As Principal Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker since 2000, Nott has made a huge impact on the orchestra. The Guardian critic Tom Service noted: “Together, I think they've created one of the most exciting partnerships in orchestral music of the last nine years”. The orchestra has made its hallmark on the musical world with its challenging programming, and in particular combining contemporary music with traditional, giving new insight into the standard repertoire. Nott says: “For some people, contemporary work is put in as a sort of apology. But if I've programmed a John Adams piece before Beethoven's Seventh, it's because people will listen to the Beethoven differently afterwards"
Outside of Bamberg, Nott conducts at the highest level, working with the Berliner Philharmoniker; the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics; the Royal Concertgebouw and Philharmonia Orchestras; and the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Münchner Philharmoniker. This season Nott returns to conduct the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and Ensemble intercontemporain, and makes his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra. He will return to his home city for his debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra next summer.
His latest release, a recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.9 for the Tudor label received the 2009 International Toblacher Komponierhäuschen Prize and, in January 2010, won the Symphonic Works category of the MIDEM Classical Awards.
Biography
Jonathan Nott wins MIDEM Classical Award
