{{short description|American conductor based in Germany (born 1969)}} '''Jonathan Stockhammer''' (born December 21, 1969, in Hollywood, California) is an American conductor based in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/az/jonathan-stockhammer/ |title=Schott Music - Jonathan Stockhammer - Profile |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707052532/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/az/jonathan-stockhammer/ |archivedate=2015-07-07 }}. Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref>
== Career ==
Stockhammer studied Chinese and Political Science before devoting himself to his musical studies, receiving degrees in musical composition at the University of California, Los Angeles and conducting at the University of Southern California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.karstenwitt.com/jonathan-stockhammer?id=1.html |title=Jonathan Stockhammer |website=en.karstenwitt.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> He was a fellow at the Accademia Chigiana (1995/96) and at the Tanglewood Music Center (1999.) His mentors include Ian Krouse, Peter Eötvös, Daniel Lewis, Robert Spano, Jorma Panula, Myung-Whun Chung and Esa-Pekka Salonen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiv2.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/archiv/festivals2006/05_musikfest_berlin06/mfb_06_interpreten/mfb_06_stockhammer.php |title= Berliner Festspiele: Stockhammer|website=archiv2.berlinerfestspiele.de |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200823/http://archiv2.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/archiv/festivals2006/05_musikfest_berlin06/mfb_06_interpreten/mfb_06_stockhammer.php |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref>
Upon the completion of his studies, Stockhammer moved to Germany and began collaborations with numerous radio orchestras such as the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/konzerte/rso-stuttgart-sakral-modern-i/-/id=659392/did=15198250/nid=659392/1rt0x6j/index.html |title=RSO Stuttgart: Sakral Modern I - SWR2 :: Programm :: Sendungen A-Z ::… |website= |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150630112154/http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/konzerte/rso-stuttgart-sakral-modern-i/-/id=659392/did=15198250/nid=659392/1rt0x6j/index.html |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.wdr.de/radio/orchester/sinfonieorchester/diskografie/abrahamsen100.html |title=Hans Abrahamsen - Orchester und Chor |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610080313/http://www1.wdr.de/radio/orchester/sinfonieorchester/diskografie/abrahamsen100.html |archivedate=2015-06-10 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France,<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7262669/A-Little-Night-Music-review.html] Telegraph 18 February 2010. Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic,<ref>[http://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/janssen_and_vleggaar_two_world_premieres_and_more_from_utrecht/7606/. Retrieved 06 July 2015 ]</ref> as well as the Oslo Philharmonic,<ref name="Jazz at the Philharmonic - Filharmonien">{{cite web|url=http://www.oslofilharmonien.no/pages/jazz-at-the-philharmonic |title=Jazz at the Philharmonic - Filharmonien |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062118/http://www.oslofilharmonien.no/pages/jazz-at-the-philharmonic |archivedate=2015-09-24 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> Orchestre National de France.,<ref>[http://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/concert-spectacle/stravinsky-petrouchka] Maison de la Radio 17 January 2015. Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra,<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/leihwerke/show,207847.html?showOldPerformances=true] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707051218/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/leihwerke/show%2C207847.html?showOldPerformances=true |date=2015-07-07 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015</ref> the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,<ref name="Shaksfin is a young dynamic team of aspiring entrepreneurs, producers and event managers.">[http://www.shaksfin.de/artists-productions/classical-music/conductor/jonathan-stockhammer/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708124117/http://www.shaksfin.de/artists-productions/classical-music/conductor/jonathan-stockhammer/ |date=2015-07-08 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015</ref> the Essen Philharmonic,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philharmonie-essen.de/konzerte/event/57885.htm |title=Philharmonie Essen | Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP) |website=www.philharmonie-essen.de |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> the Czech Philharmonic,<ref name="Shaksfin is a young dynamic team of aspiring entrepreneurs, producers and event managers." /> the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/veranstaltung/107687/ |title=Kölner Philharmonie C. Widmann, T. Tetzlaff, die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, J. Stockhammer: Brahms, Haydn, Rihm, Schumann |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707125116/http://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/veranstaltung/107687/ |archivedate=2015-07-07 }}. Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> and the Ensemble Resonanz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/das_neue_werk/Thierry-Pecou-und-Moritz-Eggert,pecou105.html |title=NDR das neue werk |website=www.ndr.de |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> He has regularly led opera productions at the Opéra National de Lyon.<ref>[http://www.opera-lyon.com/spectacle/opera/faustus-last-night] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707072850/http://www.opera-lyon.com/spectacle/opera/faustus-last-night |date=2015-07-07 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> In 2013, Stockhammer conducted the New York City Opera's production of Thomas Ades’ opera Powder Her Face, a collaboration with stage-director Jay Scheib.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bam.org/opera/2013/powder-her-face |title=New York City Opera's Powder Her Face |website=www.bam.org |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=9 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909015012/http://www.bam.org/opera/2013/powder-her-face |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the area of new music, Stockhammer has collaborated extensively with the Ensemble Modern,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ensemble183.rssing.com/browser.php?indx=15502306&item=7 |title=PM vom 25.02.2013 |website=ensemble183.rssing.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.united-mutations.com/e/ensemble_modern.htm |title=Ensemble modern |website=www.united-mutations.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> musikFabrik<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musikfabrik.eu/en/cd/marko-nikodijevic-darkrooms |title= Marko Nikodijevic | dark/Rooms | Ensemble Musikfabrik|website=www.musikfabrik.eu |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=7 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407040522/http://www.musikfabrik.eu/en/cd/marko-nikodijevic-darkrooms |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> and as conductor in residence with the Collegium Novum Zürich (since 2013/14).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnz.ch/de/ensemble/Stockhammer.php |title=Collegium Novum Zürich |accessdate=2015-02-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213225628/http://www.cnz.ch/de/ensemble/Stockhammer.php |archivedate=2015-02-13 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> Since moving to Germany in 1998, Stockhammer has led a large number of world premieres including works by Wolfgang Rihm,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=513684634 |title=Veranstaltung |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708171928/https://alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=513684634 |archivedate=2015-07-08 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> Pascal Dusapin, Hans Abrahamsen,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/cd-tipps/aufnahmen-klassik-abrahamsen-wdr-sinfonieorchester-koeln-stockhammer/-/id=12628344/did=15486354/nid=12628344/pcw3dj/index.html |title= |website=www.swr.de |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728095612/http://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/cd-tipps/aufnahmen-klassik-abrahamsen-wdr-sinfonieorchester-koeln-stockhammer/-/id=12628344/did=15486354/nid=12628344/pcw3dj/index.html |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> Heiner Goebbels,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=531744 |title=Ensemble Modern |website=www.alteoper.de |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> Chaya Czernowin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chayaczernowin.com/milestones/ |title=Milestones |website=chayaczernowin.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> Philip Glass<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philipglass.typepad.com/glass_notes/2014/01/new-orchestral-song-cycle-premiering-in-luxembourg-this-week.html |title=New Orchestral Song-Cycle Premiering in Luxembourg this Week |website=philipglass.typepad.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> and Brian Ferneyhough<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/donaueschinger-musiktage-2014-programm-07/-/id=2136962/did=13571218/nid=2136962/16wg3nl/index.html. |title= |website=www.swr.de |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064648/http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/donaueschinger-musiktage-2014-programm-07/-/id=2136962/did=13571218/nid=2136962/16wg3nl/index.html. |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> He has performed at new music festivals such as the Donaueschingen Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/stockhammer-jonathan/-/id=2136962/did=14221558/nid=2136962/juq1b7/index.html |title= Stockhammer, Jonathan | Programme seit 1921 | Donaueschinger Musiktage | Festivals | SWR.de|website=www.swr.de |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231208/http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/donaueschingen/programme/stockhammer-jonathan/-/id=2136962/did=14221558/nid=2136962/juq1b7/index.html |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> the