Nabil Shehata

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Nabil Shehata (born 1980) is a German-Egyptian conductor and double bass soloist. Since 2019, he has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Philharmonie Südwestfalen.^[1]

Biography^[2][edit]

Nabil Shehata started his conducting career in 2006,^[1] and has benefitted from the support and mentorship of Daniel Barenboim, Rolf Reuter, Lawrence Foster und Christian Thielemann. He made his conducting debut in Cottbus in 2007^[3]. In the same year Shehata made his first international appearance conducting the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Venezuela. There followed a broadening conducting career, including guest engagements with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Kioi Sinfonietta, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker^[4], Dresdner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker^[5], Münchner Rundfunkorchester^[6] and the Philharmonisches Orchester Luxemburg^[7].

During his tenure as chief conductor at the Kammeroper München (2011 - 2019)^[8] he led several new opera productions and conducted concerts with singers like Waltraud Meier, Okka von der Damerau, and Robert Gambill.

In 2019, Shehata was appointed to the current position as chief conductor of the Philharmonie Südwestfalen^[9].

Nabil Shehata began studying the piano as a six-year-old under the guidance of his mother. At the age of nine he started double bass lessons with Thomas Zscherpe. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Michinori Bunya and subsequently under Esko Laine at the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ in Berlin. While still a student, Shehata won the audition for the principal double bass position at the Staatskapelle Berlin^[10]. In 2004, he was appointed principal double bass of the Berlin Philharmonic, a position he left in 2008^[11] to pursue his conducting career.

Awards[edit]

2021: Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award), in the category „Crossover Productions“^[12]
2018: Opus-Klassik Award for Chamber Music Recording (20th/21st Century Music)^[13]
2014: Grand Prize Winner of the Washington Award of the S&R Foundation^[14]
2006: Prätorius Förderpreis (Music Prize) of the State of Lower Saxony^[15]
2003: First Prize and Audience Award at the ARD International Music Competition Munich.^[1]

Reviews[edit]

BBC Music Magazine Choice – December 2021: Orchestral Choice: Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto, Bacchanale & Symphony No. 1. Astrig Siranossian (cello), Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nabil Shehata. Chris O'Reilly in Prestomusic 23rd November 2021^[16]
„Saint-Saëns: Cello-Konzert Nr. 1, Sinfonie Nr. 1, Bacchanale; Astrig Siranossian, cello, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nabil Shehata“. Guido Fischer in Rondo – Das Klassik- & Jazz-Magazin 16.10.2021^[17]
„Beseelte Rhetorik für Saint-Saëns“. „Camille Saint-Saëns: Cellokonzert Nr. 1 | Symphonie Nr. 1 | Bacchanale aus Samson & Dalila op. 47; Astrig Siranossian, cello, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nabil Shehata“. Alpha. Remy Frank in the „Pizzicato“ Journal for Classical Music 01.10.2021^[18]
„Works for Double Bass and Piano". Nabil Shehata (double bass), Karim Shehata (piano) Genuin. Gero Schreier in “Das Orchester” 6/2017^[19]

Discography[edit]

Camille Saint-Saëns. Cellokonzert Nr. 1 | Symphonie Nr. 1 | Bacchanale aus Samson & Dalila op. 47; Astrig Siranossian (Cello); Philharmonie Südwestfalen; Nabil Shehata. Alpha 2021^[18]
Identigration. Bridges-Kammerorchester. Shehata. Mayrhofer u.a.hr 2021^[12]
Schubert. Mozart. Beethoven: PhilSW in Concert. Philharmonie Südwestfalen. Nabil Shehata. Blu-ray Disc. 2020^[20]
Brahms, Bruch, Glière, Koussevitsky. Werke für Kontrabass und Klavier. Nabil Shehata (Kontrabass), Karim Shehata (Klavier). Genuin 2017^[19]
Mieczyslav Weinberg: Sonate für Kontrabass. Nabil Shehata. CPO 2014^[21]
Gioachino Rossini: Fantasia by Bottesini. Kyril Zlotnikov (Cello), Nabil Shehata (Kontrabass), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim. Eurokrats 2006^[22]
Harald Genzmer: Musik für Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier. Martin Ostertag (Cello), Nabil Shehata (Kontrabass), Oliver Triendl (Klavier). Bella Musical 2005.^[23]
George Onslow. Quintet Op. 81 | Sextet Op. 30. Maálot Quintett. Markus Becker | Nabil Shehata. MDG 2018^[24]

External links[edit]

nabilshehata.com
Porträt Nabil Shehata "Ganz oder gar nicht"

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[philsw-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Philharmonie Südwestfalen e.V., Landesorchester NRW, Siegen". Philharmonie Südwestfalen e.V.

[2] ttps://barenboimsaid.de/de/professor/nabil-shehata

[3] [Rundschau: Großartiges Dirigenten-Debüt für Nabil Shehata in Cottbus.]

[4] ttps://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/38906124/presseinfos-dezember-2013-als-pdf-zum-download-tonhalle-

[5] ttps://www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de/3264.html

[6] ttps://www.rundfunkorchester.de/der-zaunkoenig-und-die-silberne-floete-muenchen-31-01-2020/k13750/

[7] ttps://www.philharmonie.lu/de/programm/the-young-persons-guide-to-the-orchestra/3438

[8] ttps://www.kammeroper-muenchen.com/die-kammeroper-muenchen/

[9] ttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philharmonie_Südwestfalen

[10] ttps://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/kultur/article104510785/Wie-eine-Schule-ihren-Studenten-Tueren-oeffnet.html

[11] ttps://www.philsw.de/orchester/chefdirigent/

[auto2-12] 12.0 ^12.1 [Longlist für die Jahrespreise 2021 ist da!]

[13] [Redaktion: Die OPUS KLASSIK-Preisträger 2018.]

[14] The S&R Washington Award Winners | S&R Foundation.

[15] [Musikpreis Niedersachsen | Nds. Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur.]

[16] [Music Magazine - December 2021 Choices.]

[17] [Saint-Saёns – Cellokonzert Nr. 1, Sinfonie Nr. 1, Bacchanale – Astrig Siranossian, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nabil Shehata.]

[auto1-18] 18.0 ^18.1 [Rhetorik für Saint-Saëns.]

[auto-19] 19.0 ^19.1 [for Double Bass and Piano.]

[20] [Südwestfalen e.V., Landesorchester NRW, Siegen.]

[21] [Mieczysław Samuilowicz Weinberg (1919-1996): Sonate für Kontrabass solo.]

[22] [Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Live from Alhambra.]

[23] [Genzmer: Musik für Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier - Martin Ostertag, Nabil Shehata, Oliver Triendl | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic.]

[24] [Onslow − Ma'alot Quintett, Markus Becker | Nabil Shehata – Quintet Op. 81 / Sextet Op. 30 (2018, SACD).]

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