Ola Rudner, Conductor
Biography
The Swedish conductor Ola Rudner started his career as a high-profile violinist (he is a prize winner of the Paganini competition and was also assistant of the legendary Sandor Vègh) and concertmaster of various orchestras such as the Camerata Salzburg, the Volksopera Vienna and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. 1995 he founded the Philharmonia Wien, from 2001- 2003 he was Chief Conductor of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and since 2003/2004 he is Chief Conductor of the Haydn Orchestra Bolzano.
Since 1997 Ola Rudner has conducted all the major australian orchestras: the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmania, Adelaide and Perth. In Scandinavia he has conducted most of the orchestras including the Gothenburg Symphony Orhcestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic and the orchestras in Trondheim, Bergen, Aalborg, Malmö, Helsingborg etc. From September 2009 he is appointed chief conductor of the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen.
He also collaborated with orchestras like the Scottish Chamberorchestra, Vienna Chamberorchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Latvian National Philharmonic, Orchestra Fondazione Arena di Verona, and many times with the Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester.
With Philharmonia Wien he performs annually at the Musikverein Wien, and has gone on tour to Japan, Poland, Yugoslavia, Austria and Turkey.
He also has a long- term relationship with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, with whom he has recorded 3 CD’s for BIS with works by British composer Sally Beamish. In 2005 Beamish’s Viola Concerto was recorded with soloist Tabea Zimmermann as part of the 3rd CD.
Ola Rudner is also an important opera conductor. Since many years he conducts at the Volksoper Wien and is regularly invited to the opera houses of Australia, Sweden and Italy. His repertoire includes Mozart’s Magic Flute, Così, Figaro, Titus and Idomeneo, Beethoven’s Fidelio and Verdi’s Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Operettas by Offenbach, Strauss, Lehar and Kalman.
Highlights of the past seasons have been his debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, RAI Torino, the Slovenian Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic and the SWR- Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart.
Upcoming projects include concerts with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Bremen Philharmonic, Orchestra Filarmonica di Verona, Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice, London Philharmonic, Vienna Symphonic Orchestra and the Tasmanian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
Following the tremendous succéss in Moskow with the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, he will return to Russia the coming season for a more extended tour.
Apart from BIS he has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Australian label ABC Classics, Camerata Tokyo, Amadeus, Venice Channel (DVD – HD). Next season he will record with Decca.
Nordic Artists Management represents Ola Rudner in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.