biography
Pablo Druker is one of the most versatile and creative Argentinean conductors of his generation. As Chief Conductor of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata Orchestra in Buenos Aires (2017-2020) Pablo has conducted a wide range of opera productions, from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte to Berio’s Un re in ascolto as well as a broad spectrum of the symphonic repertoire, from Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven’s symphonies to 20th century masterpieces such as Ives’ Symphony No.4 and Xenakis’ Terretektorh.
Pablo was nominated best conductor of the year by the Association of Music Critics of Argentina (Argentina, Buenos Aires – 2018) and second prize winner at the Arthur Nikisch Conducting Competition (Genova, Italy – 2020). He has also received an honorable mention at the Lanyi Conducting Competition (Subotica, Serbia – 2021).
In 2015 he was selected as conductor for the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) 2015/2016 and is currently artistic director and conductor of the Mobile Beats Ensemble in Frankfurt, which was founded in 2016 by members of the Academy. With an extensive repertoire of 20th and 21st century music the ensemble has performed new works from major international figures to young emerging composers.
Besides his work as conductor of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata Orchestra and the Mobile Beats Ensemble, Pablo has worked with internationally renowned orchestras and ensembles such as WDR-Sinfonieorchester (Cologne), Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Neues Konzertorchester (Berlin), Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic Orchestra (Satu Mare), Philharmonisches Orchester Stadttheater Gießen (Gießen), Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), Synergy Vocals (London), Ensemble Lucilin (Luxemburg), Ensemble Opera Nova (Zurich) and Ensemble DAMus (Buenos Aires). He has performed with soloists such as Stefan Dohr, Otto Katzameier, Robin Tritschler and Marcus Placci as well as collaborating with conductors such as Peter Rundel, Sylvain Cambreling and Enno Poppe.
Pablo has conducted the premieres of operas, symphonic and ensemble works, including the world premiere of Goebbels’ mit einem Namen aus einem alten Buch (Stadttheater Gießen) and the American premiere of Berio’s Un re in ascolto (Usina del Arte). In Argentina he conducted the first performance of Stravinsky’s Chant funèbre (CCK), Bernstein’s Candide (Teatro Coliseo) and many 20th century ensemble works such as Sciarrino’s Quaderno di strada (Teatro San Martin) and Reich’s Tehillim (Teatro San Martin).
As a conductor he has also participated in major music festivals such as Cresc… Biennale für aktuelle Musik, Wittener Tagen für neue Kammermusik, Klangspuren Festival Schwaz, Colón Contemporáneo and Festival of Contemporary Music of the Teatro San Martín, where he has collaborated with composers such as Salvatore Sciarrino, Steve Reich, Heiner Goebbels, Enno Poppe, Gerardo Gandini, Simon Steen-Andersen, Santiago Santero, Mariano Etkin and Carola Bauckholt.
Pablo studied piano with Beatriz Tabares and Antonio De Raco, composition with Santiago Santero and Gerardo Gandini and conducting with Mario Benzecry at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aires. He continued his studies in Germany at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf under the tutelage of Rüdiger Bohn and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst / IEMA Frankfurt, where he benefited enormously from conductors such as Peter Rundel, Lucas Vis and Frank Ollu.
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- PAST CONCERTS
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2021
Aug. 21, 2021
Stiftung Brandenburgisches Haupt und Landgestüt Neustadt (Dosse) – Brandenburg, Germany
Anniversary Gala Concert
Neues Konzertorchester Berlin
Sep. 30, 2021
Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oscar Strasnoy – Ittingen-Concerto (2017)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K.414
Piano: Tomás Alegre
Igor Stravinsky – Apollon musagète
Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires
Oct. 29, 2021
Teilelager / Fahrbereitschaft – Berlin, Germany
Laure M. Hiendl – In Abeyance (2021)
Ana Maria Rodriguez – Slow mediation in frequencies (2021)
Ensemble KNM Berlin
