臺北市立交響樂團

高秉根管弦樂團的首席指揮與藝術顧問/加布里耶樂手與合唱團的藝術總監
保羅．麥克里希－加布里耶樂手與合唱團的創辦人與藝術總監。在1982年麥克里希與跟他一起到世界各地巡演並贏得多項獎項的樂手們共同創立了這個樂團。2013年，他也擔任位於里斯本的高秉根樂團中的首席指揮與藝術顧問。他與高秉根樂團的樂手們合作過許多樣貌的音樂，從古典時期一直到19世紀、20世紀的樂曲，特別著重於演奏交響樂曲目、神劇以及音樂會的歌劇。麥克里希與世界聞名的高秉根合唱團也十分緊密。
麥克里希也擔任許多遍及全球的一流管弦樂團及合唱團的客席指揮，他合作過的有最近期的萊比錫布管弦樂團、柏林音樂廳、卑爾根愛樂樂團、東京都交響樂團、香港愛樂樂團、雪梨交響樂團、韋爾比耶音樂節以及英國北方交響暨管弦樂團。另外他也定期並時常與聖保羅和巴賽爾室內管弦樂團合作演出。
麥克里希在各歌劇院都確立了良好的聲譽，並且在馬德里皇家劇院、丹麥皇家劇院、法國喜歌劇歌劇院、法蘭德斯歌劇院、韋爾比耶音樂節等地都指揮出許多傑出的作品。
2011年，麥克里希與加布里耶樂手與合唱團、英國最大古典樂品牌Signum Classics以及他在2006至2012擔任藝術總監的Wratislavia Cantans音樂節一起合作推出了自己的唱片品牌－翼獅。到目前為止，他們已經發行了7張專輯，最近的一張是在2015年發行的韓德爾《L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato》。值得一提的是，他們發行的布列頓《戰爭安魂曲》贏得了2014年BBC音樂雜誌獎，孟德爾頌《以利亞》贏得2013年金音叉獎，重新錄製他早期的加布里耶之輯－新威尼斯的加冕1595則贏得了2013年的留聲機獎。翼獅唱片因著他與德意志留聲機公司合作的大量作品而能穩固建立，特別是贏得留聲機獎的海頓《創世紀》一輯。
麥克里希為音樂創作注入的熱情與活力是廣為人知的。他非常熱情地與年輕的音樂家們合作，使得通往古典音樂之路更加寬廣，他也定期與青年管弦樂團和合唱團合作，一有機會就為建立新的教育活動付出行動。
 
Paul McCreesh
Conductor
Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Gulbenkian Orchestra / Artistic Director, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh is the founder and Artistic Director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players which he established in 1982 and with whom he has toured world-wide and made many award-winning recordings. In 2013 he became Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon) with whom he is conducting a wide range of music from the classical period through to the nineteenth and twentieth century, focusing in particular on symphonic repertoire, oratorio and opera in concert,working closely with the world-renowned Gulbenkian Choir.
McCreesh has guest conducted many of the major orchestras and choirs across the globe, including most recently the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Bergen Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Verbier Festival and Royal Northern Sinfonia orchestras, and St Paul and Basel Chamber Orchestras, with whom he enjoys regular and ongoing collaborations.
McCreesh has established a strong reputation in the opera house and has conducted productions at the Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Danish Opera, Opera Comique, Vlaamse Opera and at the Verbier Festival. In 2015/16 he will conduct Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bergen Opera, and he will return to Vlaamse Opera for a production of Idomeneo.
In 2011 McCreesh launched his own record label, Winged Lion, in collaboration with
the Gabrieli Consort & Players, Signum Classics and the Wratislavia Cantans Festival, where he was Artistic Director between 2006 and 2012. To date they have made seven recordings, most recently Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, released in 2015. Other highlights include Britten War Requiem (BBC Music Magazine Award 2014), Mendelssohn Elijah (Diapason d’Or Award 2013), Berlioz’s gargantuan Grande Messe des Morts (BBC Award 2012), and a reworking of his earlier Gabrielidisc, A New Venetian Coronation 1595 (Gramophone Award 2013). The Winged Lionrecordings build on his large catalogue of recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, which includes the Gramophone Award-winning Haydn Creation.
McCreesh is well-known for the energy and passion that he brings to his music- making, and is especially enthusiastic about working with young musicians and broadening access to classical music; he works regularly with youth orchestras and choirs and is active in building new educational initiatives whenever possible.