Charles Dutoit
Charles Dutoit is among the world's most acclaimed conductors, perhaps best known for his long tenure as the music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has also held positions with venerable orchestras around the world, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. Dutoit has collaborated with many leading musicians during his career, including Salvatore Accardo, James Galway, and especially Martha Argerich, with whom he won one of his two Grammy Awards and was also married to for a time. Though controversy has surrounded his late career and several associations were ended, he held the posts of co-director of Shanghai's MISA Festival and principal guest conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra as of the mid-2020s.
Dutoit was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 7, 1936. He studied violin, viola, piano, and percussion as a child and became interested in conducting early after watching Ernest Ansermet leading the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in concert and rehearsal. Dutoit attended the Lausanne Conservatory, studying violin, piano, and conducting, then moved to the Geneva Conservatory to study viola and conducting, taking first prize in the latter and graduating in 1958. While still a student, Dutoit began his professional career, performing viola in several ensembles in South America and Europe. He also studied conducting with Alceo Galliera at Siena's Accademia Chigiana and attended Tanglewood in 1959. That year, he made his professional conducting debut, joining Argerich and a Radio Lausanne orchestra, and began regular guest-conducting appearances with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. His first appointment was as the Radio Zurich conductor from 1965 until 1967. The following year, he succeeded Paul Kletzki as the chief conductor of the Bern Symphony Orchestra, leading that group until 1978. In 1969, Dutoit married Argerich, and they had a daughter together. Though the marriage ended in 1973, the two continued a professional relationship.
Dutoit held several other posts during his Bern tenure, including with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico (1973-1975) and the Gothenburg Symphony (1975-1978). In 1977, he was appointed artistic director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He refined that group and, thanks to a substantial and lengthy recording contract with the Decca label, brought the Montreal Symphony to international recognition. Among these acclaimed recordings are Holst: The Planets (1987), Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (1991), and Berlioz: Les Troyens (1995); the latter earned Dutoit a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. During his tenure with the Montreal Symphony, Dutoit helmed the Philadelphia Orchestra's summer concert series at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts (1990-1999) and in Saratoga Springs (1990-2010). In 1991, he became the music director of the Orchestre National de France and took the same post with the NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1998 until 2003, after serving as principal conductor since 1996. Dutoit earned his second Grammy Award in 2000 for a recording of piano concertos by Bartók and Prokofiev, leading the Montreal Symphony with Argerich as a soloist. Dutoit stepped down from the Orchestre National de France post in 2001, and the next year, after complaints about his behavior by the Quebec Musicians Guild, he abruptly resigned from his Montreal position.
In 2008, Dutoit became the chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and took the artistic director and principal conductor positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009. That year, he also began his tenure as the music director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. He was named co-director of the MISA Festival in Shanghai in 2010, and the Philadelphia Orchestra named Dutoit its conductor laureate in 2012. In 2017, he became conductor emeritus of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, and he was given the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. During that year and the following year, accusations of sexual assault were levied against Dutoit for incidents that occurred between the late '70s and 2010. He has denied all accusations. Engagements with multiple orchestras worldwide were canceled, he was stripped of his laureate title from the Philadelphia Orchestra, and he resigned his posts with the Royal Philharmonic in early 2018. Later that year, he was named the principal guest conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, continuing to hold that post and the co-directorship of the MISA Festival as of 2024.
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Discografia
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 / Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Martha Argerich, Tamás Vásáry, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1977
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Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Charles Dutoit
Concertos - Lançado por PENTATONE em 01/06/2015
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Holst: The Planets
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 21/05/1996
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Holst: The Planets
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 21/05/1996
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Live)
Stéphane Degout, Magdalena Kožená, José Van Dam, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Verbier Festival Gold em 25/10/2024
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Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival 2021 (Live)
Saito Kinen Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music LLC em 29/12/2021
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Chopin : Concerto pour piano n° 1 & 2
Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/03/1999
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Charles Dutoit, Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/06/1981
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Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre; Phaéton; Havanaise etc.
Kyung Wha Chung, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1981
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Paganini: Diabolus in Musica
Salvatore Accardo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1996
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Accardo Plays Paganini- Complete Recordings
Salvatore Accardo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/09/1975
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Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
Pascal Rogé, Cristina Ortiz, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1980
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Bruch: Violin Concerto; Scottish Fantasia
Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1982
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Bruch: Violin Concerto / Scottish Fantasy
Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1982
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1987
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1992
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Suppé: Overtures
Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 23/10/1985
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Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque / Respighi: Impressioni Brasilliane
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1999
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1984
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra/Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 17/10/1988
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Poème
Akiko Suwanai, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 06/04/2016
Disponível em16-Bit/44.1 kHz Estéreo