Nov. 23, 2021
Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gyõrgy Ligeti – Three pieces for two pianos
Pianos: Lucas Urdampilleta and Silvia Dabul
Steve Reich – Eight Lines
Luciano Berio – Laborintus II
Ensamble de músicos argentinos
2019
Sep. 22, 2019
CCK – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky – Chant funèbre
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow – Russian Easter Festival Overture
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Aug. 6-7-8-9, 2019
Hessische Rundfunk – Frankfurt, Germany
Proust-Prodction
Hermann Kretzschmar – Sodom und Gomorrha (2019)
Ensemble Modern
Ago. 3, 2019
Fabrik – Frankfurt, Alemania
“Try-Outs”
Bernard Gander – Oozing Earth (2019)
Ensemble Modern
Jul. 6-7, 2019
Usina del Arte – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Luciano Berio – Un re in ascolto (1979-1983) Estreno americano
Dirección escénica: Martin Bauer
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Jun. 2, 2019
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Iannis Xenakis – Nomos Gamma (1968)
Iannis Xenakis – Terretektorh (1966)
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
May. 24, 2019
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of wind instruments
Joseph Haydn – Cello concerto N.1
Béla Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
May. 12, 2019
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Joseph Haydn – Sinfonía N.80 Hob.I:80
Robert Schumann – Concierto para cuatro cornos
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sinfonía N.4
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
May. 2, 2019
Coliseo Podestá – La Plata, Argentina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonía N.35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Sinfonía N.5
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Abr. 7, 2019
Theater Gütersloh – Gütersloh, Germany
“Match!” – Portrait concert Maurice Kagel
Mobile Beats Ensemble
2018
Nov. 20-22-24, 2018
Teatro Coliseo – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Leonard Bernstein . Candide (Version 1988) Argentinean Premiere
Staging: Rubén Szuchmacher
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Sep. 28, 2018
Centro Cultural Provincial – Santa Fe, Argentina
Johannes Brahms – Tragische Ouvertüre
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Maurice Ravel – Ma mere l’oye
Béla Bartók – Romanian volk dances
Orquesta Sinfónica de Santa Fe
Sep. 9, 2018
Usina del Arte – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jean Sibelius – Violin concerto
Dimitri Shostakovich – Symphony N.11
Soloist: Markus Placci
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Aug. 26, 2018
CCK – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Johannes Brahms – Double concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestre
Gustav Mahler – Symphony N.1
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Jul. 27, 2018
Centro Cultural Provincial – Santa Fe, Argentina
Lyrik Konzert – Werke von Giacomo Rossini
Soloist: Jaquelina Livieri
Orquesta Sinfónica de Santa Fe
Jul. 8, 2018
Coliseo Podestá – La Plata, Argentina
Claude Debussy – Petite suite
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachiana N.5
Alberto Williams – Primera Suite argentina
Erik Satie – Gymnopédies N.1 und N.3
Alberto Ginastera – Estancia
Soloist: Paula Almerares
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Jun. 8-9-10, 2018
Stadttheater Gießen – Gießen, Germany
Heiner Goebbels – mit einem Namen aus einem alten Buch (2018) Premiere
Philharmonie Stadttheater Gießen
Jun. 5, 2018
Oper Frankfurt – Frankfurt, Germany
Happy New Ears Konzert
Portrait concert Carola Bauckholt
Ensemble Modern
May. 4-5-6, 2018
Stadttheater Gießen – Gießen, Germany
Heiner Goebbels – mit einem Namen aus einem alten Buch (2018) Premiere
Philharmonie Stadttheater Gießen
Mar. 18, 2018
Robert Schumann Musik Hochschule – Düsseldorf, Germany
Marc L. Vogler – #electronicstudies (2018) Premiere
Valentin Ruckebier – une chose légère et nocturne (2018) Premiere
Jieun Jun – Diagnose I (2018) Premiere ´
Laura Marconi – Katsuraotoko (2018) Premiere
Areum Lee – leer ((2018) Premiere
Mobile Beats Ensemble – RSH Vokalensemble
Mar. 16, 2018
Coliseo Podestá – La Plata, Argentina
Johannes Brahms – Tragische Ouvertüre
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
Johannes Brahms -Symphony N.3
Soloist: Xavier Inchausti
