{{Short description|Brazilian conductor}} {{more footnotes|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Neschling | image = John Neschling, 2010 (cropped).jpg | caption = John Neschling in 2010 | office1 = Artistic Director of the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo | term1 = January 2013-September 2016 | office2 = Musical Director and Chief Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony | term2 = 1997-2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|05|13}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | education = | occupation = Conductor }} '''John Neschling''' (born May 13 1947, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian orchestral and operatic conductor. He was the musical director and the chief conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Symphony) from 1997 to 2008.
A member of the Brazilian Academy of Music since 2003, he was appointed artistic director of the Municipal Theatre of São Paulo from January 2013 until September 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidiano/86576-john-neschling-assume-theatro-municipal.shtml|title=Folha de S.Paulo|date=1 January 2013|work=Folha online}}</ref> when he was dismissed under accusations of fiscal mismanagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/cpi-do-municipal-de-sp-pede-conducao-coercitiva-de-maestro-neschling-19989304?versao=amp|title=O Globo|date=24 August 2016|work=Globo online}}</ref>
==Early career== He studied conducting under Hans Swarowsky and Reinhold Schmid in Vienna and under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa in Tanglewood.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Later, he won several international conducting competitions.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
==European positions== Neschling has been music director of Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Sankt Gallen Theater in Switzerland, Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Bordeaux Opera, and assistant conductor at the Vienna Opera. He has also been invited conductor at the London Symphony, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
He came back to Brazil in 1973 to assume the position of music director of the municipal theaters of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
==São Paulo State Symphony== During the twelve years under his leadership, the OSESP became a first rate international orchestra, and recorded a series of CDs with Brazilian and international music, winning five Diapason d'Or<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://www.bis.se/bis_pages/bis_news.php |title=BIS Records |accessdate=2014-10-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108215243/http://bis.se/bis_pages/bis_news.php |archivedate=2014-11-08 }}</ref> and one Latin Grammy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2004003373_latingrammylist09.html|title=Latin Grammy winners|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> He also organized tournées that took the orchestra to play at several concert halls around the world, including the Avery Fisher Hall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/publications/lamusica/vol4.11/OSESP.htm |title=LAMúsiCa Vol.4 No. 11: OSESP |accessdate=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629135248/http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/publications/lamusica/vol4.11/OSESP.htm |archivedate=2010-06-29 }}</ref> in New York City and at the Musikverein<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/zugaben.asp?monat=3&jahr=2007 |title=Der Musikverein - Zugaben |access-date=2010-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611131547/http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/zugaben.asp?monat=3&jahr=2007 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Vienna.
Under his request, the great hall of the old Júlio Prestes train station was renovated and turned into Sala São Paulo, the home of OSESP and one of the best concert halls in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/24/arts/arts-abroad-from-homeless-to-house-proud-brazil-s-other-music.html?pagewanted=all|title = ARTS ABROAD; from Homeless to House-Proud: Brazil's 'Other' Music|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 24 August 1999|last1 = Rohter|first1 = Larry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/05/10-worlds-best-concert-halls-berlin-boston-tokyo|title=10 of the world's best concert halls|last=Cox|first=Trevor|date=2015-03-05|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-06-28|archive-date=2016-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127084407/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/05/10-worlds-best-concert-halls-berlin-boston-tokyo|url-status=live}}</ref> It opened in 1999.
==Municipal Theater of the City of São Paulo==
In 2013 Neschling was appointed as the artistic director of Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, where he served until September 2016, when he was accused of fiscal misappropriations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2016/09/john-neschling-e-afastado-da-direcao-artistica-do-theatro-municipal-de-sp.html?pagewanted=all|title = John Neschling é afastado da direção artística do Theatro Municipal de SP|website = G1 Globo São Paulo|date = 5 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/coluna/terraco-paulistano/teatro-municipal-da-calote-de-900-000-reais/mobile|title = Teatro Municipal dá calote de 900 000 reais|website = Veja São Paulo|date = 26 February 2017|last1 = Batista Jr.|first1 = João}}</ref> An investigative inquiry was started by a São Paulo state-appointed panel, but Neschling refused to answer the officials' questions, and then fled from Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saopaulo.sp.leg.br/blog/cpi-do-theatro-municipal-maestro-john-neschling-fica-em-silencio-em-acareacao/?pagewanted=all|title = CPI do Theatro Municipal: maestro John Neschling fica em silêncio em acareação?|website = Câmara Municipal de São Paulo|date = 14 September 2016}}</ref>
==References== * Neschling, J. "Música Mundana", Rocco 2009, 192pp {{ISBN|85-325-2485-0}} {{ISBN|978-8532524850}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719113217/http://www.wdk-koeln.de/kuenstler.php?Kuenstler_ID=129 John Neschling Biography], West German Concert Directorate Cologne {{in lang|de}} * [http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2016/09/john-neschling-e-afastado-da-direcao-artistica-do-theatro-municipal-de-sp.html John Neschling é afastado da direção artística do Theatro Municipal de SP] ({{translation|John Neschling is removed from the artistic direction of Theatro Municipal de SP}}) on G1 {{in lang|pt}} * [https://www.saopaulo.sp.leg.br/blog/cpi-do-theatro-municipal-maestro-john-neschling-fica-em-silencio-em-acareacao/ CPI do Theatro Municipal: maestro John Neschling fica em silêncio em acareação] ({{translation|CPI of Theatro Municipal: maestro John Neschling remains silent in confrontation}}) on the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo website {{in lang|pt}}
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== Further reading == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141223014736/http://theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki/index.php/John_Neschling Bigler-Marschall, Ingrid: John Neschling, in: Kotte, Andreas (Hg.): Theaterlexikon der Schweiz, Chronos Verlag Zürich 2005, Band 2, S. 1316–1317.] (in German, French, Italian and Romansh. Includes bibliographical references.) {{ISBN|978-3-0340-0715-3}}; [https://web.archive.org/web/20241127044910/https://lccn.loc.gov/2007423414 LCCN 2007423414]; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62309181 OCLC 62309181.]
== External links == {{commons category}} * [https://osesp.art.br/osesp/pt/ Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP)]
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