Prof. Howard Arman

was born in London and studied at Trinity College of Music. After working with leading ensembles in England he went on to appear all over Europe and at festivals in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Edinburgh, Athens, Utrecht, Brügge and Jerusalem.

In Germany he has conducted the Radio Choirs of the NDR Hamburg, SWF Stuttgart and RIAS Berlin, in Austria the ORF Choir in Vienna. In May 1998 he became conducotr of the mdr Radio Choir Leipzig and its artistic director - a position he also held with the Salzburg Bach Choir from its foundation 1983 until 2000.

Howard Arman collaborated closely with Hans Werner Henze in concerts at festivals in Rome and Montepulciano. In 1991 he gave his debut at the Musikverein in Vienna and in 1995 he conducted the official opening of the Salzburg Festival, where he subsequently regularly appeared.
The opera represents a particular interest of Howard Arman, he conducts many productions at opera houses throughout Germany, Italy and Austria. Following his re-formation of the Handel Festival Orchestra on historical instruments for Händels "Orlando" he was awarded, in 1998, the International Händel Prize. At the Volksoper in Vienna he also conducts operetta. including a recent new production of Offenbach´s "Bluebeard". Since his appointment in Leipzig he has introduced an unusually wide-ranging repertoire, including orchestral, operatic, baroque and a-capella works. Last season he conducted "The Morning Heroies Symphony" by Arthur Bliss, the oratorio "Belshazzar´s Feast" by William Walton and several performances of Joseph Haydn´s oratorio "The Creation". Howard Arman´s CD recordings have been made for Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Berlin Classics, Capriccio, Koch International, NCA, Ambitus Hamburg. 
The conductor holds a professorship at the University of Music, Vienna.

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