Musica Viva (Munich)

The Musica Viva is a Munich concert series for new music . It was founded in 1945 by Karl Amadeus Hartmann . It has been organized by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation since 1948 . In addition to choir and orchestral concerts that take place in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence , the program includes multimedia events and studio concerts (previously designed by Josef Anton Riedl ) in the Muffathalle , in Munich's churches, in the Marstalltheater and in the Gasteig cultural and educational center .

Alongside the Donaueschingen Music Days , the summer courses in Darmstadt and the Witten Days for Contemporary Music, it is considered to be the most important concert series in contemporary music with a focus on orchestral music.

Artistic Director

• 1945–1963: Karl Amadeus Hartmann
• 1963–1978: Wolfgang Fortner
• 1978–1997: Jürgen Meyer-Josten
• 1997–2011: Udo Zimmermann
• Since 2011: Winrich Hopp

World premieres

• Miroslav Srnka : Speed ​​of Truth . WP 2019. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki
• Vykintas Baltakas : Scoria . Premiere 2010. Conductor: Lucas Vis
• Nikolaus Brass :
  • L'inferno - landscape for orchestra . Premiere 2007. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Johannes Kalitzke
  • The garden (2010). WP June 16, 2012, Herkulessaal . New vocal soloists , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Péter Eötvös
• John Cage :
  • 44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776 (1976). Premiere December 17, 2011, St. Ursula . Arditti Quartet
  • Eighty (1992). Premiere October 28, 2011, Herkulessaal . Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: David Robertson
• Eliasson is different : Symphony No. 4 . Premiere January 12, 2007. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Christoph Poppen
• Georg Friedrich Haas : I looked, but I didn't find him (2012). Premiere June 15, 2012, St. Michael . Ensemble MusikFabrik , conductor: Emilio Pomàrico
• Philippe Manoury : Zones de turbulences (2013). UA
• Eduardo Moguillansky : NW (2011/12). WP February 16, 2012, Muffathalle . Ensemble Mosaik, conductor: Enno Poppe
• Tristan Murail : Le désenchantement du monde (2011/12). Premiere May 4, 2012, Herkulessaal. Pierre-Laurent Aimard , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: George Benjamin
• Younghi Pagh-Paan : High and Deep Light (2009-11). WP January 14, 2012, Herkulessaal. Members of ensemble recherche , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Emilio Pomàrico
• Enno Poppe : World (2011/12). Premiere February 17th, 2012, Herkulessaal. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Stefan Asbury
• Wolfgang Rihm : Music for Clarinet and Orchestra - Over the Line II . Premiere 1999. Soloist: Jörg Widmann , conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
• Wolfgang von Schweinitz : Plainsound Counterpoint (2010/11). Premiere October 28, 2011, Allerheiligen-Hofkirche
• Iannis Xenakis : Pithoprakta . Premiere 1957. Conductor: Hermann Scherchen
• Isang Yun : Concerto for Clarinet and Small Orchestra (1981). WP January 29, 1982, Herkulessaal. Soloist: Eduard Brunner , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Patrick Thomas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The musica viva through the ages ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• musica viva of the Bavarian Radio
• Julia Zupancic: Musica viva . In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria
• On the history of Musica Viva ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• musica viva ( memento from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on BR-Klassik