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The Argentinean-born conductor, Rubén Dubrovsky, was born into Polish-Italian family of artists. He began his education at the Conservatorio Nacional in Buenos Aires, and continued on from 1990 to 1995 at the Conservatory Detmold (Germany). He complemented his studies with courses of violoncello with Bernhard Greenhouse, chamber music with Eberhard Feltz, and conducting with Mario de Rose.
Two experiences, which Rubén Dubrovsky skillfully and inspiringly links to this day, mark his path as a musician: his classical training as a cellist and conductor on the one hand, and on the other his passionate academic research into the common roots of traditional South American music and European Baroque music. He has established himself as one of the most fascinating conductors in the field of the Baroque and Classical repertoire.
Rubén Dubrovsky is the founder and artistic leader of the Bach Consort Wien, which soon became one of Austria’s leading Baroque ensembles. The press praised its “conceptual clarity” and at the same time “intoxicating virtuosity”. Invitations have led Dubrovsky and the Bach Consort Wien so far to the Wiener Musikverein, Theater an der Wien, Händelfestspiele Halle, the Mozartwoche Salzburg,. Brucknerhaus in Linz, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Häendel Festival at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Lisinsky Hall Zagreb, Festival RheinVokal, Festival für Alte Musik St. Pölten, Donau Festival, and on numerous other international stages. A great number of his concerts were recorded by the Austrian Broadcasting service (ORF), German Südwestfunk (SWR) or Catalunya Música. Furthermore, he is Artistic Director and co-founder of the instrumental and vocal ensemble Third Coast Baroque in Chicago.
Since his opera debuts at the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Incoronazione di Poppea), Palau de les Arts Valencia (Arbore di Diana), Opera Bonn (Orlando Furioso) and Theater an der Wien (Polifemo), Rubén Dubrovsky is successful in the opera field as well. He has made a name for himself in recent years with a number of excellent and enthusiastically reviewed opera productions. His current operatic repertoire extends from Lully to Gluck, W.A. Mozart and Rossini, and includes a major focus on the operas of George Frideric Handel (Orlando, Rinaldo, Tamerlano, Radamisto, Guilio Cesare, Semiramide, Agrippina, Oresete, Semele) and and W.A. Mozart (Le nozze di Figaro, Cosí fan tutte, Mitridate, Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito). As an opera conductor he has performed at the theaters such as Valencia, Dresden, Bonn, Kiel, Mannheim, Darmstadt, Schwetzingen, Moscow Bolshoi, and Theater an der Wien.
Past seasons iopera engagements included Alessandro Scarlatti's Marco Attilio Regolo at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Tamerlano at Oper Bonn, Agrippina, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Radamisto at Oper Kiel, as well as W.A. Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito (Stage director: Alberto Triola) and G.F. Handel’s Orlando at Wiener Kammeroper. The Austrian television ORF broadcasted the Easter concert 2014 from Wiener Stephansdom. The Slovenian Television presented him in the opening concert of the Baroque Festival in Varazdin with Wiener Sängerknaben and Bach Consort Wien. He made his debut with Zürcher Kammerorchester and Hilliard Ensemble at Tonhalle Zürich. In January 2015, he made his debut at Nationaltheater Mannheim conducting the new production of Gluck’s Alceste. Further opera engagements included the new productions of Lully’s Atys at Oper Kiel, G.F. Handel’s Rinaldo at Wiener Kammeroper and Semiramide at Handel Festival Halle.
Notable recent performances include Antonio Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso at Oper Bonn, Soler’s Arbore di Diana at the Palau de les Arts Valencia, Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo at the Theater an der Wien, W.A. Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte in Buenos Aires, Gluck’s Alceste, W.A. Mozart’s Idomeneo und Rossini’s Tancredi and Semiramide at the National-theater Mannheim, as well as W.A. Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro at Oper Köln. He also conducts at the Händel Festivals in Halle and Karlsruhe, the Whitsun Festival in Melk, as well as successful productions at Oper Kiel, the Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Wiener Kammeroper.
Rubén Dubrovsky's dedication to celebrating the connection of Latin American folk music and European Baroque music was beautifully demonstrated in the TV documentary Bach to the Roots (ORF / 3sat) in 2015. The corresponding CD "Vidala" (Gramola) with the Bach Consort Wien was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award.
Rubén Dubrovsky is not only a specialist for Baroque music. In November 2007, he conducted music by Felix Mendelssohn, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Arvo Pärt for the production Lichtspuren. This production was shown on stages such as at Theatre Winterthur, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Schlosstheater Fulda and Lucent Danstheater Den Haag. In May 2012, he conducted W.A. Mozart-Rossini concerts at the castle in Kiel. His symphonic repertoire ranges from Haydn to modernity. In recent years, he has conducted works by W.A. Mozart, L.v. Beethoven, Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, Wagner, I. Stravinsky, D. Shostakovich and A. Pärt at Tonhalle Zürich, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Mozarteum Salzburg, Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Palau Valencia, and Teatro Monumental Madrid, as well as in Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Concert engagements have brouhht him to Winterthur, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Darmstadt.
