Jan Latham-Koenig
Jan Betrand Latham-Koenig,
Latham-Koenig was arrested and charged with three child sex offences in 2024 and pleaded guilty to two of them.
Early life and education
Latham-Koenig was born in London in 1953 in a family of Mauritian, Danish and Polish origins.[1] He attended Highgate School and then studied at the Royal College of Music in London.[2]
Career
Latham-Koenig founded the Koenig Ensemble in 1976 and began his career as a concert conductor with the BBC in 1981, winning the Gulbenkian Fellowship. He made his debut with the opera Macbeth at the Vienna State Opera in 1988 and was appointed its permanent guest conductor in 1991.[3]
His guest appearances in opera and concert have included the
As an opera conductor, his appearances include
Latham-Koenig was music director with ensembles and organisations including the Orchestra of Porto (which he founded at the request of the Portuguese government), the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano,
Since August 2011 he has been artistic director of the Novaya Opera, Moscow,[10] being the first British-born conductor to hold such a role in a Russian opera company.[a] He was appointed artistic director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Mexico City in 2011.[11] He was chief conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Bruges, from 2013 until 2019, when he was succeeded by Kristiina Poska.[12][13] In 2019 he founded the Britten Shostakovich Festival Orchestra, a collaborative venture composed of young British and Russian musicians. In 2022 he was announced as the music director of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires,[14] and in 2023 of the Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago.[15]
Latham-Koenig was appointed
Child sex offence arrest
Latham-Koenig was arrested on 10 January 2024 at Victoria station and charged with "arranging or facilitating an offence and sexual communication with a child".[17] He pleaded guilty to two of the three charges in February 2024, with a trial in March 2024 arranged for the remaining charge.[18] He was fired from his position at Teatro Colón.[19]
Personal Life
Latham-Koenig is married to Marjan Jahangiri, a professor of cardiac surgery. They have a son named Darius.[20]
Notes
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References
- ^ https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/13407548.leading-front/
- ^ "Jan Latham-Koenig guest of honour (2010)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/13407548.leading-front/
- ^ https://novayaopera.ru/en/truppa/orchestra/jan-latham-koenig/
- ^ https://operaandballet.com/people/conduct_jan_latham_koenig/?sid=GLE_1&play_date_from=01-Apr-2015&play_date_to=17-Apr-2015
- ^ "Savonlinnan oopperajuhlat | Savonlinnan Macbeth kestää aikaa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 20 July 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ https://www.operabase.com/artists/jan-latham-koenig-7802/repertoire/en
- ^ https://novayaopera.ru/en/truppa/orchestra/jan-latham-koenig/
- ^ Goodwin, N. (2001). Latham-Koenig, Jan. Grove Music Online. Retrieved 25 Feb. 2024, from https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000043799.
- ^ "Interview with Jan Latham-Koenig". RadioBlago.ru (in Russian). 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Ofunam Makes its Debut in the UK". embamex.sre.gob.mx. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Drums of war: the Flanders Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Nijhof, Tim (20 March 2019). "Kristiina Poska nieuwe chef-dirigent Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen – Luister". Luister magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Salazar, Francisco (22 May 2022). "Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires Announces New Music Director". OperaWire. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Drums of war: the Flanders Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B24.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68383789
- ^ "Teatro Colón fires musical director after child sex abuse allegations". Buenos Aires Times. 12 January 2024.
- ^ https://archive.today/20221030224906/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-i-make-it-work-marjan-jahangiri-gcs7s6tzs9w