Ultraschall Berlin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/das-festivalprogramm-2012.1193.de.html?dram:article_id=187362 |title=Das Festivalprogramm 2012 |website=www.deutschlandradiokultur.de |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> as well as Venice Biennale,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/music/archive/ |title=La Biennale di Venezia - 58th International Festival of Contemporary Music |accessdate=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613163432/http://www.labiennale.org/en/music/archive/ |archivedate=2015-06-13 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref> the Schwetzingen Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/schwetzinger-festspiele/programm/schwetzinger-festspiele-rso-stockhammer/-/id=656996/did=10622044/nid=656996/17gzdyy/index.html |title= Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2013, 21 Uhr, Kammermusiksaal | Programm | Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele | Festivals | SWR.de|website=www.swr.de |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231551/http://www.swr.de/swr2/festivals/schwetzinger-festspiele/programm/schwetzinger-festspiele-rso-stockhammer/-/id=656996/did=10622044/nid=656996/17gzdyy/index.html |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> and the Salzburg Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de/556.html |title=Stuttgarter Philharmoniker | Jonathan Stockhammer |website=www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> A large part of Stockhammer's work is productions which defy classification such as his recordings and performances of Frank Zappa’s music,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ensemble-Modern-Plays-Frank-Zappa-Greggery-Peccary-Other-Persuasions-feat-conductor-Jonathan-Stockhammer/515303601885981?nr |title= |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> his collaboration with the Jazz-Duo Chick Corea and Gary Burton,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chickcorea.com/albums/the-new-crystal-silence/ |title=The New Crystal Silence | Chick Corea |website=chickcorea.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> or with the percussionist Peter Erskine,<ref name="Jazz at the Philharmonic - Filharmonien" /> with the Pet Shop Boys, the slam-poet Saul Williams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kessler-thomas.com/_said_the_shotgun.html |title= said the shotgun to the head|website=www.kessler-thomas.com |access-date=6 July 2015 |archive-date=7 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707032629/http://www.kessler-thomas.com/_said_the_shotgun.html |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> or the Swedish Saxophonist/Composer Mats Gustafsson.<ref>[http://www.norrlandsoperan.se/eng/events/1023-two-of-a-kind-aak-7/5805 Two of a kind] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203625/http://www.norrlandsoperan.se/eng/events/1023-two-of-a-kind-aak-7/5805 |date=2016-03-03 }} Retrieved 06 July 2015.</ref>
== Discography == * ''Thierry Pécou: Symphonie du Jaguar, Vague de Pierre '' . Harmonia Mundi. (2010) (Diapason d’or and Grand Prix du Disque / Académie Charles Cros, 2010) * ''Wolfgang Rihm: Symphony Nos.1 and 2, Nachtwach, Vers une symphonie fleuve III, Raumage''. Hänssler. (2008) * ''Chick Corea & Gary Burton: The New Chrystal Silence''. Concord/Universal Music Group. (2007) (Grammy 2009) * ''Pascal Dusapin: Faustus, the Last Night''. (2007) (Victoire de la Musique 2007, Prix Choc, Prix François Reichenbach) * ''Marcus Hechtle: Screen, Sätze mit Pausen, Klage, Blinder Fleck, Still''. (2007) * ''Enno Poppe: Interzone''. Kairos. (2006) * ''Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe: The Battleship Potemkin''. Parlophone. (2005) * ''Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary and other Persuasions''. Rca Red Seal (Sony Music). (2003) (Echo Klassik 2004) * ''Ensemble Modern: Mit Werken aus dem Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Neue Musik''. Wergo/Schott Music.(2001)
== Awards ==
▪ Kirill Kondrashin Award 1996 ▪ Accedemia Chigiana Merit Prize 1996 ▪ ECHO Klassik, 2004 ▪ Victoire de la Musique und Le Choc / Monde de la Musique, 2007 ▪ Grammy Award, 2009 ▪ Diapason d’or and Grand Prix du Disque / Académie Charles Cros, 2010
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
official Website of Jonathan Stockhammer (http://www.jonathanstockhammer.de) ▪ Biography on Karsten Witt Musikmanagement Website (http://de.karstenwitt.com/jonathan-stockhammer)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213225628/http://www.cnz.ch/de/ensemble/Stockhammer.php Collegium Novum Zürich] * [http://www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de/556.html Stuttgarter Philharmoniker] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213233658/http://www.schott-musik.de/shop/persons/az/jonathan-stockhammer/index.html Schott Musik] * [http://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/jonathan-stockhammer-charmanter-anwalt-fuer-die-neue-musik SRF] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150708124117/http://www.shaksfin.de/artists-productions/classical-music/conductor/jonathan-stockhammer/ shaksfin]
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