Rubén Dubrovsky is regularly guest at the Musikverein Wien, conducted the opening concert of the Handel Festival Karlsruhe, was invited for concerts at Handel Festival Halle, the Festival ‘Winter in Schwetzingen’, the Pergolesi Festival Jesi, Haydn Festival Eisenstadt, Osterklang Festival Vienna and Styriarte Graz.
Rubén Dubrovsky has established close collaborations with celebrated soloists, such as Bernarda Fink, Emma Kirkby, Veronica Cangemi, Max Emanuel Cencic, Markus Schäfer, Carlos Mena, Florian Boesch, Franco Fagioli and Christophe Coin.
As a cellist, Rubén Dubrovsky has been to many European countries performing the J.S. Bach's cello suites as a solo artist. Thanks to the generous loan of Musikkollegium Winterthur, he has a very rare violoncello by Jacous Stainer from 1673 at his disposal.
In 2008, the Argentine Rubén Dubrovsky made his impressive debut as conductor in a new production of A. Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso at OperBonn. That is how, on the spur of the moment, he proved himself as one of the most exciting new conductors in the Baroque/ Classical sector. His interpretation combines colourfulness, vitality, vibrating temperament and a flexibility in sound with the applied knowledge of historical performance practice. Subsequently, he gave his debut on one of Spain’s most renowned opera houses: the Palau de les Arts Valencia made him musical director of Martin y Solers’ opera Arbore di Diana. In addition to his engagements at different opera houses, he is regularly on stage with his ensemble, the Bach Consort Wien, at the Musikverein Vienna. In October 2008, he performed together with mezzosoprano Bernarda Fink a program of Lamento settings by Monteverdi, Purcell and Dietrich Buxtehude. In May 2009, he performed Cantatae by G.F. Handel together with soprano Veronica Cangemi. Already in November 2008, he organized the first Viennese Countertenor Festival. With the Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro de RTVE Madrid he conducted J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) in December 2009.
During the 2009-2010 season, Rubén Dubrovsky was in charge of the new production of Giulio Cesare at Theater Kiel, and Tamerlano at the opera Bonn, among others. In the following season 2010-2011, he made his debut with a new production of Monteverdi’s L’Inconorazione di Poppea at the Semperoper Dresden and was invited once again to Theater Kiel for the production of Rinaldo. From season 2011-2012 on, he is the artistic director for Baroque in Schwetzingen im Winter. Each year he develops a Baroque opera, his first production was being Marco Attilio Regolo.
In the 2012-2013 season, Rubén Dubrovsky conducts the opening concert of the Baroque Festival in Varazdin with Wiener Sängerknaben and Bach Consort Wien, presenting works by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Francesco Durante and Muffat, broadcasted by the Slovenian television. At the Kiel Opera House he has the musical direction of the new production of G.F. Handel’s Agrippina. A concert performance of N. Porpora’s Polifemo was performed at Theater an der Wien. The Musikkollegium Winterthur presented him together with counter-tenor Terry Wey in a G.F. Handel concert. On invitation of the Wiener Kammeroper conducted a new production of G.F. Handel’s Orlando. In June he made his debut with Zürcher Kammerorchester and Hilliard Ensemble at Tonhalle Zürich. He returned o Wiener Musikverein with Bach Consort Wien presenting the program "Venezia e Dresda". Concerts in Wroclaw and at Rheingau Festival were given in summer 2013.
In the 2017-2018 season, Rubén Dubrovsky conducted J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass (BWV 232) and Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051), W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (Darmstadt and Cologne), G.F. Handel and Arvo Pärt (Moscow), Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumannn and Strasnoy (Darmstadt), and G.F. Handel's Oreste (Händel-Festspiele Halle). Dubrovsky’s various engagements in the 2018-2019 season include performances of Semele at Munich’s Gärtnerplatztheater, Serse at Oper Bonn, and Die Zauberflöte at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.
Rubén Dubrovsky has made live recordings of G.F. Handel’s Messiah ((Naxos, on CD, DVD and Blu-ray) and A. Vivaldi’s Gloria and Stabat Mater, which were released on the Gramola label in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Additional recordings featuring Dubrovsky and his Bach Consort Wien include Terry Wey’s CD of works for solo-counter-tenor, "Pace e Guerra", on the Harmonia Mundi label, and mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux’s "Hommage à Vivaldi" on Sony Classics. He also regularly conducts the Easter concerts broadcast by ORF and 3sat, most recently with J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass (BWV 232) from the Abbey at Klosterneuburg.
Rubén Dubrovsky's extensive teaching activities contain master-classes for instrumentalists, singers and conductors at the Austria Baroque Academy, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Scuola Civica Milano, the University Belgrade, and the Conservatory Palma. In his function as conductor, he was invited to work with the orchestra of the Conservatory Vienna to convey the historical performance practice to present day instrumentalists. Additionally, he was member of the Jury allocating scholarships at the Herbert-von-Karajan-Centrum and at the Fidelio competition. |