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Feb. 25, 2018
Usina del Arte – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jean Sibelius – Symphony N.6
Béla Bartók – Concerto for orchestra
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
2017
Dec. 21, 2017
HAU 1 – Berlin, Germany
Hans Zender – Schuberts Winterreise D 911 (1993)
Soloist: Janos Szemenyei
Neues Konzertorchester Berlin
Dec. 1, 2017
Kölner Philharmonie – Cologne, Germany
Assistant Conductor of Sylvain Cambreling
Tristan Murail – Reflections / Reflets I-III für Orchester (2013-2017)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Dialoge für 2 Klaviere und Orchester (1960-1965)
Gérard Grisey – Dérives für 2 Orchestergruppen (1973-1974)
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Nov. 26, 2017
Kunstraum 34 – Stuttgart, Germany
Remmy Canedo – Kammermonodram (2017)
Francisco C. Goldschmidt – …murmuró con furia (2015-2016)
Arnold Schönberg – Pierrot Lunaire (1912)
Kommas Ensemble
Oct. 29 – Nov. 3-5, 2017
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Così fan tutte
Staging: Ruben Schumacher
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Oct. 15, 2017
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Sergey Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Shostakovich – Symphony N.11
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Sep.19-20, 2017
Frankfurt LAB – Frankfurt, Germany
Musikfest – Fremd bin ich…
Hans Zender – Schuberts Winterreise D 911 (1993)
Solist: Janos Szemenyei
Mobile Beats Ensemble / Ensemble New Music HfMDK
Jul. 20-21-22-23, 2017
Hessische Rundfunk – Frankfurt, Germany
Proust-Production
Hermann Kretzschmar – Sodom und Gomorrha (2017)
Ensemble Modern
Jun. 28, 2017
Universität Kassel-Institut für Musik – Kassel, Germany
Wolfgang Rihm – Deploration (1973)
Luciano Berio – Naturale (1985)
Tristan Murail – Garrigue (2008)
Morton Feldman – The Viola in My life (1970)
Mobile Beats Ensemble
Jun. 22, 2017
Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Louis Andriessen – De Materie (1985-1988)
Staging: Heiner Goebbels
Dominikanerkloster – Frankfurt, Germany
Opening Frankfurter Lyriktage 2017
Music by Carola Bauckholt
Texts by Jan Wagner
Ensemble Modern
Jun.11-12-14, 2017
Atelier – Frankfurt, Germany
Grigori Frid – Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (1969-1999)
Staging: Teresa Reiber
Mobile Beats Ensemble
May. 26, 2017
Robert Schumann Musik Hochschule – Düsseldorf, Germany
Rebecca Saunders – Visible trace (2006)
Leonard Baylton – Die Erfassung des Krüppels (2017) Premier
Elias Jurgschat – Wechselraum (2017) Premier
Nicolas Kuhn – Verwaltung (2017) Premier
Philipp Lojak – Evocation und Aisthesis (2017) Premier
Valentin Ruckebier – Skull With Its Lyric Appendage (2017) Premier
Marc L. Vogler – Kölm Hbf (2017) Premier
Fausto Romitelli: Professor Bad Trip Lesson III (2000)
Mobile Beats Ensemble
May. 14, 2017
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Franz Schubert – Rosamunde-Ouvertüre
Mariano Etkin – Estudio para lagrimas (2016) Premier
Charles Ives – Symphony N.4
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Feb. 25-26, 2017
Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Louis Andriessen – De Materie (1985-1988)
Staging: Heiner Goebbels
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
2016
Sep. 30, 2016
ZKM_Kubus, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe, Germany
Con:temporaries
Works by: Grisey, Donatoni, Andre, Furrer, Globokar and de Vroe
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 29, 2016
ZKM_Kubus, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe, Germany
Con:temporaries
Works by: Concha, Koumara, Goebbels, Janko, Ulus and Klartag
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 28, 2016
ZKM_Kubus, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe, Germany
Works by: Sciarrino, Dohmen, Steen-Andersen, Ferneyhough, Zafra and Marcland
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 23, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Grisey, Andre, Furrer, Globokar, de Vroe and Zafra
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 22, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Concha, Koumara, Goebbels, Janko, Ulus and Klartag
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 21, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Sciarrino, Dohmen, Steen-Andersen, Ferneyhough, Donatoni and Marcland
