KAREL MARK CHICHON

Karel Mark Chichon, OBE, Gibraltar We consider conductor Karel Mark Chichon a noble friend and most talented conductor who gained considerable early experience with our Company, Inter-Cities Performing Arts, Inc. , and the Altamura/Caruso International Voice Competition. Karel blends great artistry with those attributes of character and charisma that make him a larger than life personality. Wherever he goes, and especially with musicians, Karel commends great respect. For this reason, he can shape musical phrases to the delight of all orchestras , singers, sophisticated audiences and critics. No small feat! BRAVO KAREL! Madame Butterfly, through the magic of your steady baton, or better, magical wand, lives again and so does Puccini. May you continue to lift the world’s audiences to that magical sphere of Mount Olympus reserved only for the Gods.

Carmela Altamura, Founder

ABOUT KAREL MARK CHICHON

Concertgebouw, 12 weeks of concerts with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, former Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, and former Chief Conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra. He regularly conducts at the Vienna State Opera, Dutsche Oper Berlin, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Real Madrid , Barcelona’s Gran Teatre Del Liceu, and with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra . From 2006 to 2010 , he was Music Director of the “Christmas in Vienna” concerts held yearly at Vienna’s Konzerthaus and broadcast to millions of TV viewers.