Milan Turkovic

Milan Turkovic originates from an Austro-Croatian family, grew up in Vienna and became internationally-
known as one of the few bassoon soloists. Over the past two decades, he has become a successful conductor,
making appearances all over the world.

Conductor
Turkovic has conducted in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, London, Berlin, Dresden,
Munich, Prague, Krakow, Bratislava, Munich, New York, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Nagoya and Brisbane with
orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Radio Symphony, Munich Radio Orchestra, Camerata
Salzburg, the Orchestra di Padova, The Rome Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi of Milan,
the Krakow Philharmonic, the Tokyo Metropolitan
Symphony Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Taiwan, The Croatian Chamber
Orchestra and the Prague Philharmonia and the Austro-Hungarian-Philharmonic. The August 2009 issue of
the important Japanese music magazine “Ongaku No Tomo” listed him in a shortlist as one of the twenty
most interesting conductors in the Tokyo music scene. A recipient of the Edison Award, he also received the
German “Echo Klassik” Award in 2010. He regulary acts as a principal conductor at the Japanese Festival of
Kusatsu. Turkovic has worked with the soloists Mischa Maisky, Jan Vogler, Benjamin Schmid, Michael Schade,
Xavier de Maistre, Gábor Boldoczki, Sergei Nakariakov, Sara Mingardo, Lise de la Salle and many others.

Solo activities
Milan Turkovic has performed as a soloist in almost all the musical centers of the world with numerous
renowned orchestras (Vienna Symphony, Stockholm Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, The Stuttgart Chamber
Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, I Solisti Italiani, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Camerata Salzburg,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (New York),
The English Concert, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo) and the F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Budapest). He has
worked with such conductors as Eschenbach, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Marriner, Pinnock, Sawallisch, Stein, Vegh
among others. Turkovic was a member of Concentus Musicus Wien, of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center and a founding member of Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
Milan Turkovic has appeared at important festivals all over the world, including Salzburg, Vienna, Lucerne,
Lockenhaus, Prades, Prague, New York Santa Fe, Portland, Osaka, Sapporo, Kusatsu. After a tour with trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis in 1998, Mr. Marsalis dedicated the quintet “Meeelaan” for bassoon and string quartet
to Milan Turkovic, which was subsequently performed by Turkovic all over the world. Turkovic has performed
numerous premiere performances, including works by Jean Francaix, Sofia Gubaidulina, Ivan Eröd, Rainer
Bischof, Thomas Daniel Schlee, Friedrich Cerha, Wynton Marsalis and Brett Dean.
Biography

Discography
His discography currently consists of 9 CDs as a conductor, 15 CDs with solo repertoire, 26 CDs with chamber
music and over 200 CDs with Concentus Musicus. He has recorded the Mozart bassoon concerto four times;
his third recording was played on a period instrument, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting. Other releases
include the concerti by C.M.v. Weber (with Marriner), the quintet for bassoon and strings “Meeelaan”
by Wynton Marsalis and a double CD “Bassoon Extravaganza”. On his most recent CDs he conducted three
symphonies by J. Haydn and two CDs with the German Ensemble Selmer Saxharmonic (Echo Klassik award
in 2010).

Author
In print, Mr. Turkovic is the author of four books (in German) A book about the Concentus Musicus Vienna
on the occasion of its 50th anniversary also appeared in a Japanese translation. He regulary acts as a jury
member and jury chairman at international competitions.