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 16, 2016
Reiss – Engelhorn Museum – Mannheim, Germany
Portrait concert Yair Klartag and Yuval Shared
Works by: Klartag, Shared, Donatoni and Ferneyhough
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Sep. 9, 2016
Kurhaus Hall – Schwaz, Austria
IEMA-Ensemble guest at Klangspuren Schwaz 2016
Works by: Steen-Andersen, Poppe, Ferneyhough, Ulus and Kerschbaumer
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Aug. 5-6-7, 2016
Teatro Argentino de La Plata – La Plata, Argentina
Assistant Conductor of Peter Rundel
Louis Andriessen – De Materie (1985-1988) Argentinean Premiere
Staging: Heiner Goebbels
Orquesta Estable del Teatro Argentino de La Plata
Jul. 10, 2016
LAB – Frankfurt, Germany
Scenic concert
1-1-1-1 / 1-1-1-0 / 1-1-0 / 1-0-1-1-1
Works by: Xenakis, Varese, Ulus, Aperghis, Dallapicola, Bauckholt, Webern, Nono and Lucier
Institute for Applied Theatre Studies JLU Gießen and IEMA-Ensemble
Jul. 5, 2016
Gießhaus der Universität Kassel – Kassel, Germany
Soundcheck
Works by: Grisey, Oderh-Tamimi, de Vroe, Ulus and Andre
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Jun. 13, 2016
Kammermusiksaal, Gebäude am Residenzplatz – Würzburg, Germany
Portrait concert Andreas Dohmen
Studio for Neu Music
Works by: Dohmen, Xenakis, Huber and Ohne Hölderlin
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Jun. 2-3-4, 2016
LAB – Frankfurt, Germany
Materia Prima
Körperstürme – Festival for dance and contemporary music
Manfred Trojahn: 5 Intermezzi – aus Lieder auf der Flucht (1988-89)
International Ensemble Modern Academy & ZuKT
May. 21-22, 2016
Opernturm – Frankfurt, Germany
One day in Life – Wissen
Salvatore Sciarrino: Le voci sottovetro, elaborazioni da Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1998)
International Ensemble Modern Academy
May. 13-14, 2016
Martinskirche – Kassel, Germany
Materia Prima
Körperstürme – Festival for dance and contemporary music
Manfred Trojahn: 5 Intermezzi – aus Lieder auf der Flucht (1988/89)
International Ensemble Modern Academy & ZuKT
Apr. 22, 2016
Haus Witten – Witten, Germany
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
Newcomer Konzert Witten
Works by: Kim, Koumara, Kerschbaumer, Goldschmidt, Quislant and Haven
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Apr. 10, 2016
Staatstheater Wiesbaden – Wiesbaden, Germany
Music about music
Neu compositions on works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Mar. 19, 2016
ZKM_Kubus, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe, Germany
Works by: Dallapiccola, Vivier, van der Aa, Zender, Aperghis and Xenakis
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Mar. 18, 2016
ZKM_Kubus, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – Karlsruhe, Germany
Works by: Nicolaou, Ulus, Rohloff, Bauckholt and Mitterer
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Mar. 15, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Goldmann, Webern, Boulez, Nunes, Varèse and Veress
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Mar. 13, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Nicolaou, Ulus, Rohloff, Bauckholt and Mitterer
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Mar. 12, 2016
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
Works by: Dallapiccola, Zender, van der Aa, Aperghis, Vivier and Xenakis
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Feb. 25, 2016
Gropius Bau – Berlin, Germany
Villa Massimo as guest in Gropius Bau
Vassos Nicolau – L.E.A.P.S. Lung Emerging Anticipatory Post Scriptum for solo horn
Vassos Nicolau – Redshift for ensemble
Ensemble Modern
Jan. 25, 2016
Kammermusiksaal, Gebäude am Residenzplatz – Würzburg, Germany
Portrait concert Robert HP Platz
International Ensemble Modern Academy
2022
Apr. 23, 2022
May. 04, 2022
Teatro Colón – Buenos Aires
Oscar Strasnoy – Kuleshov (concert for piano and chamber orchestra)
Piano: Marcelo Balat
Luciano Berio – Sequenza VIII for violín
György Ligeti – Concerto for Vioin and Orchestra
Vioīn: Francesco D’Orazio
Ensemble de Músicos Argentinos
May. 22, 2022
Festival No Convencional – Buenos Aires
Iannis Xenakis – Terretektorh (1966)
Iannis Xenakis – Nomos Gamma (1968)
Orquesta Estudiantil de Buenos Aires /
Programa de Orquestas y Coros Infantiles y Juveniles
de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
media
press

