Justus Frantz
Justus Frantz (born 18 May 1944 in
conductor
, and television personality.
Life
Frantz began playing
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein, who became his lifelong friend. Other conductors with whom he has played include Carlo Maria Giulini and Rudolf Kempe. He founded the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in 1986 and became a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 1989, a post from which he has since retired. He also founded the Philharmonia of the Nations in 1995. From September 2013 is musical director of The Israel Sinfonietta Beersheba.[2]
In May 2024 Frantz outed himself as bisexual. He had during his life different same-sex partnerships.[3]
Repertoire
Frantz mostly plays music from the Classical and Romantic periods, particularly by Mozart. He has played many pieces for piano duet or four hands with Christoph Eschenbach.
Controversy
Frantz came under criticism after justifying the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Later that year, Frantz also participated as a judge in the 2023 International Tchaikovsky Competition despite a broader boycott by other musicians and judges amidst the invasion.[6]
Performances (selection)
- Festspiele Balver Höhle (1994 - 2007)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Justus Frantz.
- Official website (Under construction) (in German)
- Biography
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110719034821/http://archiv.handwerk-special.de/archiv/hw_spec/57_20.htm (in German)
- Interview with Justus Frantz, February 20, 1991
References
- ^ Justus Frantz auf Mallorca: ´Ein Tag allein am Klavier - das ist Glück´ in: Mallorca Zeitung vom 22. Juli 2010
- ^ "A new role". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ Queer.de:Coming-out, Justus Frantz: "Habe langjährige Beziehungen mit Männern gehabt", May 2024
- ^ Entspannung viel zu leicht gemacht sueddeutsche.de, 10. Oktober 2018.
- ^ Das seltsame Russland-Gefühl der Deutschen spiegel.de, 7. Mai 2018.
- ^ Hernández, Javier (29 June 2023). "Russia's Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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