Biography
From 2002 until 2015, Marek Janowski was artistic director and chief conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB). Before embarking upon his Berlin period, and also partly parallel to this, he was musical director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2005-2012), chief conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo (2000-2005), chief conductor of the Dresdner Philharmonie (2001-2003), and musical director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (1984-2000).
Born in Warsaw and educated in Germany, Marek Janowski’s artistic path led him from positions in Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Hamburg to his appointment as General Music Director in Freiburg im Breisgau (1973-1975) and Dortmund (1975-1979). Since the late 1970s, he has appeared regularly at all the major opera houses world-wide.
Marek Janowski stepped back from the opera scene in the 1990s to concentrate on the great German and French symphonic repertoire. He enjoys an outstanding reputation amongst the premier orchestras of Europe, North America and Asia and is recognised for his ability to create orchestras of international standing.
His leave-taking of the opera, however, was merely an institutional matter, not a musical farewell. Thus he is now recognized as one of the greatest experts regarding the music of Richard Wagner, to which his concertante Wagner cycle with the RSB bears witness. In the sequel he accepted the invitation to conduct Wagner’s “Ring” at the Bayreuth Festival in 2016 and 2017.
In 2014 Marek Janowski was awarded the “Ehrenpreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (= honorary prize of the German Critics’ Award) for his extensive life’s work.
Discography

Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 2

Anton Bruckner - Messe F-Moll

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 3

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 1

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer

Leoš Janácek - Mša Glagolskaja (Missa Solemnis) & Taras Bulba

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde

César Franck & Ernest Chausson - Symphonies

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Richard Wagner - Parsifal

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major

Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 & Variations on a Theme of Haydn

Johannes Brahms - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 & Hungarian Dances

D'Indy - Saint-Saëns - Chausson Orchestral Works

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No.6

Szymanowski & Dvořák - Violin Concertos

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 5

Béla Bartók - The 2 Violin Concertos

Richard Strauss - Alpine Symphony & Macbeth, Symphonic poem

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique & King Lear

Richard Wagner - Die Walküre

Richard Wagner - Siegfried

Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"

Richard Strauss - Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten for male chorus and Orchestra

Bruckner - The Symphonies

Schubert Lieder, orchestrated by Reger & Webern

Richard Wagner – The Operas

Wagner - Overtures, Preludes and Orchestral Excerpts

Beethoven - Missa Solemnis

Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen
Marek Janowski

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel

Hindemith - Orchestral Works

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana

Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz

OSR Premier Siècle - One Century of Music (1918-2018)

Beethoven - Symphonies 5 & 6

Beethoven: Famous Pieces

Puccini: Il Tabarro

Beethoven - Complete Symphonies
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