From this season he assumes the position of Artist in Association with Tapiola Sinfonietta with whom he will conduct four projects per season. From 2001- 2005 he held the post of the first Music Director of Remix Ensemble Casa da Musica Porto.
Highlights of this season see Stefan Asbury making his debut with Dresden Philharmonic in a programme which includes Bartok's Wooden Prince, and conducting Grisey’s Les Espaces Acoustiques with Bayerisher Rundfunk as part of the Munich Biennale. Stefan will also return to the Venice Biennale to perform three concerts with Klangforum Wien, the Wien Modern with Radio Symphony Orchestra Wien and will conduct a production of Wolfgang Rihm’s opera Jakob Lenz for the Wiener Festwochen. He will also conduct NDR Hannover, WDR Cologne and a Bartok/Ligeti concert with the Flemish Radio Orchestra.
Stefan Asbury has particularly strong relationships with many composers including Steve Reich, Wolfgang Rihm, Rebecca Saunders, Unsuk Chin and Mark Anthony Turnage. In June 2007 he conducted the London Sinfonietta world premiere of Turnage’s About Water to celebrate the re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall in London.
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