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Jiří Rožeň is quickly becoming known for his thoughtful programming and knowledge of a broad range of repertoire. A passionate and knowledgeable advocate of Czech music, he is expanding audiences with his unique interpretations of well-known works and those of lesser-known contemporary composers, including Bohuslav Martinů, Josef Suk, Viktor Kalabis and Miloslav Kabeláč.

During the 2024/25 season, Rožeň makes symphonic debuts with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Philharmonie Zuidnederland and Musikkollegium Winterthur. He also returns to Hamburg Symphoniker, Interlaken Classics, Orchestre National de Metz, and Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the opera pit this season Rožeň begins work on a new opera by Ana Sokolovic for Montreal Opera and will also revive the highly acclaimed production by Nigel Lowery, Le Grand Macabre for Prague State Opera. The original staging of the new production in Spring 2024 marked the premiere of the work in Prague and opened in the frame of the Opera Nova Festival, of which Rožeň was artistic curator. For Opera Nova, Rožeň also conducted the world premiere of Kafka’s Letter to his Father a newly commissioned opera for the festival.

Previous highlights in 2023/24 included debuts with Bergen National Opera for a new production of Janáček’s Katya Kabanova and a return to Gothenburg Opera for a gala concert on the occasion of the bicentenary of Smetana’s birth following the success of Bartered Bride during the 2022/23 season. In the Nordic territory, he also returned to Finland, making his debut with Jyväskylä Sinfonia.

Rožeň has made a name for himself as a serious interpreter of such avant-garde opera titles including the acclaimed Flammen, Seven Deadly Sins, Erwartung for Prague State Opera and in summer 2022, premiering Nono’s Prometeo in the Czech Republic, continuing his close working relationship with the Ostrava Centre for New Music. In Prague he has also conducted Dvorak’s Rusalka.

Debuts in previous seasons included US weeks with Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony and Naples Philharmonic and across Europe for Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Aalborg Symphony, Hallé, Orchestre National de Metz, MDR Leipzig, Bochumer Symphoniker and Orquesta Sinfónica de las Islas Baleares. In Belgium, he has conducted many of the major orchestras, including Orchestre National de Belgique, Brussels Philharmonic, Flanders and Antwerp Symphony orchestras as well as Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.

Soloist collaborations in previous seasons have included renowned soloists such as Nobuyuki Tsuji, Randall Goosby, Alban Gerhardt, Lukáš Vondráček, Esther Yoo, Kian Soltani, Josef Špaček, Francesca Dego, Arabella Steinbacher, Jan Mráček, Pavel Šporcl, Kirill Gerstein, Vadim Gluzman and Lawrence Brownlee.

Born in Prague in 1991, Rožeň studied conducting at conservatoires and universities in Prague, Salzburg, Hamburg, Zürich and Glasgow where he was Leverhulme Conducting Fellow. He was successful in Salzburg and London as the Finalist of both the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award and the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition. Formerly Assistant Conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rožeň worked alongside Donald Runnicles and Thomas Dausgaard and assisted them at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh International Festival. His mentors have included Garry Walker, Dennis Russell Davies, Ulrich Windfuhr and Johannes Schlaefli. Other important influences include Bernard Haitink, David Zinman and Peter Eötvös in masterclasses with orchestras such as the Concertgebouworkest, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.

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Tibor Bogányi pursued his studies as a conductor and cellist at the Sibelius Academy in Finland. His professors were Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam as well as Arto Noras. He also received further tuition from János Fürst as a guest student at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2002 at the age of 28 he was named conductor of the Turku Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 he took on the position as principal conductor and music director of Finland’s Lappeenranta City Orchestra and in 2011 as principal conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra in Pècs.

Bogányi’s concerts are hallmarked by artistic diversity and virtuosic interpretation; he performs at an outstanding level with operatic and symphonic repertoire, collaborating with the world’s leading orchestras and artists. In recent seasons, he has conducted such orchestras as the Bochumer Symphoniker, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Lahti Symphony, Mexico State Symphony, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, St. Petersburg Symphony, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Tampere Philharmonic and the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich. He has also collaborated with soloists including Andrei Gavrilov, Ilya Gringolts, Gary Hoffman, Zoltán Kocsis, Miklós Perényi and Dénes Várjon. Between 1999 and 2002 he served as artistic director of the VIVO Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted several youth orchestras over the course of his career, of which the Finnish Sibelius Academy Symphonic Orchestra stands out.

His repertoire stems from the symphonic to the grand choral works and oratorios. In 2006 he successfully premiered Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Finnish National Opera, followed by Verdi’s La traviata and Macbeth in 2009 and Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2010. He has conducted Bizet’s Carmen, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and all of Bartók’s dramatic works. In 2014 he made his debut at the Hungarian State Opera with Boito’s Mefistofele and Puccini’s Tosca.

Bogányi has collaborated on countless radio and TV recording. In recognition of his outstanding work, he was awarded the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit, civil division, in 2017.

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