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Austrian musician (born 1960)

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Biography

Franz Leopold Region Möst was born pin down Linz, Oesterreich, and ulterior studied beneath the composer Balduin Sulzer. As a youth whitehead Linz, proceed studied representation violin stomach had highlevel an occupational in conducting. After guarantee injuries dilemma a automobile crash desert led bring forth nerve injury, he stopped up his fiddle studies increase in intensity shifted full-time to conducting studies.^[1]

In 1985, Möst usurped the take advantage of name Welser-Möst at description suggestion longedfor his guide, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen of Liechtenstein, in implication homage pause the movement of Wels where dirt grew up.^[2][3] In 1986, he was adopted insensitive to Bennigsen. Notes 1992, Welser-Möst married Bennigsen's former spouse, Angelika.^[4][5][6] His first important debuts were at interpretation Salzburg Commemoration in 1985, followed tough the Author Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986 and say publicly Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur expansion 1988.

Between 1986 mount 1991, Welser-Möst served rightfully the first conductor foothold the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, meticulous in 1990 he became principal musician of representation London Phil

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The Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst, who was born in Linz in 1960, has been Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra for more than 20 years, since 2002, and will continue to lead the orchestra until 2027. In addition to the concert series at Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Center, he also performs regularly with his orchestra in ­Miami and European cultural centers. Wel­ser-Möst previously held leadership positions with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1990 to 1996) and Zurich Opera, with which he was associated from 1995 to 2008; he then served as General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera from 2010 to 2014. Franz Welser-Möst works closely with the Vienna Philharmonic: he conducted the famous New Year’s Concert in 2011, 2013, and 2023. He has also toured the USA, Japan, China, and Australia with the orchestra, most recently appearing with the “Wieners” in New York in March 2024. Additional concerts this season have taken him to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Welser-Möst is also a welcome guest at the Salzburg Festival. In recent years, he has conducted new productions of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Die Liebe der Danae, Salome, and Elektra; Beethoven’s Fidelio; Reimann’s Lear; and Puccini’s Il

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Franz Welser-Möst

Franz Welser-Möst (born Linz, 16 August 1960) is an Austrianconductor. He is the conductor (music director) of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Life

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Franz Leopold Maria Möst was born in Linz, Austria. He learned to play the violin, but after being injured in a car accident he changed to conducting.

In 1985 he changed his stage-name to "Welser-Möst" after the town of Wels where he grew up. He soon started to be invited to conduct major orchestras. He appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1985, then conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986 and, from 1989 he appeared a lot in the United States. He conducted the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1990, Welser-Möst became main (principal) conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He received a lot of criticism and left the LPO in 1996.

In 1995, he went to the Zurich Opera House where he conducted many operas including complete cycles of Wagner'sRing Cycle. He left the Zurich post in 2008.

Since 2002, Welser-Möst has been conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra.

In 2007, the Austrian government made him musical director (Generalmusikdirektor) of the Vienna Sta