DE MATERIE EN EL COLÓN: UNA GRAN APERTURA DE TEMPORADA
“Difícilmente pueda pensarse una mejor apertura de temporada que esta que se hizo el sábado pasado en el Colón. El concierto contó con la regie del alemán Heiner Goebbels y la dirección musical de Pablo Druker”.

SZENISCHES KONZERT VON HEINER GOEBBELS
„Unter der Leitung von Pablo Druker demonstriert das Philharmonische Orchester Gießen eindrücklich, wie eine Klangarchitektur, die keine lineare Geschichte erzählt, eine Stimmung erzeugt und das (junge) Publikum zu packen vermag”.

ORQUESTA DEL TEATRO ARGENTINO EN LA USINA DEL ARTE
“El año pasado me asombró la calidad del concierto de la Estable en el que Druker dirigió notables versiones de la Suite de "El Teniente Kije" de Prokofiev y la Sinfonía Nº 11 de Shostakovich. Y bien, volvió a ocurrir en este concierto inaugural de impecable programación, donde se tuvo la rara oportunidad de escuchar la Sexta Sinfonía de Sibelius y comprobar la disciplina y solidez de los instrumentistas en el extraordinario Concierto para orquesta de Bartók.”.

FRANKFURTER LYRIKTAGE MIT LESUNGSKONZERT ERÖFFNET
„In einem Lesungskonzert präsentierten der Autor Jan Wagner, die Komponistin Carola Bauckholt und acht Musiker des Ensembles Modern mit dem Dirigenten Pablo Druker Texte und Musik (…) Ein weiterer gelungener Versuch, Poesie und Musik miteinander zu verweben. Mit viel Beifall am Ende der Veranstaltung bedankte sich das Publikum bei allen Akteuren”.

LA HISTORIA DE “CANDIDE”, LA OBRA DE LEONARD BERNSTEIN QUE ARRANCÓ COMO UN FRACASO Y AHORA SE ESTRENA EN LA ARGENTINA
Los directores Pablo Druker y Rubén Szuchmacher dan su visión sobre la puesta que sube este martes 20 en el Teatro Coliseo.

UN MUY MERITORIO ESFUERZO
“La Consagración de la Primavera con una versión espectacular en todo sentido. Con estupendo ajuste, muy buenas respuestas de todas las familias de instrumentos, plena sonoridad y estupenda exposición de todos los planos orquestales. Una muy buena versión de Druker, quien viene realizando una encomiable labor con la Orquesta”.

MUSIK ÜBER EINGEWACHSENE NÄGEL
„Das Mobile Beats Ensemble zeigte, wie radikal das Instrumentale Theater von Mauricio Kagel ist (...) Perfekt ausgetüftelt ist die Choreographie des jungen Frankfurter Ensembles. Das stundenlange Proben vor Ort hatte sich gelohnt”

EL SOBERANO ES TODO OÍDOS
Un re in ascolto, del compositor italiano Luciano Berio, se presenta de la mano de Pablo Druker y Martín Bauer en la Usina del Arte.

EL CICLO COLÓN CONTEMPORÁNEO ABRIÓ CON OBRAS DE UNA FUERZA VITAL Y LÚDICA ÚNICAS
El ciclo Colón Contemporáneo abrió su primer concierto de la temporada con un programa formidable: Sequenza VIII de Luciano Berio (1925-2003) y dos estrenos: Kuleshov de Oscar Strasnoy (1970) y el Concierto para violín y orquesta de Gyrgy Ligeti (1923-2006).