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Ich bin kein Genie. Ich habe nichts geschaffen.
Ich spiele nur die Musik anderer Leute.

(Arturo Toscanini)

Schwarze Erde, Landestheater Linz, 22.10.2005
"The members of the Bruckner Orchester under the baton of Alexander Drčar did a perfect job."
Kronen Zeitung, 24.10.2005

Carmina Burana, Bochumer Symphoniker, 30.6.2005
"Not for the first time Alexander Drčar was a guest conductor of the Bo-Sys. At this concert, he had the difficult challenge to coordinate musicians and singers to a homogenous ensemble. He was succesful doing so in most parts of the performance."
WAZ Bochum, 2.7.2005

Die verkaufte Braut by Bedrich Smetana. Landestheater Linz, 4.6.2005
"...his conducting was masterly,the right speeds,an inner tension which never let up.The Bruckner orchestra followed enthusiastically."
Neues Volksblatt, 6.6.2005

Der Siebte Himmel in Vierteln by Max Nagl. Museumsquartier Vienna, 17.4.2005
"The ensemble \\\"die reihe\\\" under the baton of Maestro Drcar threw themselves into Max Nagls score with aplomb."
Die Presse, 19.4.2005

Meininger Orchester, 25.3.2004
"Alexander Drčar proved himself to be an experienced and ambitious conductor who understands what it means to lead musicians and combines relaxation with energy."
Freies Wort Meiningen, 27.3.2004

Das Land des Lächelns, Staatstheater Braunschweig, 11.10.2003
"The orchestra under the direction of Alexander Drčar manages to give Lehar’s score even more finesse. The fizzing energy in the introduction to the third act, the incredibly fine featherlight accompaniment to Mi’s aria, great stuff!"
Braunschweiger Zeitung, 13.10.2003

Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, 23.3.2003
"Drčar modulates more reserved than pushy, not only in Wagner’s idyll, but also in Franz Schreker’s Chamber symphony for 23 instruments composed in 1916, where the orchestra successfully interpreted also the quieter passages."
Rhein-Zeitung, 25.3.2003

Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra Ljublana, 9.4.2002
"The maestro Alexander Drčar was the first real personality in this years Slovenian music festival…Drčar is extremely well-prepared, professional and motivated. The way he leads the orchestra, his ideas are clearly and convincingly executed, the rhythm is precise. The conductor knows in every moment how to transform the notes into sound. He commands the score with energy."
Delo, 11,4 2002

Bruckner Orchester Linz 15.1.2002
"The Guest performance of the Bruckner Orchestra of Linz was made up of three components: The amazing,sovereign conductor Alexander Drčar, who had the entire programme in his head,was consistently taking care to entice the finest nuances out of the many young musicians."
Neues Volksblatt 17,1,2002

Bochumer Symphoniker, 28.9.2001
"Alexander Drčar,renowned guest conductor for this evening, did everything to be true to the pulsating temperament of these compositions, he danced, skipped and cut the air with wild gestures."
WAZ Wattenscheid 1.10.2001

Der Zeichner im Schnee by Peter Androsch, Landestheater Linz, 7.1.2001
"Some of the transition passages sounded a little wooden, although Alexander Drčar had the somewhat unprecise Bruckner Orchestra securely in check at all times."
FAZ, 11.1.2001

Der Aufstand der Schmetterlinge by Georg Kreisler,Opera, company “Netzzeit” Vienna, 11.11.2000
"On the podest of the Wiener Kammerphilharmonie, Alexander Drčar realized Kreisler’s musical ideas, his effective orchestration and his inspired stylistic satire with the same amount of élan as the composer himself had achieved in his score, where he successfully has executed the jump from modern to postmodern."
Welt am Sonntag 12.11.2000

Ring-a-ring-a-roses, nursery rhyme, at home chez Drčar
"You really shouldn’t sing so loud Daddy!"
My daughter Antonia, 3 years old

Tosca, Oper Bonn, 1.10.2000
"Also on the podest of the Orchester der Beethovenhalle there stands a guest: Alexander Drčar, recently first Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, one can hear that he feels very much at home with this score He gives the big moments hard contours and leads the musical happenings inexorably forwards, without losing refinement and sweetness."
General-Anzeiger Bonn, 4.10.2000

Neue Westfälische Philharmonie, Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen, 8.4.2000
"The Orchestra under the baton of Maesto Drčar unfolded Joseph Haydn’s Symphony Nr.49 (otherwise known as “La Passione” because of the first slow movement) with great subtlety and sensitivity. Drčar formed the symphony with a small Orchestra group extremely transparently and precisely. and precisely?”"
WAZ 12.4.2000

Das Märchen der 672. Nacht by Jan Müller-Wieland, Wiener Kammeroper, 29.1.2000
"The orchestra under the baton of Alexander Drčar interpreted this unusual score with great attention and care."
Salzburger Nachrichten, 31.1.2000

 
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