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Joongbae Jee

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Conductor Joongbae Jee, mainly active in Europe, was principal conductor and deputy general music director (stellvertreter des Generalmusikdirektor und 1.Kapellmeister) of Theater Ulm and Ulm Philharmonic Orchestra, where German Maestro Herbert von Karajan once was the chief conductor, from the season 2015/16 to 2017/18 and Theater Trier and Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012/13 to 2014/15.

 

Joongbae Jee was selected as one of 10 "Maestro von Morgen" by the German Music Association, served as a member of the Conductor Forum (Dirigentenforum) of the German Music Council (Deutsche Musikrat). And also learned from Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Marc Albrecht, Jun Märkl, Eri Klas and Sian Edwards, he was greatly influenced by Finnish Maestro Jukka-Pekka Saraste while working as a personal assistant conductor to him since 2014.

 

Joongbae Jee reached the final of the 2009 Besançon Conducting Competition and, as the first Asian to do so, won the German Operetta Conductor Prize, which was co-hosted by the German Music Council and the Leipzig Opera Theater (Oper Leipzig) in 2012 and was broadcast live throughout Europe via the German MDR Radio. As an additional prize, Joongbae Jee conducted the production of Leipzig Opera J.Strauss II's ‘The Bat’. And he served as music director and conductor of the Opera Festival ‘Oper Oder-Spree’ in the same year.

 

In the field of contemporary music, An invitation in 2010/11 for a tour of the TIMF Ensemble, lead him to places such as the Vatican, the United Nations in Geneva and to the Camp Libre Festival in France. In 2005, Jee was awarded a TIMF scholarship and conducted the “Ensemble Modern” (Frankfurt) as conducting assistant to Frank Ollu. More recently, Jee worked with the composers Johannes Maria Staud and Martin Matalon, and also with the conductor Frank Ollu at the “International Ensemble Modern Academy” (IEMA), conducting the IEMA Orchestra at New Music festivals such as “Transart 09” (Bozen, Italy) and “Klangspuren 200” (Schwaz, Austria).

 

In 2015, in the closing concert "The Eurasia Friendship Express" which soprano Sumi Jo also participated in and was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea and sponsored by the German Government in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Liberation of Korea at the square of "Brandenburg Gate", the symbol of German unification, he conducted Korea-German Union Orchestra as the representative of Korea.

 

Joongbae Jee’s major activities include conducting various European orchestras such as WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Ensemble Resonanz, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Baden-Badener Philharmonie, Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Leipzig Opera House, The Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern Academy Orchestra and conducting numerous operas, ballets and orchestras such as Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’, Verdi’s ‘Aida’, ‘Nabucco’ and ‘Rigoletto’, Tchaikovsky’s opera 'Eugen Onegin', ‘Queen of Spades’ and Ballet ‘Swan Lake’, Strauss’s ‘Die Fledermaus(The Bat), Smetana’s ‘The bartered Bride’, Prokofiev's ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Gounod’s ‘Faust’, Massenet ‘Werther’, Mozart’s ‘La Clemenza di Tito’, ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘The marriage of Figaro’ and ‘The magic Flute’, Bizet’s ‘Carmen’, Gluck's ‘Orfeo and Euridice’, Orff’s ‘Die Kluge’, Ravel’s ‘L'Heure espagnole, Floyd’s ‘Susanna’, Lehar’s ‘Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)’, Lortzing's ‘Der Wildschütz’, Mascagni's ‘Zanetto’, Kalman's ‘Gräfin Mariza’, Schubert’s ‘Die Freunde von Salamanka’, Offenbach’s ‘Orphee Aux Enfers’ and Schubert-Hans Zender’s ‘Winterreise’ which was newly tried as modern ballet.

 

In Korea, he conducted regular performances of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulsan Philharmonic Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and Seongnam Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Arts Center's special performance of Opera Puccini's ‘Turandot’ in 2013 and the Mozart's ‘Magic Flute’ in 2017. In addition, he conducted KBS Symphony Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Seongnam Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Wonju Symphony Orchestra, Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeonju Symphony Orchestra, Prime Philharmonic and Gwangju Symphony Orchestra. He also conducted German tour performances of Seoul Tutti Ensemble hosted by Korean Culture Center in Germany in memory of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 100th anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement and the establishment of the Provisional Government of Korea.

 

In addition to stage performances of various genres from baroque and authentic performance to contemporary music, Joongbae Jee taught opera and orchestras at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands and taught Orchestral Conducting as a main subject at Mannheim University of music and performing arts in Germany. He also continued teaching students as an educator at conducting masterclass with many symphony orchestras in Germany.

 

In 2021, he conducted subscription concerts of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulsan Philharmonic Orchestra, and participated as a conductor and artistic director in Opera "Paradise on the Road" by Younghi Pagh-Paan which had its World Premiere in November.

