臺北市立交響樂團

史提芬‧史托爾泰茲常以客席指揮身分在維也納國家歌劇院及歐洲各大歌劇院演出，如羅馬歌劇院、柏林歌劇院、漢堡歌劇院、慕尼黑歌劇院、法蘭克福歌劇院、科隆歌劇院、瑞士日內瓦大劇院、莫斯科大劇院、布達佩斯歌劇院。此外，也在阿姆斯特丹荷蘭劇院、畢爾包劇院、巴黎歌劇院、倫敦科芬園皇家歌劇院、卡塔尼亞的貝里尼劇院、布宜諾斯艾利斯的科隆劇院、華盛頓和舊金山歌劇院、蘇黎世歌劇院、日本新國立劇場，以及在台北、法國蒙佩里耶、普羅旺斯艾克斯、以及芬蘭薩翁里納及巴登巴登等地的藝術節。2014年首次在華沙大劇院演出華格納歌劇《羅恩格林》。 史托爾泰茲1949年出生於匈牙利的尼賴吉哈佐，並在孩童期間搬到維也納。他在維也納音樂藝術學院修習指揮，師事漢斯‧史羅瓦斯基教授，在學期間他也同時修習作曲和鋼琴。1971年，史托爾泰茲在維也納歌劇院開展開指揮生涯第一步，之後他陸續在維也納國家歌劇院擔任音樂指導及指揮(1973年至1983年)，以及在格拉茲劇院擔任客席指揮(1979年到1981年)。於1978、1979及1983年裡，擔任貝姆、杜南憶及卡拉揚等指揮大師的音樂助理。 史托爾泰茲也曾擔任漢堡國家歌劇院 (1983年至1985年) 及德國柏林德意志歌劇院(1985年至1997年)的常任指揮。在德國布倫斯維克州立劇院擔任五年音樂總監之後(1988年至1993年)，他接著出任比利時安特衛普法蘭德斯歌劇院的首席指揮(1992年至1997年)。1997年至2003年間，史托爾泰茲出任德國埃森愛樂的音樂總監，以及阿爾托劇院的藝術總監。 史托爾泰茲有許多重要的錄音作品及音樂會，包括在柏林、德勒斯登、日內瓦、漢諾威、漢堡、米蘭、慕尼黑、巴黎、羅馬、巴勒摩、都靈、名古屋、布達佩斯、維也納、及莫斯科。所錄製的專輯，歌劇包含：普契尼、加札尼加、亞歷山大•哲林斯基，以及其他交響樂作品。他跟貝爾格及亨策的錄音作品，獲得2010年葛萊美獎及ICMA國際音樂大獎提名。在巴登-巴登音樂節裡演出的理查‧史特勞斯歌劇《莎樂美》及在阿爾托歌劇院演出的德布西歌劇《佩利亞與梅麗桑》都已錄製成DVD發行。 史托爾泰茲現為奧地利藉，並居住在柏林。

Stefan Soltesz is a frequent guest conductor at the Vienna State Opera and at the major opera houses throughout Europe, for instance at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the state opera houses in Berlin, , Hamburg and Munich, the opera houses of Frankfurt and Cologne, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow and Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. He has also appeared at Netherlands Opera Amsterdam, Bilbao Opera, Paris Opéra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Washington and San Francisco opera houses, Zürich Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, and at the festivals in Taipei, Montpellier, Aix-en-Provence, Baden-Baden, Pisa and Savonlinna. He gave his debut at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” in 2014. Stefan Soltesz was born in Nyiregyhaza (Hungary) in 1949 and moved as a child to Vienna. He studied conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy of Music, where he also had training in composition and piano. His artistic career was launched in 1971, as conductor at the Theater an der Wien, followed by engagements as coach and conductor at the Vienna State Opera (1973-1983) and as guest conductor at the Opera House in Graz (1979-1981). During three editions of the Salzburg Festival, in 1978, 1979 and 1983, he worked as a musical assistant to Karl Böhm, Christoph von Dohnányi and Herbert von Karajan. Maestro Soltesz held the position of regular conductor at the Hamburg State Opera (1983-1985) and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (1985-1997). He served as general music director of the State Theatre of Brunswick from 1988-1993 and as chief conductor of the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent from 1992-1997. From 1997 to 2013 he has served as the general music director of the Essener Philharmoniker and as artistic director of the Essen opera house Aalto Theater. Stefan Soltesz has led radio performances and concerts in Berlin, Dresden, Genoa, Hanover, Hamburg, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Palermo, Turin, Nagoya, Budapest, Vienna and Moscow. His discography includes operas by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Gazzaniga and Alexander von Zemlinsky, as well as various symphonic works. His recording of music by Alban Berg and Hans Werner Henze won a Grammy nomination as well as an ICMA nomination. Strauss’ “Salome” from the Baden-Baden festival and Debussys’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” from Aalto Theater were published as DVD. Stefan Soltesz holds Austrian citizenship and lives in Berlin.