Arild Remmereit

Norwegian born, Arild Remmereit has resided in Vienna since 1987. His musical exploitsbegan at the age of six, when he first began playing the piano, trumpet and singing as a boy soprano.

In 1986 he graduated from the Norwegian Conservatory of Music in Oslo where he studied piano, song and composition. He attended the Aspen conducting seminar in Colorado, Jorma Panula’s class of conducting in Stockholm and graduated from Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna under the direction of Professor Karl Österreicher. At the same institution he attended a master class with Zubin Mehta. Remmereit studied with Leonard Bernstein at Santa Cecilia in Rome and assisted him at recordings in Vienna. He assisted Myung-Whun Chung at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo and at L’Opéra National de France and Mariss Jansons in Vienna. Remmereit conducted Wiener Residenz Orchester, he was Artistic Director at the Ukrainian State Opera in Kharkov, and simultaneously he conducted the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Kiev. He led these ensembles on tours through Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Amongst others, Remmereit has conducted these orchestras and opera companies: Baltimore Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Bern Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Copenhagen Royal Theatre, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Filarmonica della Scala Milan, Gelders Orchestra in Arnhem, Graz Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra. Lisbon, the Hallé, Houston Symphony, KBS Symphony in Seoul, Limburgh Symphony in Maastricht, Madison Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Mozartheum Salzburg, Montpellier Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, NDR Radio- Philharmonic in Hanover, New Jersey Symphony, Norwegian State Opera, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Pittsburgh Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic. Ludwigshafen, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE National Symphony. Dublin, Seattle Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Tokyo Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, Milwaulkee Symphony Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Future plans include engagements with the, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Pacific Symphony, the Hallé and Vienna Symphony Orchestra.