German conductor Michael Boder dies at the age of 65
Published: Monday, Apr 8th 2024, 16:50
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The Darmstadt-born conductor Michael Boder has died at the age of 65.
As the Musiktheater an der Wien announced on Monday, the artist died on Sunday in the Austrian capital. He had been directing the ongoing rehearsals for a project to mark the 150th birthday of Arnold Schönberg.
Boder was regarded as a specialist for 20th and 21st century music. Among others, he conducted world premieres by composers such as Hans Werner Henze, Krzysztof Penderecki, Manfred Trojahn and Aribert Reimann. Stefan Herheim, the artistic director of the Musiktheater an der Wien, praised Boder as a highly committed musician who always wanted to get the best out of his colleagues. "Michael's heart beat for this artistic interplay until the very last beat," said Herheim. Michael Boder was born in Darmstadt in 1958. After studying in Hamburg and Florence, he initially worked as Michael Gielen's assistant at the Frankfurt Opera.
At the age of just 29, he was appointed music director of the opera in Basel. He was also music director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona from 2008 to 2012, after which he became chief conductor at Det Kongelige Teater Copenhagen.
He has appeared as a guest conductor at the state operas in Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg and Munich as well as at operas in London, San Francisco and Tokyo.
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