Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover
The Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover is a state orchestra in the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . It is the orchestra of the Hanover Opera House .
history
In 1636 it was founded by Duke Georg von Calenberg as a court orchestra . Since January 1st 1970 it belongs to the Lower Saxony State Theater Hannover GmbH. It currently has 105 members (as of 2020).
In addition to daily changing opera and ballet performances, eight symphony concerts as well as numerous special concerts, children, youth and chamber concerts are developed per season . Soloists for the symphony concerts in recent years have included Yehudi Menuhin , Pinchas Zukerman , Viktor Tretyakov , Christian Tetzlaff , Antje Weithaas and Baiba Skride .
The orchestra regularly makes guest appearances abroad.
General Music Directors
- Johannes Schüler (1949–1960)
- Günther Wich (1961–1965)
- George Alexander Albrecht (1965–1993)
- Christof Prick (1993–1996)
- Andreas Delfs (1995-2000)
- Hans Urbanek (2000/2001)
- Shao-Chia Lü (2001-2006)
- Wolfgang Bozic (2006-2011)
- Karen Kamensek (2011-2016)
- Ivan Repušić (2016-2019)
- Stephan Zilias (since 2020)
Web links
- The Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover at Staatstheater-hannover.de/
- The Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover at stiftung-staatsorchester.de
- Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover on musingo.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover at Staatstheater-hannover.de/
- ↑ Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover ( memento from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on jjv-hannover.de
- ↑ conductor Ivan Repusic adopted from Hanover. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine . June 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Stephan Zilias new music director in Hannover. In: Music Today. February 10, 2020 .