Geoffrey Moull

Geoffrey Moull is a professional conductor and pianist.

Geoffrey Moull was born in London, Ontario, Canada and studied conducting with Kirill Kondrashin, Sergiu Celibidache and Martin Stephani. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from McGill University and post-graduate degrees in conducting and piano from the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany.

As Principal Conductor and Coach of the Trier Opera and Symphony Orchestra in Germany from 1986 to 1989, Moull conducted both opera and concert performances and was additionally responsible for the development of music education programs and school concerts. He was Associate Conductor of the Münster Symphony Orchestra and Opera from 1989 to 1992. Opernwelt, the most influential opera magazine in German-speaking countries, presented Moull with their 'Production of the Year' award in 1992 for Francesco Cavalli's "La Calisto".

With his appointment as Principal Conductor of the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra and Bielefeld Opera in Germany in 1992, Moull became an integral part of the 'Bielefelder Opernwunder'. While initiating and conducting new productions of works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, Moull was responsible for the rediscovery of important operatic gems such as Robert Schumann's "Genoveva", Bohuslav Martinů's "Julietta" and Gustav Mahler's completion of Carl Maria von Weber's "Die drei Pintos". He also conducted a number of important works of 20th-century composers Kurt Weill, Franz Schreker and Ernst Krenek, and first performances of contemporaries Shulamit Ran, Nikolai Karetnikov and Michael Hirsch. He worked closely with stage directors John Dew, Jonathan Eaton, Hellmut Matiasek, Gabriele Rech and Katja Czellnik. With the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra Moull led notable concert performances of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, introducing the Bielefeld concert audience to symphonic works of composers such as Bohuslav Martinů and Hugo Alfvén, and designing and conducting numerous family concert programs.

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