2022 he was announced Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Spain, for an initial period of three seasons. Fischer has made several recordings, most notably of Swiss composer Frank Martin's orchestral music for Deutsche Grammophon, which was nominated for a Gramophone Award. He has also recorded several CDs for the Hyperion label, including Complete symphonies of Camille Saint Saëns, music of Florent Schmitt and Jean Françaix; he recorded Stravinsky for Signum and Orfeo; and has recorded a disc of music by Beethoven for Aparte. His 2012 recording of Frank Martin’s opera Der Sturm, with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, received the International Classical Music Award. He has also recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 8 with the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Reference Records. Personal life Fischer and his wife have three children. The family make their home in Switzerland. Selected recordings Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra, Gabriel Fauré, Violin Concerto in D minor op.14, Camille Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert Op.62, Édouard Lalo, Fantaisie Norvégienne, Guitare Op.28, Joseph Canteloube, Poème, Ernest Guiraud, Caprice, Philippe Graffin, violon, The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fisher. CD Hyperion 2001 Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony n°1 in E flat major Op.2, Symphony in A major, Le Carnaval des Animaux, Utah Symphony, conducted by Thierry Fisher. CD Hyperion 2019 Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony in F major “Urbs Roma”, Symphony n°2 op.55, La Danse macabre Op.40, Utah Symphony, conducted by Thierry Fisher. CD Hyperion 2019 Camille Saint-Saëns, La Foi, 3 Tableaux symphoniques Op.130, Symphony n°3 in C minor Op.78, Paul Jacobs, organ, Utah Symphony, conducted by Thierry Fisher. CD Hyperion 2018 References External links Thierry Fischer – Official Website Intermusica biography of Thierry Fischer |- |- |- |- 1957 births Living people Swiss conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Swiss classical flautists 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century male musicians 21st-century flautists