Banat Philharmonic

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Logo of the Banat Philharmonic
Banat Philharmonic, side view, 2010
Banat Philharmonic, front view, 2010

The Banat Philharmonic ( Romanian Filarmonica Banatul ) is a musical institution in the western Romanian city ​​of Timișoara in the Banat region . It consists of a symphony orchestra , a choir and various ensembles for chamber music . The building of the Philharmonic is in the 1st district of Cetate , not far from the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral .

History and occupations

The Philharmonic Association was founded in 1871 in what was then Temesvár . The conductors included Heinrich Weidt , Martin Novácek and Bruno Walter from 1898 to 1899. During this time, the pianists Béla Bartók and Johannes Brahms performed ; the cellist David Popper ; and the violinists Leopold Auer , George Enescu , Joseph Joachim , Jan Kubelík , František Ondříček , Pablo de Sarasate and Henryk Wieniawski , as well as Gheorghe Dima .

The Timisoara Philharmonic Association consisted mainly of a male choir ; the statutes also provide for solo concerts , chamber music , a symphony orchestra, oratorio and mixed choirs . The Banat Philharmonic, founded on April 17, 1947, emerged from this association. She took over the patrimony and orchestra of the Philharmonic Society. The orchestra was renamed the Banatul State Philharmonic and later the Banatul Philharmonic in 1947 .

The list of conductors of this period includes George Pavel, Mircea Popa, Nicolae Boboc, Alexandru Șhumsky, Remus Georgescu, Paul Popescu, and Petru Oschanitzky. Gheorghe Costin and Radu Popu currently fill this position. Guest conductors included Kurt Herbert Adler , Roberto Benzi , Anatole Fistoulari , Kirill Kondraschin , Stanisław Wisłocki and Adone Zecchi as well as Jean-François Antonioli from 1993 to 2002.

Guest soloists included the pianists Dimitri Bashkirov , Julius Katchen and Rudolf Kerer ; the violinists Ivry Gitlis , Gidon Kremer , Yehudi Menuhin , Vladimir Spivakov and Josef Suk ; as well as the cellists Miloš Sádlo and Daniil Shafran .

Other artists in Timisoara were the pianists Annie Fischer , Artur Rubinstein and Carlo Zecchi ; the violinists Bronisław Huberman , Fritz Kreisler , Jacques Thibaud and Eugène Ysaÿe ; as well as the cellists Pablo Casals and Gregor Piatigorsky .

The orchestra had guest appearances in numerous European countries, e. B. in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Bulgaria , France , Greece , Italy , in the former Yugoslavia , in the Netherlands and in Spain .

At first the concerts took place in the opera . The Banat Philharmonic has been organizing the Timișoara muzicala festival since 1969 , initially every two years and since 1980 annually. Since 1981 the George Enescu Music Festival (Zilele muzicale George Enescu) has been organized every September.

At the end of 2006, the building of the former Capitol Kino was withdrawn by law from the RADEF România Film , which was administered by the city, and transferred to the Ministry of Culture. The Banat Philharmonic has been a guest here ever since.

Avenue of Musicians

In 2010, on the initiative of the Pro-Philarmonia Association , the Avenue of Musicians was inaugurated in front of the Capitol Hall in honor of world-famous classics who performed in Timișoara . So far, the Romanian composer George Enescu , the Banat composer Béla Bartók and the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt have received a star.

Building management

The building of the Banat Philharmonic was built in 1929 from municipal funds. After the Second World War it was nationalized and passed into the administration of the film distribution company “Romaniafilm”. After the fall of the Wall, a real tug-of-war began for this centrally located building, then it came under the care of the city administration. Through the resolution of an emergency ordinance from the end of May 2011 - published in Official Gazette 365 on May 25, 2011 - buildings that belonged to the film distribution company “Romaniafilm” during the socialist era are to be transferred to “Romaniafilm” again. The member of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania , Ovidiu Ganț , wrote a political declaration against this measure . At the beginning of October 2011 the Romanian government decided by means of an emergency ordinance that the Capitol Hall should again be owned and administered by the Timisoara Municipal Council. The ordinance also applies to the Capitol Summer Garden. There are plans to set up a museum on the ground floor of the Philharmonie and a culture mall in the summer garden.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g John Tyrrell: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition . Grove's Dictionaries, New York 2001, ISBN 1-56159-239-0 .
  2. ↑ a b booklet for CD 1C1054, Timpani Records.
  3. ↑ filarmonicabanatul.ro , Organigrama Filarmonicii Banatul Timișoara
  4. ↑ timisoreni.ro , Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara
  5. ↑ tion.ro , Primăria Timișoara a pierdut Cinematograful Capitol
  6. ↑ adz.ro , General German newspaper for Romania from Thursday, November 24, 2011, Andreea Oance: Franz-Liszt-Stern on the avenue of musicians. The 200th birthday of the Hungarian composer is celebrated , accessed on November 24, 2011
  7. ↑ banaterzeitungonline , Philharmonie belongs to the Timisoara
  8. ↑ adz.ro , Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania Controversies are coming to an end. Capitol Hall is now legally owned by the city .

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