Eugene Tzigane

Eugene Tzigane (IPA - Judʒin Tzigane, born Gene McDonough) is an American conductor. He served as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra) of Herford, Germany, until April 2014.

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• Concert conversation eugene tzigane and john pitman 1 dec 2012
• Bronsart Urspruch Piano Concertos Emmanuel Despax BBC SSO Eugene Tzigane
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Tzigane has guest conducted on four continents including appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and Norwegian Radio Orchestra among many others. His operatic appearances include the Bavarian State Opera, Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, and the Hamburg State Opera.

Tzigane studied with James DePreist at the Juilliard School, and graduated in 2007 with a Master of Music in orchestral conducting. He later studied with Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. His awards include the Grand Prize at the 2007 International Fitelberg Competition in Katowice, Poland, and the Second Prize at both the Sir Georg Solti Competition in Frankfurt, Germany and the International Lovro von Matačić Competition in Zagreb, Croatia.

Tzigane first guest-conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in October 2009. In December of that year, he was named the orchestra's next Chief Conductor, effective with the 2010-2011 season. His was chief of the NWD for four seasons conducting over 140 concerts with the orchestra in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and the USA and in the music of over 60 composers including several German premieres and a world premiere. He relinquish this post as of April 2014. Tzigane also served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Pomerian Philharmonic Orchestra (Filharmonia Pomorska) in Bydgoszcz, Poland, from October 2009 until May 2011.