DEFA symphony orchestra

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The DEFA symphony orchestra was the only film orchestra in the GDR .

history

Until 1945, the UFA Symphony Orchestra in Babelsberg was the most famous film orchestra in Germany. As early as autumn 1945 a new orchestra was founded in East Berlin , which was at times called the “ Grünauer Rundfunkorchester” and produced not only film music but also for radio. DEFA , founded in 1946 , made regular use of this orchestra. The DEFA symphony orchestra was officially founded in 1952 after the GDR radio withdrew from the contract and DEFA was restructured. From 1954 to 1957 Adolf Fritz Guhl worked as a conductor. Initially, numerous orchestra members still lived in West Berlin , but they were gradually replaced until the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. Lothar Seyfarth was the chief conductor from 1964 to 1967 .

Manfred Rosenberg conducted the orchestra from 1973 until the farewell concert on June 22, 1991 on the occasion of the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival in Potsdam . The orchestra opened in 1993 together with the RBT Orchestra in the Babelsberg German Film Orchestra .

Discography

Albums

  • 2001: Wigwam, vest (r) n, white wolves (All Score Media)

Pieces on compilations

  • Three pieces together with the men's choir of the Singakademie der Stadt Potsdam dedicated to the party of the working class ( Eterna )
  • 1979: Fog on the invisible visor ( Amiga )
  • 2007: The Trumpeter's Song on Stories from 60 Years of Amiga - The Rarities 1947–1977 (Amiga)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information at portraits.klassik.com , accessed on November 8, 2011