Brussels Philharmonic

Brussels Philharmonic, 2013

The Brussels Philharmonic (also: Brussels Philharmonic, former name: Vlaams Radio Orkest , Flemish Radio Orchestra ) are a Belgian symphony orchestra .

history

The orchestra succeeds the INR / NIR orchestra founded in 1935 and the Filharmonisch Orkest van de BRT founded in 1978. The actual founding date is 1998, when the former orchestra of the Dutch-speaking public broadcaster BRT was released into independent sponsorship together with the radio choir. "Vlaams Radio Orkest" was chosen as the new name and a non-profit association with substantial financial support from the Flemish Community was chosen as the legal form . After the orchestra had previously had its home in the Magdalena Hall in Brussels, its headquarters were relocated to Leuven in the former ballroom of the Philips factory as part of the organizational independence .

Dries Sel was appointed the founding director, while Yoel Levi was appointed chief conductor, although he did not take up his post until the 2001/2002 season. The spatial situation remained agitated, a move to Ghent to the Muziekcentrum De Bijloke was considered, but then the orchestra moved to the former Löwen cinema Eden. Financial and structural problems meant that Sel gave up the post of artistic director in 2003, after which Gunther Broucke took over the official business. In 2005, the Minister of Culture of the Flemish Community , Bert Anciaux, decided to relocate the orchestra to the restored former broadcasting house on Place Flagey / Flageyplaats in Brussels . The INR / NIR orchestra had been based there in the legendary Studio 4 since 1937.

In the 2008/2009 season, Michel Tabachnik took up his position as the new chief conductor; after Yoel Levi's contract had expired, he had already directed the orchestra in the 2007/2008 transition season. In 2012 the orchestra took on the new name "Brussels Philharmonic". Stéphane Denève has been the orchestra's chief conductor since the 2015/2016 season .

Chief conductor

Yoel Levi (2001-2007)
Michel Tabachnik (2008-2015)
Stéphane Denève (since 2015)

Recordings

In 2010 the orchestra set up its own label under the name "Brussels Philharmonic Recordings". Since then it has released four CDs:

Debussy - La Mer (2010)
Dvořák - New World (2011)
Tchaikovsky - Pathétique (2012)
Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps (2013)

The orchestra also appears on CDs from the Deutsche Grammophon , Warner Classics, Evil Penguin Records, Palazzetto Bru Zane and Film Fest Gent labels .

Awards

2013 - Emmy nomination for the score for the BBC miniseries Parade's End , composed by Dirk Brossé.
2012 - Oscar , Golden Globe , BAFTA Award & César for the soundtrack to the French film The Artist , composed by Ludovic Bource .
2005 - Golden Globe for the score for The Aviator , composed by Howard Shore .

Web links

Brussels Philharmonic at Discogs (English)
Deutsche Welle article on the digitization of scores at the Brussels Philharmonic
The standard (AT) for digitizing scores at BrusselsPhilharmonic
Classic ringtones ( Memento of September 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) by Brussels Philharmonic (2012)
Travel blog of the Brussels Philharmonic
Official website

Footnotes

↑ Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , pp. 239f.
↑ Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 239.
↑ INTERVIEW. Yoel Levi pakt revalidatie Vlaams Radio-orkest aan Online edition of De Standaard newspaper, July 15, 2000, accessed on March 3, 2020.
↑ Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 245.
↑ Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 249.
^ Stéphane Denève - Brussels Philharmonic Website of the Brussels Philharmonic. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
↑ discography - Brussels Philharmonic Website of the Brussels Philharmonic. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

[1] Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , pp. 239f.

[2] Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 239.

[3] INTERVIEW. Yoel Levi pakt revalidatie Vlaams Radio-orkest aan Online edition of De Standaard newspaper, July 15, 2000, accessed on March 3, 2020.

[4] Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 245.

[5] Kristin Van Den Buys and Katia Segers (eds.): Het Orkest. Van radio-orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic , Lanoo Campus, Leuven 2013, ISBN 978-94-014-0793-9 , p. 249.

[6] Stéphane Denève - Brussels Philharmonic Website of the Brussels Philharmonic. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

[7] discography - Brussels Philharmonic Website of the Brussels Philharmonic. Retrieved March 3, 2020.