Frank Cramer | short - biography
Frank Cramer was born in Essen, Germany, were he studied
conducting at the Folkwang University of the Arts. He completed
his studies at the University for Music in Hamburg with Horst Stein.
After his first engagement at the State Theater in Oldenburg, he
performed at the Theatre of Würzburg in the position of the vize
principal conductor from 1980-88. In result of his celebrated
success with Verdis Aida in the Arena Sferisterio di Macerata in
1989, Frank Cramer has been invited to concert halls and opera
houses throughout Europe, ( a.o. Vienna, Zurich, Basel, Bern,
Budapest, Florence, Turin, Genoa, Sevilla, Berlin, Cologne,
Hamburg, Düsseldorf-Duisburg) the USA, Eastern Asia and
South Africa. His broad repertoire ranges from Mozarts’ Le
Nozze di Figaro to Wagners’ Tristan und Isolde and Strauss'
Salome to Bergs’ Wozzeck.
In concerts Frank Cramer favors the composers Beethoven,
Mozart, Mahler and particulary Bruckner. Further more devotes
himself to non-main stream composers, like the late romantics
Zemlinsky, Korngold and Nielsen or composers like Messiaen,
Lutoslawski, Schönberg and Webern. Frank Cramer has been
invited to many Festivals such as the Biennale Munich, the
Budapest Spring Festival (Hungarian National Philharmony)
and the renowned Tongyeong International Music Festival
in South-Korea. Numerous radio- and television productions
for the West German Radio, the Bavarian Radio, the ZDF,
the Swiss Radio DRS, the Radiotelevisione Italiana (the RAI
National Symphony Orchestra Turin) and the MDR Leipzig
show his artistic work. For the CD Label Dacapo, Frank
Cramer conducted the complete symphonies of the Danish
late-romantic composer Ludolf Nielsen with the Bamberg
Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra.
Frank Cramer resides in Munich and works as professor for
conducting at the University of Music Karlsruhe.
In 2008 he will give his debut at the Semperoper Dresden
conducting The Magic Flute. Frank Cramer will continue his
cooperations, amongst others, with the State Philharmonic
Orchestra on the Rhine. In Italy Frank Cramer will conduct
the opening concert of the 'Festival Verona Sacra' with the
Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona in a program
with works of Pärt, Tutino, Resphigi and Britten as well as
concerts with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Friuli-Venezia-Giulia.
In 2009 Frank Cramer will have, amongst others, his debut
with the Belgrad Philharmonic Orchestra and will contiune
his cooperation with the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona in
the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona.
conducting at the Folkwang University of the Arts. He completed
his studies at the University for Music in Hamburg with Horst Stein.
After his first engagement at the State Theater in Oldenburg, he
performed at the Theatre of Würzburg in the position of the vize
principal conductor from 1980-88. In result of his celebrated
success with Verdis Aida in the Arena Sferisterio di Macerata in
1989, Frank Cramer has been invited to concert halls and opera
houses throughout Europe, ( a.o. Vienna, Zurich, Basel, Bern,
Budapest, Florence, Turin, Genoa, Sevilla, Berlin, Cologne,
Hamburg, Düsseldorf-Duisburg) the USA, Eastern Asia and
South Africa. His broad repertoire ranges from Mozarts’ Le
Nozze di Figaro to Wagners’ Tristan und Isolde and Strauss'
Salome to Bergs’ Wozzeck.
In concerts Frank Cramer favors the composers Beethoven,
Mozart, Mahler and particulary Bruckner. Further more devotes
himself to non-main stream composers, like the late romantics
Zemlinsky, Korngold and Nielsen or composers like Messiaen,
Lutoslawski, Schönberg and Webern. Frank Cramer has been
invited to many Festivals such as the Biennale Munich, the
Budapest Spring Festival (Hungarian National Philharmony)
and the renowned Tongyeong International Music Festival
in South-Korea. Numerous radio- and television productions
for the West German Radio, the Bavarian Radio, the ZDF,
the Swiss Radio DRS, the Radiotelevisione Italiana (the RAI
National Symphony Orchestra Turin) and the MDR Leipzig
show his artistic work. For the CD Label Dacapo, Frank
Cramer conducted the complete symphonies of the Danish
late-romantic composer Ludolf Nielsen with the Bamberg
Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra.
Frank Cramer resides in Munich and works as professor for
conducting at the University of Music Karlsruhe.
In 2008 he will give his debut at the Semperoper Dresden
conducting The Magic Flute. Frank Cramer will continue his
cooperations, amongst others, with the State Philharmonic
Orchestra on the Rhine. In Italy Frank Cramer will conduct
the opening concert of the 'Festival Verona Sacra' with the
Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona in a program
with works of Pärt, Tutino, Resphigi and Britten as well as
concerts with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Friuli-Venezia-Giulia.
In 2009 Frank Cramer will have, amongst others, his debut
with the Belgrad Philharmonic Orchestra and will contiune
his cooperation with the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona in
the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona.