Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France

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Paris radio station Maison de la Radio , seat of the orchestra since 1963

The Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France (known as Philhar ) is a 1937 in Paris based orchestra, which as one of two radio orchestras of the radio station Radio France operates. It specializes in particular in French contemporary music . In 2007 the orchestra became national UNICEF ambassadors . The home venue is the Auditorium de Radio France on the grounds of the Maison de la Radio .

Names

The Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France has been renamed several times in the course of its history:

  • Orchester Radio-Symphonique (1937–1955) or Orchester Symphonique de Radio-Paris (during German occupation )
  • Orchester Radio-Symphonique de Paris (1955–1959)
  • Orchester Philharmonique de la RTF (1960–1964)
  • Orchester Philharmonique de l ' ORTF (1964–1975)
  • Nouvel Orchester Philharmonique de Radio-France (1976-1989)
  • Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France (since 1989)

history

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées , former venue of the orchestra

The orchestra was founded in 1937, three years after the Orchester National de France, as Orchester Radio-Symphonique by Radiodiffusion Française in Paris. Rhené-Baton was entrusted with conducting . The radio symphony was smaller, and some musicians also played in other orchestras, such as Colonne , Lamoureux and Pasdelou . In contrast to the French national orchestra, it appeared less publicly and initially did not record any concerts abroad. However, it broadcast more frequently than the Orchester National de France. Because of the outbreak of war in 1939 , the station moved to Rennes in northwestern France , where it continued its operations. After Rhené-Baton died in September 1940, Eugène Bigot took over the management of the disorganized ensemble. Due to the contemporary French focus, the orchestra did not offer German exiles in the 1930s and 1940s the opportunity to perform. With the liberation of Paris in 1944, Henry Barraud became music director at radio and reformed the orchestra.

From 1947 to 1965, Eugène Bigot officially headed the orchestra as chief conductor. On March 15, 1948, Nadia Boulanger conducted the “première audition” of Palester's Violin Concerto. The studio broadcasts were u. a. Led by Tony Aubin , Jean Giardino , Pierre-Michel Le Conte and Henri Tomasi . In 1954 the orchestra played its season at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées . As guest conductors, u. a. André Cluytens , Pierre Dervaux , Roger Désormière , Jascha Horenstein , Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht , Josef Krips , Rafael Kubelík , René Leibowitz , Charles Münch , Paul Paray , Manuel Rosenthal , Wolfgang Sawallisch and Hermann Scherchen as well as the composers Aaron Copland , André Jolivet , Henri Tomasi and Heitor Villa-Lobos appear. Shortly before Bigot's term of office, the orchestra was renamed twice: in 1960, based on the Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), in Orchester Philharmonique de la RTF and in 1964 in the course of the establishment of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) in Orchester Philharmonique de l'ORTF . Charles Bruck was chief conductor from 1965 to 1970 .

In 1976, the orchestra merged with other ensembles from the radio station Radio France , which was founded in 1975, in the Nouvel Orchester Philharmonique de Radio-France , which is divided into different groups with different focuses such as symphonies , concert performances , chamber music and sacred music as well as new music can be. Gilbert Amy became music director, Emmanuel Krivine was first guest conductor and then deputy chief conductor (1981–1983). In the mid-1980s, the German conductor Marek Janowski was appointed as his successor; from 1988 he acted as music director. He cultivated the German-Austrian repertoire a. a. In 1984 he performed Wagner's Rheingold again after 27 years of abstinence in Paris, namely at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In addition, the orchestra received numerous new compositions. During this time, Jean-François Heisser (1976–1985) served as the orchestra's pianist . Since 1989 the orchestra has been called Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France .

His successor was the South Korean Chung Myung-whun (2000-2015). It was during this time that Pierre Boulez conducted the orchestra for the first time. It also recorded several CDs for Deutsche Grammophon . In 2004/05, Chung conducted a Mahler cycle at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Gustavo Dudamel and Valeri Gergijew stood in front of the orchestra for the first time in 2005. In 2006 the Salle Pleyel venue was reopened. The orchestra also entered into a collaboration with France Télévisions on the Les clefs de l'orchestre program presented by Jean-François Zygel . In 2007 the orchestra and its conductor were appointed national UNICEF ambassadors . In 2008 the orchestra celebrated Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday . An agreement was made with Arte Live Web for the monthly broadcast. In 2010 the orchestra made guest appearances in North and South America, China, Taiwan and Russia. As part of the Festival Présences 2011, Esa-Pekka Salonen repeatedly conducted the orchestra. There were also guest concerts in Germany and the United Kingdom ( BBC Proms ). In 2012 an extraordinary concert was held with the North Korean Unhasu Orchestra . Dudamel also conducted all of the Brahms symphonies. In 2013 the orchestra went on a concert tour to China, South Korea and Japan. A year later, Dudamel conducted Berlioz 's Requiem in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and Salonen Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder in the Salle Pleyel. In Moscow Conservatory Chung occurred. In 2015 the orchestra made guest appearances in several German-speaking cities a. a. in the Vienna Musikverein and the Berlin Philharmonic .

