Michael karcher-Young
“Vibrant Young Conductor”
BBC Music Magazine
“Renewed my love of classical music.”
David Nathan, SoulMusic.com
“The first symphony of Brahms was given with an intensity and insight which was second to none…
This was magnificent.”
Bob Briggs, Musical Opinion
“Michael has an absolutely fascinating property:
he can, by his conducting, convince other people to love the music he is dealing with as much as he does.”
Antony Hermus,
Principal Guest Conductor, Opera North
Michael
KARCHER-Young
Conductor
Artistic Director: Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity
Music Director: Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Assistant Conductor: English Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director:
Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity
Music Director:
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Assistant Conductor:
English Symphony Orchestra
BIO
“”Michael has an absolutely fascinating property: he can, by his conducting, convince other people to love the music he is dealing with as much as he does.”
Antony Hermus
Principal Guest Conductor, Opera North
Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, Michael Karcher-Young combines an innate musicianship with a visceral presence on the podium, and is a passionate advocate for classical music in today’s world.
Michael is Artistic Director and co-founder of the Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity, which was formed in 2016 to realise a new vision of the classical concert in modern society. The inaugural crowdfunded performance was a sellout and universally acclaimed. He is also Music Director of the Herefordshire Youth Orchestra, and was appointed Assistant Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra following crucial work on the preparation of their world premiere performance and recording of John Joubert’s magnum opus opera Jane Eyre in Birmingham in 2017. At the ESO, Michael enjoys a close relationship with key British contemporary composers whose work the orchestra extensively performs and records to great acclaim.
Karcher-Young previously served as Music Director of both London Youth Opera and Little Operations; founding Conductor of the Vanbrugh Ensemble and the Charities Philharmonia; and Principal Conductor of the Dorking Chamber Orchestra. He has also worked with the London Philharmonic, English National Opera and Grange Park Opera.
Michael began conducting whilst an undergraduate at the University of Leeds where he was awarded the Lord Snowden Prize for raising the profile of classical music at the university. Here he formed the Leeds University Union Symphony Chorus and established a series of charity concerts in aid of Cancer Research UK at Leeds Town Hall that continue to this day. Whilst studying postgraduate conducting, piano and harpsichord at the Royal College of Music, Kurt Masur awarded Michael the London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducting Fellowship and following this he became the Sir Charles Mackerras Fellow at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London. Michael is a proud alumnus of Agnes Kory at the Bela Bartok Centre for Musicianship.
Recent and upcoming highlights include a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique Symphony with the National Orchestra Moldova, concerts with the English Symphony Orchestra (including Beethoven 5 in April 2019) and exciting new projects with the Beethoven Orchestra of Humanity.
“Michael is always interested in getting the emotional and spiritual essence of the work to transpire in performance.”
Vladimir Jurowski
Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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“The performance was crowned by a performance of The Rite of Spring that was absolutely outstanding… The rare qualities which made this performance stand out were that this was a real interpretation with the inherently wild rustic element of uncultured folk-based material given with a genuine sense of style throughout. This made the work cohere at every level, the result of a single-minded direction by Michael Karcher-Young that was very impressive.“
Robert Matthew-Walker
Musical Opinion
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“Phenomenal performance! One of the best evenings I’ve had in ages. I LOVED being a ‘part’ of the show…
It was very moving, very inspiring.
