Werner Andreas Albert

The recorded working language is German and English. The field of work recorded is music and conducting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Nuremberg University of Music. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Order of Merit, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Friedrich-Baur-Preis.

Albert was born in Weinheim. He began his studies in musicology and history, and later studied conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Hans Rosbaud. He became an Australian citizen in the late 1990s.

After Albert's 1961 debut with the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, he became chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. He later served as chief conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon and the Nuremberg Symphony in Germany. He was chief conductor of the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra for more than 20 years and was also senior lecturer of the Meistersinger Conservatorium in Nuremberg. He was also the permanent guest conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestras in Cologne, Frankfurt, and Berlin, and of the Bamberg Symphony. Since 1981, Albert regularly conducted in Australia. He was named principal conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and he conducted all six Symphony Australia orchestras. Albert toured in the United States, South America, China, Japan, and most European countries. He conducted in Beijing, and at Triphony Hall and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra. Albert made over 600 recordings for radio, and approximately 100 CDs. In the process, he earned the distinction of the most recorded artist in Germany. He recorded the complete orchestral repertoire of Paul Hindemith, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hans Pfitzner, and Benjamin Frankel. He had a project on recordings and live performances of Siegfried Wagner, son of Richard Wagner. Albert directed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Conducting Workshop for many years, as well as teaching selected Masters’ students at the University of Queensland, where he was an adjunct professor. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia since 2007.

Albert was recognized by both the German Federal and Bavarian State Governments for his dedication to music. He held the title of member of the German Federal Cross of Merit, Erste Klasse (the German equivalent of the British Order of Merit), as well as the Bavarian Order of Merit.

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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1935 at Weinheim. The register further records that werner Andreas Albert died in 2019 at Brisbane.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation conductor. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is recorded with the occupation music educator. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is recorded with the occupation musician. Albert died on 10 November 2019. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is classed in the genre classical music. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is recorded with the occupation university teacher. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is recorded as a citizen of Germany. It is also recorded that werner Andreas Albert is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that werner Andreas Albert was born on 10 January 1935.