He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing.
Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. In the 2015-16 season, Tyzik premiered a new violin concerto written for RPO Concertmaster Juliana Athayde. Alex Ross of The New Yorker, called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years”. His 2007 recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the RPO stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Tyzik has written more than 200 arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions for orchestra. This is also the seventh season that Tyzik has held The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.įrequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He also holds a similar role with the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. In 2018-19, Tyzik celebrated 25 years as Principal Pops Conductor. recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors. He enrolled at The Juilliard School studied with Jorge Mester, Sixten Ehrling and Leonard Bernstein and won the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship. Delfs became the youngest-ever Music Director of the Hamburg University Orchestra and Musical Assistant at the Hamburg State Opera. He studied with Christoph von Dohnányi and Aldo Ceccato at the Hamburg Conservatory. He has conducted orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan.īorn in Flensburg, Germany, Andreas Delfs began studying piano and music theory at age 5. Over the years Andreas Delfs has led numerous distinguished ensembles. Delfs was Music Director of the Bern Opera resident conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony during the tenure of Lorin Maazel and Music Director, at an early age, of the Orchestre Suisse des Jeunes.
He served as General Music Director of Hanover, Germany (1995-2000), conducting the city’s renowned symphony orchestra and opera company. He also led the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as Music Director (2001-2004) and Artistic Consultant (2004 -2006). Delfs was instrumental in the orchestra’s rise to national prominence. As Music Director (1996-2009) and Conductor Laureate (2009-2015) of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Delfs counts among his profound musical inspirations composers and musicians who span many decades, including Hans Werner Henze, György Ligeti, Philip Glass and Roberto Sierra he has partnered with many of the world’s most renowned solo artists, including André Watts, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang and Renée Fleming.Īndreas Delfs has held chief artistic posts with several orchestras in both North America and Europe. At the same time, his love of new music and his commitment to discovering and exploring fresh voices have led him to establish close relationships with many of today’s composers and to conduct numerous world premiere performances.
His passionate and dramatic interpretations of the late romantic repertoire with orchestras in both North America and Europe have drawn critical acclaim, reflecting a constantly evolving artistic maturity marked by the insight, depth and integrity he brings to the podium.Īndreas Delfs was educated in the finest conservatories of the old and the new world and mentored by great conductors his approach to conducting has been forged by decades of experience. He is widely recognized as both a successful, hands-on orchestra builder and as an imaginative and inspiring music director. Over the course of his 35-year career, Andreas Delfs has earned a stellar reputation as one of the most respected conductors in the orchestra world.
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