Renewed my love of classical music.“
David Nathan
SoulMusic.com
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“A final word about Michael Karcher-Young, the inspirer of this concert and future project; he gives every sign of being a thoroughly complete human being, having a deft way with his audience and a deeply serious approach to great music.“
Edward Clarke
Musical Opinion
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Gallery
Repertoire
Michael's ORCHESTRAL Repertoire List
Orchestral
Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Albinoni / Giazotto
Adagio
Andriessen
De Staat
Aratunian
Trumpet Concerto
Malcolm Arnold
Clarinet Concerto No. 2
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
Oboe & Violin Concerto in D Minor
Overture/Suite BWV 1067 in B Minor
Double Violin Concerto BWV 1042 in D Minor
Barber
Adagio for Strings
Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Divertimento for Strings
Miraculous Mandarin Ballet
Piano Concerto No. 3
Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin & Orchestra
Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin & Orchestra
Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven
Grosse Fugue
Overture: Fidelio
Overture: Coriolanus
Overture: Egmont
Overture: Leonora
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.4
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Bernstein
Candide Overture
Make our Garden Grow from Candide
Bizet
Carmen
L’arlesienne Suites
Bloch
From Jewish Life: Jewish Song, Prayer, Supplication
Borodin
Polovtsian Dances
Symphony No. 2
Brahms
German Requiem
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Tragic Overture
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
Violin Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 1
Concerto for Violin and Cello
Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Night Mail
Simple Symphony
Sinfonietta Op. 1
Les Illuminations
Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
War Requiem
Briccialdi
Carnival in Venice Flute & Orchestra
Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner
Symphony No. 4
Chabrier
Marche Joyeuse
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Copland
Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 Instruments
Fanfare for the Common Man
De Falla
El Amor Brujo
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Debussy
Prelude á l’apres midi d’un faun
La Mer
Nocturnes
Delius
Deux Aquarelles
Donizetti
L’elisir d’amore
Dukas
L’Apprenti Sorcier
Dvořák
Carnival Overture
Romance for Violin & Orchestra
Song to the Moon
Slavonic Dances Op. 72
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
Wind Serenade
Economou
Folie á deux
Elgar
Cello Concerto
Enigma Variations
Salut d’amour
Symphony No. 2
Faure
Requiem
Fokkens, Rob
An eventful morning in East London
Gal, Hans
Concertino for Cello and Strings
Gorecki
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs / II
Grieg
Holberg Suite
Piano Concerto in A minor
Peer Gynt Suites
Handel
Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No. 6
Concerto Grosso, Op.3, No. 1
Haydn
Symphony No. 45
Symphony No. 88
Symphony No. 90
Symphony No. 100
Symphony No. 101
Symphony No. 103
Symphony No. 104
Holst
The Planets
Humperdinck
Overture: Hansel & Gretel
Ibert
Capriccio
Concertino di Camera
Divertissement
Ives
Washington‘s Birthday
Jacobs, Gordon
Concertino for Clarinet & Strings from Tartini
Janacek
Idyla
Sinfonietta
Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Kurtag
Messages for Orchestra
New Messages for Orchestra
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1
Totentanz
Lyadov
Eight Russian Folk Songs
Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 10 (Cook IV version)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mason, Christian
Aspects of Radiance
Matthews, David
Romanza for Violin and Strings
Mendelssohn
Overture: Hebrides
Overture: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Overture: Die Schöne Melusine
String Symphony No. 10
Symphony No. 4 ‚Italian‘
Mosca, Luca
Lieder Ohne Worter
Mozart
Arias: Ruhe Sanft, Ah lo Previdi
Der Schauspieldirektor: Overture
Don Giovanni: Overture
Overture: Le Nozzi di Figaro
Mass in C
Oboe Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 20
Piano Concerto No. 21
Piano Concerto No. 24
Piano Concerto No. 25
Violin Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 29
Symphony No. 32
Symphony No. 35 ‘Haffner’
Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’
Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’
Symphony No. 39
Symphony No. 40
Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Musgrave, Thea
Green
Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain [arr. Rimsky-Korsakov]
Pictures at an Exhibition
Patterson, Paul
Allusions
Poulenc
Gloria
Pritchard, Debra
Wall of Water
Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf
Romeo and Juliet excerpts of suites 1,2 & 3
Violin Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 5
Purcell
Dance Suite from Fairy Queen
Dido and Aeneas
Fairy Queen
Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead
Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Ravel
Bolero
Capriccio Espagnol
Respighi
The Pines of Rome
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Rossini
Overture: Italian Girl in Algiers
Overture: La Gazza Ladra
Overture: The Barber of Seville
Overture: William Tell
Saint Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Cello Concerto
Sawyers, Phillip
Songs of Loss and Regret
Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto
Trumpet Concerto
Valley of Vision
Schoenberg
Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene
Verklärte Nacht
Schubert
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 8
Schumann, R.
Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Cello Concerto in A Minor
Piano Concerto in A Minor
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1
Chamber Symphony arr. Barshai
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarotti
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 10
Sibelius
Finlandia
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 7
The Swan of Tuonela
Valse Triste
Smetena
Vltava
Strauss, J.
Overture: Ziguenerbaron
Strauss, R.
