Sir Peter Jonas, CBE's Biography

Sir Peter Jonas, CBE's Professional Career

Career

Chicago Symphony Orch: asst to music dir 1974-76, artistic admin 1976-85; dir of artistic admin Orchestral Assoc of Chicago 1977-85 (Chicago Symphony Orch, Civil Orch of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Allied Arts Assoc, Orchestra Hall), gen dir ENO 1985-93, Staatsintendant (gen dir) Bavarian State Opera Munich 1993-2006 (now hon life memb); lectr and faculty memb Univ of St Gallen 2003-, lectr Univ of Zürich 2004-, visiting lectr Bavarian Theatre Acad Munich; chm German Speaking Opera Intendants Conf 2001-05; memb: Bd of Mgmnt Nat Opera Studio 1985-93, Cncl of Mgmnt London Lighthouse 1990-93, Kuratorium Richard Strauss Gesellschaft 1993-2009, Beirat (Advsy Bd) Hypovereinsbank Munich 1994-2004, Rundfunkrat (Bd of Govrs) Bayerische Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio and TV) 1999-2006; memb: Assoc Internationale de Directeurs de L'Opera 1985-2006, Deutsche Bühnenverein 1993-2006, Bavarian Acad of Fine Arts 2005-, Deutsche Opernkonferenz 1993-2006, Stiftungsrat (Bd of Tstees) Berlin State Opera and Ballet cos 2005-, Advsy Bd Carl Linde Acad Tech Univ Munich 2006-, Governing Bd Netherlands Opera Amsterdam 2009-, Governing Bd Univ of Lucerne Switzerland 2009-; patron Stiftung Lebenspende Germany 2012-; City of Munich Prize for the Arts and Culture 2004; Hon DMus Univ of Sussex 1994; FRCM 1989 (memb Cncl 1988-95); FRSA 1989, FRNCM 2000; Bayerische Verdienstorden 2001, Bavarian Constitutional Medal 2001, Maximiliansorden (Maximilian Order of Merit) Bavaria 2008

Sir Peter Jonas, CBE's Publications

Books and Publications

Powerhouse, The English National Opera Experience (jtly, 1993), Eliten and Demokratie (jtly, 1999), Wenn Musik der Liebe Nahrung Ist (2006)

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