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Albert Horne

b. 1980

South African conductor

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Born 1980. Albert Horne is a conductor.

Albert Horne is a South African-born chorus master and orchestral conductor, whose focus is opera chorus preparation and operatic performances. He is the Chorus Master of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in DĂŒsseldorf and Duisburg. Before that, he was chorus master and conductor at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and at the Cape Town Opera. He is also a founding member and a member of the steering committee of Opera Europa's chorus forum.

Career Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Horne studied at the South African College of Music in Cape Town and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He was the chorus master and conductor of the Cape Town Opera from 2007 to 2014. In 2013, the chorus was awarded “Opera Chorus of the Year” at the International Opera Awards in London. as well as the 8th Symphony Concert, with a programme including Leoơ Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass. In 2023, he conducted the world premiere of Sþren Nils Eichberg's Oryx and Crake, as well as the New Year's Concert and a revival of Puccini's Il trittico.

During the 2023/2024 Season in Wiesbaden, he conducted a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies (starring Pia Douwes) and a symphony concert with the Hessisches Staatsorchester, and during the 2024/2025 Season he conducted Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Nikolaus Habjan's acclaimed production of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

Horne was appointed Chorus Master at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in DĂŒsseldorf and Duisburg in August 2025.

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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Who is Albert Horne?

South African conductor

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Albert Horne was born on 22 March 1980 in Cape Town.

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Albert Horne is a conductor.

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