Bavarian Philharmonic

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Bavarian Philharmonic
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legal form society
founding 1994
Seat Munich
Website www.bayerische-philharmonie.de

The Bavarian Philharmonic Association was founded on December 6, 1994. Its purpose is to promote musicians with the aim of teaching the basics of symphonic music making and making music professionally. This is also done in the sense of a broad musical education and promotion of young talent, among other things by promoting young talents with a special musical talent.

history

The association was founded in 1994 under the name Junge Münchner Philharmonie eV with the participation of Mark Mast , who is still the musical and executive director today. The Munich Youth Orchestra gave concerts in Germany, Europe and the USA, was invited to festivals and received awards. The Munich Children's Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1995 and the Junge Münchner Philharmonie , a project orchestra for music students, was added a year later . With the children's choir, the youth choir , the choir of the Bavarian Philharmonic and the chamber orchestra of the Bavarian Philharmonic, there are now seven ensembles.

The Bavarian Philharmonic was awarded the Constitutional Prize 2015 “Youth for Bavaria” by the Bavarian People's Foundation and the Bavarian State Government .

Working method

The “educational” ensembles - children's choir, youth choir, children's orchestra and youth orchestra - rehearse regularly in the house of the Bavarian Philharmonic in Bäckerstraße and develop concert programs for kindergartens, schools and retirement homes, among others. In addition, the choir and instrumental children regularly perform on stage in concerts with the experienced musicians and singers of the Bavarian Philharmonic. These include the Orff Days of the Bavarian Philharmonic, which took place for the first time in May 2010 in the Prinzregententheater (in 2016 for the 7th time), and the Mozart + concert series . Every year the educational orchestras present themselves at the Philharmonic Summer Sounds and the Philharmonic Winter Sounds , as well as the Christmas Oratorio concerts in the Allerheiligen Hofkirche .

The guest conductors in the past included u. a. Colin Davis and Zubin Mehta . The orchestras follow nationwide and international invitations.

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The aim of the association is to introduce young people and adults to classical music and to arouse joy in classical music. In the opinion of the association, it is possible to convey or live basic values ​​for the functioning of a society by making music together and thereby promote social integration. Musicians sponsorships financed by sponsors and sponsors are arranged for musicians in need.

The sound bodies

Bavarian Phiharmonie on the cruise ship Germany
  • Youth Orchestra of the Bavarian Philharmonic (since 1994, formerly Munich Youth Orchestra)
  • Children's orchestra of the Bavarian Philharmonic - "Children's Philharmonic" (since 1995)
  • Academy Orchestra of the Bavarian Philharmonic (since 1996, formerly the Young Munich Philharmonic)
  • Children's choir of the Bavarian Philharmonic
  • Youth Choir of the Bavarian Philharmonic (since 2012)
  • Choir of the Bavarian Philharmonic
  • Chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra of the Bavarian Philharmonic

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