Essen Philharmonic

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Essen Philharmonic is the name of the municipal orchestra of the city of Essen founded in 1899 and a separate division of the Theater und Philharmonie Essen GmbH (TUP). The general music director has been Tomáš Netopil since 2013 , the artistic director is Hein Mulders . Both took office in the 2013/14 season.

In 1904 Richard Strauss inaugurated the new concert hall with his Sinfonia domestica ; In 1905 Felix Mottl directed the world premiere of Max Reger's Sinfonietta ; the following year Gustav Mahler launched his 6th symphony with the orchestra; Another Reger premiere, conducted personally by the composer, followed in 1913 with his “Böcklin Suite”.

With the opening of the renovated hall building in Essen in June 2004, the urban ensemble was given its original venue.

Concert program

In addition to the regular opera services in the Aalto Theater , the Essen Philharmonic performs more than 30 concerts per season: symphony concerts, children and young people and special concerts. The musicians will also be creating their own series of chamber concerts in the foyer of the Aalto Theater and in the RWE Pavilion of the Philharmonie Essen . At the KlassikLounge in the Grillo Theater , musicians from the Essen Philharmonic meet with guests for unusual live acts. The series “With Götz Alsmann in a concert” will also be continued.

Awards

In 2003 and 2008, the Essen Philharmonic was named “Orchestra of the Year” in the international critics' survey conducted by Opernwelt magazine , and in April 2004 they were awarded the Great Culture Prize of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland . As part of the excellence promotion by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , which was then not implemented , the Essen Philharmonic was the favorite to become the state's state philharmonic.

In 2019 the Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP) was nominated for the "Audience Award 2019" by the concerti magazine .

Chief conductor

Famous guests

Conductors

Otto Klemperer , Rudolf Kempe , Hans Knappertsbusch , Bernard Haitink , Günter Wand , Sir Yehudi Menuhin , Krzysztof Penderecki and, from recent years, Sir Roger Norrington , Thomas Hengelbrock , Marc Minkowski , Gerd Albrecht , Philippe Herreweghe , Henrik Nánási , Jun Märkl , Reinhard Goebel , Kirill Karabits , Constantin Trinks , Hans Graf , Christian Curnyn and Ivor Bolton . In the 2020/21 season Richard Egarr , Jonathan Stockhammer , Jun Märkl, Friedrich Haider and Julian Rachlin will conduct.

Soloists

Deirdre Angenent , Tzimon Barto , Boris Berezovsky , Rudolf Buchbinder , Gautier Capuçon , Angela Denoke , Julia Fischer , Boris Giltburg , Christiane Karg , the Collegium Vocale Gent , Alexander Krichel , Sabine Meyer , Gerhard Oppitz , Fazil Say , Alice Sara Ott , Alina Pogostkina and Frank Peter Zimmermann .

In the 2020/21 season Daniel Hope , Kristian Bezuidenhout , Alexej Gerassimez , Nicholas Angelich , Lukás Vondrácek , Jean Rondeau and Julian Rachlin will be guests of the Essen Philharmonic as part of the symphony concerts .

Guest performances

The Essen Philharmonic made a guest appearance as part of the Henze project of RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture in Gütersloh , the composer's birthplace. In addition, the orchestra was a guest at the Semperoper at the Dresden Music Festival , at the Penderecki Festival in Zabrze and Krakow, and several times at the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the 2019/2020 season, the Essen Philharmonic performed again in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and at the International Dvořák Festival in Prague's Rudolfinum and for the first time in the Frauenkirche Dresden.

Discography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ »THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAVE« - kulturwest.de. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Mulders becomes artistic director of the Aalto Theater and the Philharmonie Essen | nmz - new music newspaper. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Theater and Philharmonie Essen: With Götz Alsmann to a concert | Theater and Philharmonic Essen (TUP). Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Opera House of the Year. September 30, 2008, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Aalto Theater is “Opera House of the Year”. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Critics' survey : Aalto Theater Essen Opera House of the Year. September 30, 2008, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  7. ^ Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland (ed.): Laureate Rheinischer Kulturpreis 1989–2018 . ( rsgv.de [PDF]).
  8. ↑ Nominated for “Audience of the Year 2019”: The Essen Theater and Philharmonic. In: concerti.de. February 11, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Theater and Philharmonic Essen: Symphony Concerts 2020/2021 | Theater and Philharmonic Essen (TUP). Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Theater and Philharmonic Essen: Symphony Concerts 2020/2021 | Theater and Philharmonic Essen (TUP). Retrieved May 11, 2020 .