The great conductors

I had the privilege of working with outstanding conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch and Sir Georg Solti. Sawallisch chose me for lyrical concert roles and important Mozart works, took me to Japan and America and used me in important roles such as the "Steuermann" in "Der fliegende Holländer".

I had a special connection with Sir Georg Solti, which earned me a Grammy Award for the best performance of "David" in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Other significant collaborations were with Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Franz Welser-Möst, Herbert Blomstedt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Carlo Maria Giulini and Fabio Luisi. These experiences enriched my career and my musical understanding immensely.

 

I had the good fortune and the honor to work with other great conductors of my time such as Thomas Ades, Niksa Bareza, Jiří Bělohlávek, Rudolf Bibl, Erich Binder, Michael Boder, Pierre Boulez, Semyon Bychkov, Nicholas Carter, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, James Conlon, Dennis Russell Davies, Christoph von Dohnányi, Marc Elder, Christoph Eschenbach, Alfred Eschwé, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Gabriele Ferro, Adám Fischer, Iván Fischer, Mikko Franck, Helmut Froschauer, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Daniele Gatti, Michael Gielen, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Sascha Goetzel, Ennoch zu Guttenberg, Michael Güttler, Hartmut Haenchen, Michael Halász, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe Herreweghe, Michael Hofstetter, Heinz Holliger, Heinz Hollreiser, Christopher Hogwood, Marek Janowski, Mariss Jansons, Graeme Jenkins, Michail Jurowski, Carlos Kalmar, Bernhard Klee, Peter Keuschnig, Berislav Klobučar, Patrick Lange, Alain Lombard, Charles Mackerras, Susanna Mälkki, Sir Neville Marriner, Ernst Märzendorfer, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Cornelius Meister, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Günter Neuhold, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Paternostro, Trevor Pinnock, Gerrit Prießnitz, Sir Simon Rattle, Julius Rudel, Helmuth Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Ulf Schirmer, Peter Schneider, Michael Schønwandt, Stefan Soltesz, Horst Stein, Pinchas Steinberg, Jeffrey Tate, Ernst Theis, Christian Thielemann, Marcello Viotti, Hans Vonk, Sebastian Weigle, Ralf Weikert, Bruno Weil, Johannes Wildner, Simone Young, Lothar Zagrosek and Alberto Zedda.

 

I have a lifelong, personal and artistic friendship with many of you.