Kirill Karabits
Principal Conductor
2012/2013 marks the fourth season of Kirill Karabits’ tenure as Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which has now been extended to the end of the 2015/16 season. In August 2011, Karabits conducted the orchestra at the BBC Proms for the second time under his direction, and this season they will tour together to Germany with the percussionist Martin Grubinger as soloist. In May 2013, Karabits was named winner of the 2012 Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award.
During his time with the BSO, he has also worked alongside Renaud Capuçon, Mark Padmore, Vivian Hagner, Truls Mørk, Stephen Hough, James Ehnes and Steven Isserlis among others. Karabits has made a number of recordings with the orchestra including an all-Schchedrin disc and a Khachaturian album, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. He also conducted the BSO on Nicola Benedetti's album, The Silver Violin.
Last season Karabits also performed with the Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, as well as debuts with Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Rotterdam Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Danish National Symphony orchestras.
In May 2012, Karabits conducted the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award at The Sage, Gateshead, broadcast nationwide on BBC Television. This season he will conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the opening concert of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
Kirill Karabits studied conducting and composition at the Lysenko Music School in Kiev before continuing his studies at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kiev with Roman Kofman, and at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik under Uroš Lajovic. He has also held the positions of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Associate Conductor of both Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
As part of his ongoing doctoral studies in Vienna, Kirill Karabits has done a considerable amount of research into hitherto unperformed or forgotten works that make up part of the recently rediscovered archive of Berliner Singakademie. This included his transcription of C.P.E. Bach's Johannes Passion, written in Hamburg in 1784 and previously considered lost. His research has also led to the discovery, modern premiere and live recording of Telemann's unknown (and probably earliest existing) opera Pastorelle en Musique with the Austrian Baroque ensemble Capella Leopoldina.
2011/12 culminated with Karabits returning to Glyndebourne to conduct a revival of David McVicar's production of La bohème alongside Ekaterina Scherbachenko and David Lomeli. He first made his debut with the house in 2008 with Eugene Onegin. In 2013/14, Karabits will conduct Der fliegende Holländer at the Wagner Geneva Festival and returns to Den Norske Opera.
During his time with the BSO, he has also worked alongside Renaud Capuçon, Mark Padmore, Vivian Hagner, Truls Mørk, Stephen Hough, James Ehnes and Steven Isserlis among others. Karabits has made a number of recordings with the orchestra including an all-Schchedrin disc and a Khachaturian album, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. He also conducted the BSO on Nicola Benedetti's album, The Silver Violin.
Last season Karabits also performed with the Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, as well as debuts with Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Rotterdam Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Danish National Symphony orchestras.
In May 2012, Karabits conducted the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award at The Sage, Gateshead, broadcast nationwide on BBC Television. This season he will conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the opening concert of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
Kirill Karabits studied conducting and composition at the Lysenko Music School in Kiev before continuing his studies at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kiev with Roman Kofman, and at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik under Uroš Lajovic. He has also held the positions of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Associate Conductor of both Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
As part of his ongoing doctoral studies in Vienna, Kirill Karabits has done a considerable amount of research into hitherto unperformed or forgotten works that make up part of the recently rediscovered archive of Berliner Singakademie. This included his transcription of C.P.E. Bach's Johannes Passion, written in Hamburg in 1784 and previously considered lost. His research has also led to the discovery, modern premiere and live recording of Telemann's unknown (and probably earliest existing) opera Pastorelle en Musique with the Austrian Baroque ensemble Capella Leopoldina.
2011/12 culminated with Karabits returning to Glyndebourne to conduct a revival of David McVicar's production of La bohème alongside Ekaterina Scherbachenko and David Lomeli. He first made his debut with the house in 2008 with Eugene Onegin. In 2013/14, Karabits will conduct Der fliegende Holländer at the Wagner Geneva Festival and returns to Den Norske Opera.
