# Jonathan Stockhammer
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{{short description|American conductor based in Germany (born 1969)}}
'''Jonathan Stockhammer''' (born December 21, 1969, in Hollywood, California) is an American [conductor](/source/conductor_(music)) based in Germany.[{{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.]
== Career ==
Stockhammer studied Chinese and [Political Science](/source/Political_Science) before devoting himself to his musical studies, receiving degrees in [musical composition](/source/musical_composition) at the [University of California](/source/University_of_California), Los Angeles and conducting at the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California).[{{cite web |url=http://en.karstenwitt.com/jonathan-stockhammer?id=1.html |title=Jonathan Stockhammer |website=en.karstenwitt.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}] He was a fellow at the Accademia Chigiana (1995/96) and at the Tanglewood Music Center (1999.) His mentors include Ian Krouse, [Peter Eötvös](/source/Peter_E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s), Daniel Lewis, Robert Spano, [Jorma Panula](/source/Jorma_Panula), [Myung-Whun Chung](/source/Myung-Whun_Chung) and [Esa-Pekka Salonen](/source/Esa-Pekka_Salonen).[{{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}}]
Upon the completion of his studies, Stockhammer moved to Germany and began collaborations with numerous radio orchestras such as the [Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/Stuttgart_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra),[{{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}}] the [WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne](/source/WDR_Symphony_Orchestra_Cologne),[{{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.] the [Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France](/source/Orchestre_Philharmonique_de_Radio_France),[[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7262669/A-Little-Night-Music-review.html] Telegraph 18 February 2010. Retrieved 06 July 2015.] Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic,[[http://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/janssen_and_vleggaar_two_world_premieres_and_more_from_utrecht/7606/. Retrieved 06 July 2015 ]] as well as the [Oslo Philharmonic](/source/Oslo_Philharmonic),[{{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.] [Orchestre National de France](/source/Orchestre_National_de_France).,[[http://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/concert-spectacle/stravinsky-petrouchka] Maison de la Radio 17 January 2015. Retrieved 06 July 2015.] the [Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra](/source/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Symphony_Orchestra),[[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] the [Sydney Symphony Orchestra](/source/Sydney_Symphony_Orchestra),[[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] the Essen Philharmonic,[{{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}}] the [Czech Philharmonic](/source/Czech_Philharmonic),[{{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.] and the [Ensemble Resonanz](/source/Ensemble_Resonanz).[{{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}}] He has regularly led opera productions at the [Opéra National de Lyon](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_National_de_Lyon).[[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.] In 2013, Stockhammer conducted the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) Opera's production of Thomas Ades’ opera Powder Her Face, a collaboration with stage-director Jay Scheib.[{{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 }}]
In the area of new music, Stockhammer has collaborated extensively with the [Ensemble Modern](/source/Ensemble_Modern),[{{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}}][{{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}}] [musikFabrik](/source/musikFabrik)[{{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}}] and as conductor in residence with the Collegium Novum Zürich (since 2013/14).[{{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.] Since moving to Germany in 1998, Stockhammer has led a large number of world premieres including works by [Wolfgang Rihm](/source/Wolfgang_Rihm),[{{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.] [Pascal Dusapin](/source/Pascal_Dusapin), Hans Abrahamsen,[{{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}}] [Heiner Goebbels](/source/Heiner_Goebbels),[{{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}}] [Chaya Czernowin](/source/Chaya_Czernowin),[{{cite web |url=http://chayaczernowin.com/milestones/ |title=Milestones |website=chayaczernowin.com |access-date=6 July 2015}}] [Philip Glass](/source/Philip_Glass)[{{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}}] and [Brian Ferneyhough](/source/Brian_Ferneyhough)[{{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}}] He has performed at new music festivals such as the [Donaueschingen Festival](/source/Donaueschingen_Festival),[{{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}}] the Ultraschall Berlin,[{{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}}] as well as [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale),[{{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.] the [Schwetzingen Festival](/source/Schwetzingen_Festival)[{{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}}] and the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival).[{{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}}] A large part of Stockhammer's work is productions which defy classification such as his recordings and performances of [Frank Zappa](/source/Frank_Zappa)’s music,[{{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}}] his collaboration with the Jazz-Duo [Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea) and [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton),[{{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}}] or with the percussionist [Peter Erskine](/source/Peter_Erskine),[{{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}}] or the Swedish Saxophonist/Composer [Mats Gustafsson](/source/Mats_Gustafsson).[[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.]
== Discography ==
* ''Thierry Pécou: Symphonie du Jaguar, Vague de Pierre '' . [Harmonia Mundi](/source/Harmonia_Mundi). (2010) ([Diapason d’or](/source/Diapason_d%E2%80%99or) and [Grand Prix du Disque](/source/Grand_Prix_du_Disque) / Académie Charles Cros, 2010)
* ''[Wolfgang Rihm](/source/Wolfgang_Rihm): Symphony Nos.1 and 2, Nachtwach, Vers une symphonie fleuve III, Raumage''. [Hänssler](/source/H%C3%A4nssler). (2008)
* ''[Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea) & [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton): The New Chrystal Silence''. Concord/[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group). (2007) ([Grammy](/source/Grammy) 2009)
* ''[Pascal Dusapin](/source/Pascal_Dusapin): [Faustus, the Last Night](/source/Faustus%2C_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](/source/Enno_Poppe): Interzone''. Kairos. (2006)
* ''[Neil Tennant](/source/Neil_Tennant)/[Chris Lowe](/source/Chris_Lowe): The [Battleship Potemkin](/source/Battleship_Potemkin)''. [Parlophone](/source/Parlophone). (2005)
* ''[Frank Zappa](/source/Frank_Zappa): Greggery Peccary and other Persuasions''. Rca Red Seal ([Sony Music](/source/Sony_Music)). (2003) ([Echo Klassik](/source/Echo_Klassik) 2004)
* ''[Ensemble Modern](/source/Ensemble_Modern): Mit Werken aus dem Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Neue Musik''. [Wergo](/source/Wergo)/[Schott Music](/source/Schott_Music).(2001)
== Awards ==
▪ [Kirill Kondrashin](/source/Kirill_Kondrashin) Award 1996 ▪ Accedemia Chigiana Merit Prize 1996 ▪ [ECHO Klassik](/source/ECHO_Klassik), 2004 ▪ Victoire de la Musique und Le Choc / Monde de la Musique, 2007 ▪ [Grammy](/source/Grammy) Award, 2009 ▪ [Diapason d’or](/source/Diapason_d%E2%80%99or) and [Grand Prix du Disque](/source/Grand_Prix_du_Disque) / Académie Charles Cros, 2010
==References==
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== 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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