 

He works as an exclusive conductor for Younghi Pagh-Paan International Composition Prize in Germany and plans to conduct the opening concert of the "NOW! Festival 2022" in Essen, Germany with Bochumer Symphoniker.

 

He graduated from Seoul Arts High School, the Korea National University of Arts as a pre-college student, Seoul National University, and the Mannheim University of music and performing arts. He currently resides in Germany.

English

Der koreanische Dirigent Joongbae Jee wurde bekannt, als er 2012 den „Deutschen Operettenpreis für junge Dirigenten“ verliehen bekam, unterstützt von Deutschen Musikrat, Oper Leipzig und Mitteldeutschen Rumdfunk (MDR). Joongbae Jee war von 2015 bis 2018 1. Kapellmeister und Stellvertreter des Generalmusikdirektors am Theater Ulm und von 2012/13 bis 2014/15 1. Kapellmeister und Stellvertreter des Generalmusikdirektors am Theater Trier. 

Er lehrte als Dozent im Hauptfach Dirigieren an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim und am Conservatorium Maastricht in Niederlande. Neben seiner Dirigententätigkeit ist Joongbae Jee auch als Regisseur tätig.

 

Aktuelle Höhepunkte in der Spielzeit 2020-21 / 21-22 gehören Debüts mit den renommiertesten Orchesters Asiens, Seoul Philharmonic Orchester (Chefdirigent_Osmo Vänskä) und dem koreanischen Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, KBS Symphony Orchester (Chefdirigent_Pietari Inkinen). Darüber hinaus hat er als gesamte künstlerlische Leitung und musiklische Leitung die Welturaufführung für die Oper <Heaven on the Road> von koreanischen-deutschen Komponistin Younghi Pagh-Paan am Opernhaus der Seoul Arts Center geleitet. Außerdem, Konzertengagements führten ihn 2019 ins Berliner Konzerthaus und in die Berliner Philharmonie. 

Bevorstehende Projekte in der Spielzeit 2022-23 führen Joongbae Jee Abonnementreihen der Seoul Arts Center als musikalische Leitung und Regisseur Mozarts Oper Don Giovanni. Und in der Philharmonie Essen mit den Bochumer Symphoniker das Eröffnungskonzert des NOW-Festivals und die Nürnberger Symphoniker dirigieren. Darüber hinaus dirigiert er an der Seoul Arts Center, als Gast das Gründungskonzert der Philharmonie Korea, das Abonnementkonzert des Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra(Chefdirigent_Massimo Zanetti) und mehrere Ballettproduktionen.

 

In Europa und Korea leitet Jee als Gastdirigent Orchester wie das Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, das WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, das MDR Sinfonieorchester, das Korean National Symphony Orchestra, das KBS Symphony Orchestra, die Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, das Ensemble Resonanz, die Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, die Baden-Badener Philharmonie, das Kurpfälzische Kammerorchester, das Süddeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim und das Orchester der Musikalischen Komödie der Oper Leipzig, das Sinfonieorchester des Theaters Venemuine Tartus (Estland), das State Philharmonic Orchestra Plovdiv (Bulgarien)

 

Jee wurde in die Künstlergruppe "Maestro von Morgen" des Deutschen Musikrats aufgenommen. Zudem wird er seit 2010 vom Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrats gefördert und war 2014 Stipendiat des Richard-Wagner-Verbandes Trier-Luxembourg.

Seit dem Frühjahr 2014 ist er Assistent von Jukka-Pekka Saraste u.a. beim Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Nederlands und dem WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln. Im Jahre 2012 betreute er fernerhin eine Produktion des MDR Symphonieorchesters unter Jun Märkl.

Er war Finalist beim 5. Deutschen Hochschulwettbewerb für Orchesterdirigieren 2011 und Viertelfinalist beim „52. Councours de jeunes chefs dʼorchestre Besançon“ in Frankreich.

 

