has conducted commercial recordings for the DaCapo label, including music of Bent Lorentzen, Per Nørgård, and Poul Ruders, and also for the Linn label.

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