Jun Märkl returns to China to perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall

On 26 April, Jun Märkl conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.6 with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. read more

Jun Märkl returns to Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

After a very successful return to the NHK Symphony last month conducting a complete concert performance of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé at the NHK Hall, Jun Märkl continues his travels this time to America read more

Jun Märkl conducts concerts in Asia, Europe and the United States

Jun Märkl opened 2013 with performances of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 on a return visit to the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Jun Märkl undertakes busy conducting schedule this November and December

November and December will see Jun Märkl undertake a busy schedule of conducting concerts across the world.

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Jun Märkl returns to the Czech Philharmonic

Jun Märkl returns to the Czech Philharmonic on 20 September for Brahms Symphony No.1 in the Prague Autumn Festival. read more

Jun Märkl conducts Mito Chamber Orchestra and Tonkünstler Orchestra

Jun Märkl returns to Japan for his regular week with the Mito Chamber Orchestra, conducting concerts on 6,7 and 8 July. read more

Jun Märkl opens the MDR Musiksommer with a televised performance

Jun Märkl will open the MDR Musiksommer on 23 June with a televised performance in Magdeburg Cathedral of Mendelssohn’s ‘Lobgesang’ Symphony with the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

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Jun Märkl awarded Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres

Jun Märkl received the prestigious honour, the Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres awarded by the French government for his contribution to French culture, both in France and worldwide.

Jun Märkl celebrates Naxos 25th anniversary with nine-disc Debussy orchestral cycle

Jun Märkl is special guest at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Naxos label in Paris this month, when his nine-disc boxed set of the complete Debussy orchestral cycle with the Orchestre National de Lyon will be featured. The latest disc and indeed the whole set continue to reap spectacular reviews worldwide:

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Spring 2012

During the first half of the year 2012 I had the chance to see many orchestras in North America: Cincinnati in January, Utah in February and Milwaukee and Vancouver in March. I will be going soon to Indianapolis and Baltimore, in summer I will visit Chicago Grant Parks and Aspen. read more

Naxos release Debussy’s Complete Orchestral Works with Jun Märkl and Orchestre National de Lyon

Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works
Emmanuel Ceysson, Alexandre Doisy, Paul Meyer,
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Leipzig MDR Radio Choir
Orchestre National de Lyon
Jun Märkl

Naxos 8.509002

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Welcome to my website

A very warm welcome to a new year and to my new website.   I look forward to keeping you up to date with my activities, and in due course exchanging ideas on music and life.

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Jun Markl makes his debut in China this month

Jun Märkl makes his China debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, conducting the NCPA orchestra in Mahler’s 10th symphony (Derek Cooke completion) as part of the NCPA’s prestigious Mahler festival; other orchestras and conductors appearing in the same festival include the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle.

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Jun Märkl conducts in France, Norway and Spain

After a spectacular opening to his final season in Leipzig conducting Mahler Symphony No.3, Jun Märkl spends October on the road. read more

Opening the MDR season in Leipzig

Jun Märkl opens the MDR season in Leipzig with Mahler’s 3rd Symphony on September 1, and later in the month returns to Leipzig with a programme of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with Sarah Chang.

Farewell concert with the Orchestre National de Lyon

Jun Märkl conducted his farewell concert with the Orchestre National de Lyon on June 3 in an exciting programme, going out with a bang with Saint-Saëns’s glorious Organ Symphony.

Märkl returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra

After his Cleveland Orchestra debut a couple of months ago, Jun Märkl returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra for concerts on March 31, April 1 and 2, conducting Beethoven Symphony No.2 and a Mozart piano concerto with Marc-Andre Hamelin.

Jun Märkl jumps in to make his Cleveland Orchestra debut

Jun Märkl will make his Cleveland Orchestra debut on 11-13 February, jumping in for an indisposed Vladimir Jurowski.  He conducts a programme of Mussorgsky, Debussy, Liszt and the Sibelius Violin Concerto with soloist Leonidas Kavakos.

Jun Märkl conducts the Indianapolis Symphony and Residentie Orchestra

Jun Märkl returns to the Indianapolis Symphony for a Dvorák programme this month.  He will then conduct the Residentie Orchestra in a specially commissioned film from the innovative Director Lucas van Woerkum read more

Recording of Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien on the Naxos label garners widespread critical praise

Jun Märkl’s recording of Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien on the Naxos label has garnered critical praise including Classic FM Magazine’s Editors Choice:“Even bearing in mind classic recordings from the likes of Karajan and Haitink, Jun Märkl is a master Debussyan, who captures the half-lights of these scores with a rare instinct for colour and texture.”

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