Frank Beermann


Frank Beermann is a German conductor. He was Generalmusikdirektor at the Chemnitz Opera for several years, and has worked freelance at international opera houses from 2012. He has conducted premieres and recordings of rarely performed operas and orchestral works.

Career

Beermann was born in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. He was Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Theater Freiburg. From 1997 to 2002 he had a Residenzvertrag with the Hamburgische Staatsoper, and conducted opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Royal Opera Stockholm, the Bonn Opera and the Opéra de Marseille.

Chemnitz Opera

Beermann became in 2007 Generalmusikdirektor of the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie in Chemnitz. At the Chemnitz Opera, Beermann conducted several rarely performed works. Love and Other Demons by Peter Eötvös received its German premiere in the 2008/09 season. The following season brought Franz Schreker's Der Schmied von Gent.
In 2013/14, Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre was staged by Walter Sutcliffe with a set by Georg Baselitz. Beermann left the opera house after the 2015/2016 season to work as a freelance conductor.

Concerts and recordings

Beginning in 2002, Beermann has been the conductor in productions of stage works by Richard Wagner, an ongoing project of the Stadttheater Minden, with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. He conducted in 2002 Der fliegende Holländer, in 2005 Tannhäuser, in 2009 Lohengrin, in 2012 Tristan und Isolde, in 2015 Das Rheingold, and in 2016 Die Walküre.
In 2006, Beermann conducted Mozart's piano concertos with and the Bamberger Symphoniker. He conducted and recorded in Chemnitz, again with Kirschnereit, all piano concertos by Felix Mendelssohn, including the first recording of the reconstructed concerto in E minor. The recording was awarded an ECHO Klassik prize in 2009. He recorded several works by Robert Schumann with the orchestra named after him, including all symphonies including the rarely performed , and all works for violin and orchestra with soloist Ulf Wallin. He dedicated a CD to the work of, and completed recordings of symphonies by Emil von Reznicek by the third and the fourth.
He conducted premieres by Torsten Rasch, in 2011 Wouivres – Four pieces of orchestra and in 2013 Das Haus der Temperamente. In 2013 he also conducted the first performance in Germany and the first recording of Bruno Maderna's Requiem for soloists, choir and orchester''.

Discography

Recordings by Beermann are held by the German National Library:

Orchestral