Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
The Graz Philharmonic is the opera and concert orchestra of the Styrian capital Graz .
history
The Graz Municipal Orchestra had played an important role in Styrian musical life even before the First World War . His premieres and premieres include that of Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony and the Austrian premiere of the opera Salome by Richard Strauss under the direction of the composer in 1906.
Up until the Second World War there were two symphony orchestras in Graz, the municipal orchestra and the radio orchestra of the Alpenland broadcasting group . The Graz Philharmonic Orchestra emerged from the merger of these two institutions on September 1, 1950 . It was played for the first time under Herbert Albert in the Stefaniensaal in Graz .
From 2013 Dirk Kaftan was the general music director and chief conductor . In February 2017, Oksana Lyniv was appointed as his successor from the 2017/18 season.
Today the Graz Philharmonic mainly plays operas, operettas, ballet and musicals. Every year at the beginning of the season, the orchestra plays an opening concert, an Advent concert, the traditional New Year's concert on January 1st, a special concert and the family concerts of the Graz Opera. Members of the orchestra can also be heard as soloists in the chamber music series of the Graz Opera. In the Musikverein für Steiermark , the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra is represented annually with a cycle of symphony concerts and a cycle of soiree concerts (smaller orchestral concerts with works that also present instrumental soloists from the orchestra). Concerts in the Graz area, in the Musikverein Wien and at Styrian events such as the Aufsteirern round off the orchestra's artistic activity.
Guest appearances have taken the orchestra to Nairobi ( Kenya ), Taiwan , Croatia , Slovenia , Switzerland , Spain and Hungary . It also played in various television recordings at the Graz Opera and radio broadcasts.
General Music Director / Chief Conductor
- (1947–1950: Hans Swarowsky )
- 1950–1952: Herbert Albert
- 1960–1971: Berislav Klobučar
- 1981–1990: Nikša Bareza
- 1991-1994: Mario Venzago
- 2001-2004: Philippe Jordan
- 2006–2013: Johannes Fritzsch
- 2013–2017: Dirk Kaftan
- 2017–2020: Oksana Lyniv
- from 2020: Roland Kluttig
Conductors (chronological)
The conductors who have worked with the orchestra include: Carl Muck , Franz Léhar , Robert Stolz , Karl Böhm , Clemens Krauss , Max Schönherr , Oswald Kabasta , Rudolf Moralt , Ernst Märzendorfer , Maximilian Kojetinsky , Hans Swarowsky , Adrian Boult , Sergiu Celibidache , Walter Goldschmidt , André Cluytens , Gustav Cerny , Herbert Albert , Miltiades Caridis , Rudolf Bibl , Lovro von Matačić , Günter Wich , Nikša Bareza , Berislav Klobučar , Hermann Scherchen , Edgar Seipenbusch , Friedrich Cerha , Argeo Quadri , Lamberto Gardelli , Theodor Guschlbauer , Wolfgang Bozić , Milan Horvat , Bruno Maderna , Peter Schrottner , Stefan Soltesz , Ádám Fischer , Fabio Luisi , Thomas Sanderling , Mario Venzago , Peter Gülke , Beat Furrer , Arturo Tamayo , Peter Schneider , Ulf Schirmer , Philippe Jordan , Arnold Östman , Michael Boder , Johannes Fritzsch , Leopold Hager , Julien Salemkour , Dirk Kaftan and Oksana Lyniv .
literature
- Klaus Hubmann : Graz Philharmonic Orchestra. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ kultur.steiermark.at - Dirk Kaftan receives the Karl Böhm Interpretation Prize 2015 , accessed on April 3, 2015
- ^ Orf.at: Graz Opera House: Oksana Lyniv becomes the new chief conductor . Article dated February 2, 2017, accessed February 2, 2017.
- ↑ a b orf.at: Graz Opera: Kluttig will be the new chief conductor from 2020/21 . Article dated December 7, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018.