Munich Philharmonic

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The Munich Philharmonic is a publicly financed symphony orchestra under the auspices of the cultural department of the City of Munich . The orchestra, which is regarded as internationally significant, is made up of professional musicians and is run as a directing company integrated into the city administration . It has been giving concerts in the Gasteig since 1985 and has been under the direction of chief conductor Valery Gergiev since 2015 .

history

The orchestra founded in 1893 by the piano manufacturer's son Hofrat Franz Kaim together with the Munich Philharmonic Choir was initially called the Kaim Orchestra and then the Orchestra of the Munich Concert Association before it was given its current name in 1928.

The orchestra first became internationally known under the direction of Felix Weingartner from 1898 to 1905. The orchestra took part in premieres of works by Gustav Mahler ( 4th and 8th symphonies ) under the direction of the composer in 1901 and 1910 . Wilhelm Furtwängler made his debut as a conductor in 1906. In 1911 Bruno Walter directed the posthumous world premiere of Mahler's Lied von der Erde . The orchestra's tradition of performing works by Anton Bruckner goes back to Ferdinand Löwe, who again led the orchestra from 1908 to 1914 . For example, Siegmund von Hausegger , who was general music director from 1920 to 1938, conducted two Bruckner symphonies when they were first performed with the Munich Philharmonic, which at the same time assumed the name that is valid today. Furthermore, works by Günter Bialas , Harald Genzmer and Luigi Nono had their world premieres with the Munich Philharmonic.

The Munich Philharmonic and conductor Christian Thielemann after a concert in the Philharmonie im Gasteig , Munich (2008)

After the Second World War, the orchestra continued with the performance of the overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy under the direction of Eugen Jochum . In 1967 Rudolf Kempe became chief conductor, under his direction the orchestra visited the Soviet Union and for the first time received special attention worldwide. From 1979 until his death on August 14, 1996, Sergiu Celibidache in particular had a decisive influence on the image of the orchestra. He was followed from 1999 to 2004 by James Levine as chief conductor.

In May 2003 Christian Thielemann signed a 7-year contract as the new general music director. His term of office began on September 1, 2004, the contract was not extended, and Thielemann moved to the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden in 2012 . From the 2012 season until his death in July 2014, Lorin Maazel was chief conductor. In September 2015, Valery Gergiev became the orchestra's new chief conductor.

Concert halls

In 1895 the Art Nouveau architect Martin Dülfer created a concert hall for the “Kaim'sche Philharmonic Orchestra”, the “ Kaim Hall ” in Munich, Türkenstrasse 5, which was renamed “Tonhalle” in October 1905. On April 25, 1944, it was destroyed in a bomb attack and never rebuilt. From 1953 the Munich Philharmonic gave concerts in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence, which was built after the war . Since the opening of the Gasteig in 1985, the orchestra has again had its own concert hall with the Philharmonie im Gasteig.

Chief conductor

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
ABBA Classic
  DE 70 01/20/1992 (5 weeks)
Singles
Love Hurts (with Nazareth )
  DE 89 December 19, 1994 (3 weeks)
Weeping for happiness (with pure )
  DE 61 11/25/1996 (1 week)

In January 2004 the Munich Philharmonic appointed Zubin Mehta as the orchestra's first “honorary conductor”. On March 1, 2008, Paul Müller took over the position of artistic director, who previously worked in the same position with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra .

Others

financing

According to the financial reports of the city treasury, the orchestra was financed from the public sector with an average of 15.7 million euros annually in the years 2000–2004 and an average of 15.0 million euros annually in the years 2005–2009. The musicians have been paid according to their own collective agreement since 1983 .

Chamber orchestra of the Munich Philharmonic

The chamber orchestra of the Munich Philharmonic was created in 1988 on the occasion of a concert on the 75th birthday of Benjamin Britten . Since the summer of 2004, the first concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici has been the artistic director of the chamber orchestra.

Philharmonic choir

The Munich Philharmonic Choir , which works with the Philharmonic, was also founded by Franz Kaim in 1895. Since 1996 it has been directed by Andreas Herrmann, professor of choral conducting at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Placement program

The mediation offers, the "prelude" before the start of the concert, are carried out in cooperation with the Munich Adult Education Center.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Star conductor: Lorin Maazel is dead. SpiegelONLINE, July 13, 2014, accessed on March 5, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Valery Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic - The Inaugural Concert programm.ard.de
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE1 DE2
  4. ↑ Report of the city treasurer: The little ones are the thickest chunk of press release for the years 2000 to 2004 on the budget economy of the city of Munich, sueddeutsche.de, accessed on June 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Financial data and participation report 2009 of the City of Munich, Annex 1: Eigenbetriebe and selected government operations, p. 76 (p. 94 in PDF ).
  6. ↑ Personnel and Organization Department of the City of Munich: Remuneration increase for the musicians of the Munich Philharmonic , resolution of the Administrative and Personnel Committee of September 23, 2015 ( PDF ).