Charles Hazlewood
Charles Hazlewood (1966- )[1] is a British conductor.
Not to be confused with the British playwright "Colin Henry Hazlewood" (1823-1875)[2], whose plays were performed in South Africa during the second half of the 19th century.
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Biography
Charles Hazlewood won first prize in the European Broadcasting Union Conducting Competition during his early twenties, and has since conducted many of the world's greatest orchestras (including The Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, The Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Danish Radio Symphony). He has played Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms, and multiple festivals throughout the world, collaborating with artists as diverse as Nigel Kennedy, Professor Green and Wyclef Jean. Charles has conducted over 200 world premieres and won the Berlin Film Festival 'Golden Bear' for Best Film with his South African township opera company's U-Carmen eKhayelitsha.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Co-founder with Mark Dornford-May of the South African musical theatre/opera company Dimpho di Kopane (DDK).
Charles was music director and conductor for the company’s film version of Carmen set in a township in South Africa U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha which won the ‘Golden Bear’ award for Best Film at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. Their subsequent film Son of Man featured a score created by Hazlewood in collaboration with the company.
Charles Hazlewood was Music Director of DDK from 2000 to 2007. With the company he also conceived the music for the shows, The Mysteries, Ibali Loo Tsotsi (The Beggar’s Opera); and The Snow Queen, which premiered in New York in 2004.
Sources
https://www.charleshazlewood.com/about
https://www.charleshazlewood.com/ucarmen
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