The Finnish conductor Mikko Franck took up his post in 2015/16 . Under his direction, the orchestra performed with Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Festival Chorégies d'Orange 2016. In the 2016/17 season the orchestra toured Europe, South Korea and China. An expansion of the discography began under Franck.

The orchestra is a partner of the French wealth company Amundi and the Fondation musique et radio .

Chief conductors or music directors

Acting Music Director Mikko Franck (2015)

Since 1976 the conductors of the orchestra have been called music directors ( directeur musical ):

Music education

The orchestra has a sophisticated music education concept: in the 2000s it developed its own program for young people. In 2015 the orchestra began working with the French Schools Abroad Agency AEFE . It became tutor of the Orchester des lycées français du monde . There is also a cooperation with the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris .

On September 9, 2007, Jacques Hintzy , President of the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) France, announced that the orchestra and its music director, Chung, had been appointed UNICEF ambassadors ; In 2008, Chung became a UNICEF special envoy . Several musicians accompanied the chief conductor on his first mission to Benin at the end of the same year . In 2018, Chung's successor, Franck, became UNICEF ambassador.

The Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France has repeatedly given concerts with and for children a. a. the petits concerts entre amis .

World premieres (selection)

The Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France was responsible for numerous world premieres, in particular of works by French composers :

Venues

Logo Auditorium de Radio France

From 1947 the orchestra served as the residence of the Salle Érard in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris . In the mid-1950s, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris became a venue. After several years of renovation, the Salle Pleyel moved in 2006 . Since its reopening in 2014 is in the 16th district located Auditorium de Radio France ( Maison de la Radio ) home ground of the orchestra. It is also one of the French partner ensembles of the Philharmonie de Paris, which opened in 2015 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris .

Awards

  • 1994: Victoires de la Musique (Orchester de musique classique)
  • 1996: Grand Prix du Disque for Roussel's symphonies
  • 2001: Coup de Cœur Musique Contemporaine - autumn 2001 - for Dufourt's Lucifer d'après Pollock and La Maison du sourd
  • 2002: Coup de Cœur Musique Contemporaine - autumn 2002 - for Dutilleux ' Tout un monde lointain ...
  • 2002: Grand Prix du Disque (Musique Symphonique) for Dutilleux ' Tout un monde lointain ...
  • 2005: Coup de Cœur Musique Contemporaine - Fall 2005 - for Campos Pop-Art
  • 2005: Gramophone Classical Music Award (Récital) for Gounod's and Massenet's arias
  • 2006: Coup de Cœur Musique Contemporaine - Spring 2006 - for Qigang Chen : Extase, San Xiao, Yuan, L 'Eloignement
  • 2010: Coup de Cœur Musique Contemporaine - Spring 2010 - for Mantovani / Schoeller / Amy: Cello Concertos
  • 2010: Grand Prix du Disque (Musique Contemporaine) for Pécous Symphonie du jaguar and Vague de Pierre
  • 2013: Grammy Award (Best Classical Vocal Solo) for Poèmes with Renée Fleming
  • 2013: Gramophone Classical Music Award (Contemporary) for Dutilleux ' Correspondances
  • 2014: Best list 3-2014 (Le coin du collectionneur) of the Diapason d'or for Pascal Dusapin: Morning in Long Island
  • 2014: Edison Klassiek (Het Orkest) for Dutilleux: Correspondances
  • 2015: International Opera Award (World Premiere) for Boesmans ' Au monde
  • 2017: Echo Klassik (concert recording) for 21st Century Violin Concertos with Renaud Capuçon
  • 2017: Diapason d'or de l'année (Musique contemporaine) for Rihm, Dusapin, Mantovani

Discographic notes

The orchestra presented the following complete opera recordings:

literature

  • Alain Pâris: Classical music in the 20th century: instrumentalists, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . 2nd expanded, completely revised edition, dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , pp. 979-981.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  4. ^ A b Joseph E. Potts: European Radio Orchestras-III . In: The Musical Times 96 (1955) 1353, pp. 584-586, here: p. 585.
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  15. ↑ Partner Ensembles , philharmoniedeparis.fr, accessed on October 7, 2018.
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  21. ↑ Winners: 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards , grammy.com, accessed October 13, 2018.
  22. ↑ Contemporary 2013 , gramophone.co.uk, accessed October 13, 2018.
  23. ↑ Diapason 622 , diapasonmag.fr, accessed on October 16, 2018.
  24. ↑ Edison Klassiek 2014 , edisons.nl, accessed on October 21, 2018.
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