Suite: Le Bourgeois Gentillhomme
Don Juan
Oboe Concerto
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Saaraiaho, Kaija
Terra Memoria
Stravinsky
Dumbarton Oaks
Firebird Suite [1919]
Symphony in C / III
The Soldiers Tale
The Rite of Spring
Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
1812 Overture
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Serenade for Strings Op. 48
Suite: Swan Lake
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Tippett
Concerto for Orchestra
Double Concerto for Orchestra
Turina
Oraceon del Torero
Raspodia Sinfonica
Vaughan-Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Serenade to Music
Symphony No. 9
Verdi
Overture: La Forza del Destino
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria
Vivaldi
Concerto in E Major for Violin „La Primavera“
Guitar Concerto in D Major
Wagner
Overture: Rienzi
Siegfried Idyll
Parsifal, Orchestral Suite
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Walton
Crown Imperial
Façade
Façade Suite No. 1
Symphony No. 1
Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V
Weber
Overture: Der Freischütz
Overture: Euryanthe
Wiren
Serenade
Michael's OPERA Repertoire List
Barber
Hand of Bridge
Bizet
Carmen
Bartok
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Britten
Peter Grimes
Dvorak
The Stubborn Lovers
John Joubert
Jane Eyre
Krása
Brundibár
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Massanet
Don Quichotte
Mozart
Der Schauspieldirektor (in German and English)
Don Giovanni
Puccini
Suor Angelica
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Fairy Queen
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Seviglia
Smetena
The Bartered Bride
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Queen of Spades
Verdi
La Traviata
Musicals
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
Stephen Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar
upcoming
Wed 25 Sep 2019, 7.30pm
St. James, Picadilly, London
Project40 Ensemble
Roderick Williams - Baritone
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Schrecker: Chamber Symphony
Holloway: Showpiece
Tippett: Tempest Suite
Joshua Ballance: New World Premiere
2019
Date and Venue tbc
Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity:
The Cost of War
Michael Karcher-Young: Conductor
Nadine Benjamin: Soprano
Leanne Salisbury: Spoken Word
Giles Duley: Guest Speaker
Beethoven: Battle Symphony (Part I)
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Sawyers: Songs of Loss and Regret
Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending
Sat 28 March 2020, 7:30pm
Shirehall, Hereford
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Fraser: In Time
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Williams: Star Wars: Epic Suites
Sun 5 April 2020, 3pm
Shirehall, Hereford
English Symphony Orchestra
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Side by Side Concert with ESO
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Recent events
June 27, 2019, 7:30
Union Chapel, Islington
Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity:
Performing as part of
Common & Kind 2019
Michael Karcher-Young: Conductor
Nadine Benjamin: Soprano
Plus many other artists including a massed choir of over 400.
Programme TBC
Sun 14 April 2019, 3pm
Shirehall, Hereford
English Symphony Orchestra
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Academia Musica Choir
Side by Side Concert with ESO
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Fraser: In Time
Bach: Magnificat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Sat 6 April 2019, 7:30pm
Shirehall, Hereford
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Fraser: In Time
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Williams: Star Wars: Epic Suites
Thurs 15 Nov 2018, 7:30pm
Shirehall, Hereford
Herefordshire Youth Orchestra
Michael Karcher-Young – Conductor
Hattie Butterworth - Cello
Bizet - L'arlesienne Suites 1 & 2
Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov - Night on a Bare Mountain
Berlioz - March to the Scaffold
Bloch - From Jewish Life
June 29, 2018, 7:30pm
Union Chapel, Islington
Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity:
Performing as part of
Common & Kind 2018
Michael Karcher-Young: Conductor
Nadine Benjamin: Soprano
Plus many other artists including a massed choir of over 400.
Including:
Strauss: Morgen
Undine Smith Moore (arr Michael Karcher Young): Love, Let the Wind Cry
June 22 2018,7:30pm
Teleradio Studio,
Chisinau, Moldova
Teleradio Symphony Orchestra
Live Broadcast
Michael Karcher-Young Conductor
Prokofiev Highlights from Romeo & Juliet
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'
12-20 May, 2019
Colorado Mahlerfest 2019
Mahlerfest Orchestra
Michael Young - Assistant Conductor
Mahler - Symphony No. 1
CONTACT
For booking enquiries please contact
Gunnar Strømsholm | info@ellison-stromsholm.com
Ellison & Strømsholm International Artists’ Management