Sein Operndebüt gab Jee im 2012 an der Oper Leipzig/Musikalische Komödie mit der Produktion „Die Fledermaus“. Jee zeichnete sich für Produktionen verantwortlich wie u.a. "Lohengrin" von Wagner, "Nabucco","Aida","Rigoletto" von Verdi, "Eugen Onegin","The Queen of Spades","The Swan Lake"(Ballett),“Dornröschen“(Ballett) von Tchaikovsky, "Die Fledermaus" von J.Strauss, "The Fly" von H.Shore (Erste Aufführung in Deutschland), "The Bartererd Bride" von Smetana, "L´Heure Espagnole" von Ravel, "Romeo and Juliet"(Ballett) von Prokofiev, "Die Kluge" von Orff, "Don GIovanni","La clemenza di Tito",“Die Zauberflöte“von Mozart, "Massenet" von Werther, "Der Wildschütz" von Lortzing, "Die lustige Witwe" von Lehar, "Gräfin Mariza" von Kalman, "Faust" von Gounod, "Orfeo ed Euridice" von Gluck und "Carmen" von Bizet. Als Gast dirigierte er die Operette "Die Fledermaus" von J.Strauss an der Musikalischen Komödie der Oper Leipzig (Debüt als Operndirigent), die Oper „Susannah“ von C. Floyd am Hagener Theater und "die verkaufte Braut" von Smetana am Theater Vorpommern. Im Sommer 2013 gab er sein Debüt in Korea als musikalischer Leiter der Oper „Turandot“ von G.Puccini am berühmten Opernhaus der Seoul Art Center in Seoul, Korea und nach diesem Produktion, wurde er im 2017 wieder eingeladen für eine neue Produktion "Die Zauberflöte" von Mozart. Darüber hinaus leitete er Produktionen von Korea National Opera, Oper„Red Pants(UA)“ und „La Traviata“(Regisseur_Arnaud Bernard) und mehere Produktionen von Daegu Opera House ständig.

 

Neben seinem Studium widmet sich Joongbae Jee speziell der neuen Musik. Im Rahmen seines Studiums in Seoul, dirigierte er bereits zeitgenössische Musik mit Hae-Sun Kang (Solistin des „Ensemble Intercontemporain“), dem TIMF Ensemble, und dem SNU New Music Ensemble. Seit 2004 ist er regelmäßig als Gastdirigent beim „Ensemble TIMF (Tongyeong International Music Festival)“ tätig. In 2010/11 wurde er als Gastdirigent für eine Tournee des TIMF Ensembles eingeladen - diese führte ihn in den Vatikan, zu den Vereinten Nationen in Genf (UN) und zum Camp Libre Festival in Frankreich. Im Jahr 2005 war er Stipendiat des TIMFs und dirigierte das „Ensemble Modern“ (Frankfurt) als Assistent von Frank Ollu. In jüngerer Zeit besuchte er die Akademie des „International Ensemble Modern Akademie“ (IEMA), arbeitete mit den Komponisten Johannes Maria Staud und Martin Matalon sowie mit dem Dirigenten Frank Ollu zusammen und dirigierte dort das IEMA Orchester bei Festivals für neue Musik wie zum Beispiel „Transart 09“ (Bozen, Italien) und„Klangspuren 2009“ (Schwaz, Österreich).

 

Geboren 1982 in Süd-Korea, und lebt in Darmstadt, Deutschland. Joongbae Jee absolvierte sein Dirigierstudium an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim bei Prof. Klaus Arp (Orchesterleitung) und Prof. Georg Grün (Chorleitung).

German

유럽을 중심으로 활동하는 지휘자 지중배는 2015/16시즌부터 2017/18시즌 동안 거장 헤르베르트 폰 카라얀이 수석지휘자로 있었던 독일 울름 시립극장 (Theater Ulm) 및 울름 시립교향악단과, 지난 2012/13시즌부터 2014/15시즌 동안 독일 트리어 시립극장 (Theater Trier) 및 시립교향악단의 수석지휘자 및 부 음악총감독 (독문 stellvertreter des Generalmusikdirektor und 1.Kapellmeister / 영문 principal conductor and deputy general music director) 으로 활동하였다.

 

독일 음악협회 "미래의 거장" (Maestro von Morgen) 10인에 선정되었고, 정부 산하 독일 음악협회 (Deutsche Musikrat)의 지휘자 포럼(Dirigentenforum)의 멤버로서 활동하였다. 또한 그는 유카-페카 사라스테, 마르크 알브레히트, 윤 메르클, 에리 클라스, 시안 에드워즈 등에게 수학하였다. 특히 핀란드 출신의 거장 유카-페카 사라스테와의 특별한 인연으로, 2014년부터 그의 개인적인 보조지휘자로서 활동하였으며 그로부터 많은 음악적 영향을 받았다.

2009년 브장송 지휘콩쿨 결선에 나갔고, 2012년 독일 음악협회와 라이프치히 오페라극장에서 공동 주최한 독일 오페레타상 지휘자상을 동양인으로 최초로 수상 하였다. 이 연주는 독일 MDR Radio를 통해 유럽전역에 생방송으로 방송 되었다. 부상으로 라이프치히 오페라의 프로덕션 슈트라우스의 "박쥐"를 지휘하게 되었다. 같은 해 오퍼 오더-슈프레(Oper Oder-Spree) 오페라 페스티벌 음악감독 및 지휘자를 역임하였다

 

현대음악 분야에 있어서도 2009 오스트리아 클랑슈푸렌(Klangspuren), 이탈리아 트랜스아트(Transart) 현대음악제에 참가하고, 유럽 정상급 현대음악단체 앙상블 모데른(Ensemble Modern)과 국제 앙상블 모데른 아카데미 오케스트라(International Ensemble Modern Academy)를 지휘하였으며, 국내 대표 현대음악 단체인 TIMF Ensemble의 유럽순회 공연을 지휘하였다.

