Philharmonia Hungarica

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Memorial plaque at the Hotel Esplanade in Baden near Vienna

The Philharmonia Hungarica ( Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra) was an orchestra from Marl ( Ruhr area ), which was founded in 1956 by musicians who fled before the suppression of the Hungarian popular uprising in the Hotel Esplanade in Baden near Vienna . Founding member and first chief conductor of the orchestra was Zoltán Rozsnyai , a former director of the Hungarian National Orchestra . The orchestra later moved its headquarters to Germany and was subsidized by the Federal Republic of Germany .

Thanks to the commitment of Rozsnyai and the honorary president Antal Doráti , the Philharmonia Hungarica soon became a well-known orchestra in Germany, in particular through the recording of all 104 symphonies by Joseph Haydn for Decca under Antal Doráti. In September 1975 the orchestra recorded Jon Lords Sarabande , an album of modern classical music, under the direction of Eberhard Schoener . In 2001 the European Cultural Foundation honored the orchestra as an ambassador for international understanding with the European Culture Prize .

With the political change , the original purpose of existence was fulfilled, the artistic quality was demonstrably noticeably reduced and the cessation of public funding meant the end of the ensemble with around 100 members. The last concerts took place in 2004. The orchestra's naming rights are now being used elsewhere. Prominent chief conductors were Yehudi Menuhin and Justus Frantz . On October 23, 2006, the Neue Philharmonia Hungarica , which is partly composed of musicians from the former orchestra, gave an anniversary concert under the direction of Alois Springer on the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising and the founding of the former orchestra.

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  1. ↑ a b Dance of Death on a high horse . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1995 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Ralf Frank: Jon Lord. Marc Langels, November 15, 2010, accessed October 26, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Philharmonia Hungarica as an ambassador for international understanding. Der Standard , March 23, 2001, accessed October 26, 2018 .