2015년 독일 통일의 상징인 베를린 "브란덴부르크 문" 광장에서 외교부가 주최하고, 독일정부의 후원으로 열린 광복70주년 유라시아 친선특급 폐막음악회에서 소프라노 조수미등과 함께 한국-독일 연합오케스트라를 한국 측 대표 지휘자로 지휘 하였다.

 

주요 활동으로는 WDR 심포니오케스트라 쾰른, MDR 심포니오케스트라, 뉘른베르크 심포니오케스트라, 괴팅겐 심포니오케스트라, 슈투트가르트 필하모닉, 앙상블 레조난츠, 서남독일 필하모니 콘스탄츠, 바덴-바덴 필하모니, 쿠어팔츠 챔버오케스트라(만하임 챔버오케스트라), 남독일 챔버 오케스트라 포르츠하임, 라이프치히 오페라 하우스, 에스토니아 타르투 바네무이네 극장 오케스트라, 앙상블 모데른 아카데미 오케스트라 등 유럽의 여러 오케스트라와 연주하고 있으며, 독일의 울름시립극장, 트리어 시립극장, 오페라 라이프치히, 하겐 시립극장, 포어포메른 주립극장의 바그너<로엔그린>, 베르디<아이다>, <나부코>, <리골레토>, 차이코프스키의 오페라<예브게니 오네긴>, <스페이드의 여왕>와 발레<백조의 호수> 슈트라우스<박쥐>, 스메타나<팔려간 신부>, 프로코피에프의 발레<로미오와 줄리엣>, 구노<파우스트>, 마스네<베르테르>, 모차르트<티토황제의 자비>, <돈지오반니>, <피가로의 결혼>, <마술피리>, 비제<카르멘>, 글룩<오르페오와 에우리티체>, 오르프<현명한 여인>, 라벨<스페인의 시간>, 플로이드<수잔나>, 레하르<유쾌한 미망인>, 로르칭<Der Wildschütz> 마스카니<자네토>, 칼만<마리차 백작부인>, 슈베르트<살라만카의 친구들>, 오펜바흐<지옥의 오르페오>, 현대발레로 새로 시도된 슈베르트-한스첸더<겨울 나그네>등 다수의 오페라, 발레와 오케스트라 연주회를 지휘하였다.

 

2020교향악축제-KBS교향악단 지휘를 비롯하여 서울시립교향악단, 부산시립교향악단, 대전시립교향악단, 울산시립교향악단, 성남시립교향악단, 원주시립교향악단, 광주시립교향악단, 청주시립교향악단, 전주시립교향악단, 코리안심포니오케스트라, 부천필하모닉오케스트라, 한경아르떼필하모닉오케스트라, 포항시립교향악단 등 국내 유수 교향악단의 객원지휘자를 역임하였으며, 예술의전당 2022 토요콘서트(7월-10월)와 기획 오페라 푸치니의 <투란도트>와 모차르트의 <마술피리>, 국립오페라단의 <빨간바지>, <라 트라비아타>, 대구오페라하우스의 <마술피리>를 지휘하였다. 또한 주독일한국문화원 주최 '베를린장벽 붕괴 30주년‘과 ’3.1운동 및 임시정부 수립 100주년 맞이' 서울튜티앙상블의 독일 초청 순회공연을 지휘하였다.

 

바로크, 원전연주부터 현대음악까지 다양한 장르의 무대 활동 외에도 네덜란드 마스트리히트 음대에서 오페라와 오케스트라를, 독일 만하임 국립음대 지휘과에서 후학을 가르쳤으며, 독일 여러 교향악단들과 함께하는 지휘 마스터클래스에서 학생들을 지도하며 교육자로서의 활동 또한 이어나갔다.

 

지휘자 지중배는 지난해 11월, 작곡가 박영희의 오페라 ‘길 위의 천국’을 세계 초연으로 지휘, 또한 공연의 예술총감독으로 참여하였으며 2022년 10월에는 독일 에센에서 개최되었던 "NOW! Festival 2022" 개막공연을 보훔심포니오케스트라와 연주하였다.

 

서울예고, 한국예술종합학교 예비학교, 서울대학교 및 독일 만하임 국립음대를 졸업하였으며 현재 한국과 독일을 오가며 활발히 활동 중이다.

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