Philharmonic Choir Munich

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Philharmonic Choir Munich
Seat: Munich / Germany
Founding: 1895
Genus: Concert choir
Founder: Franz Kaim
Head : Andreas Herrmann
Voices : depending on the work 30 to 180 (SATB)
Website : http://www.philchor.net

The Munich Philharmonic Choir was founded in 1895 by Franz Kaim , the founder of the Munich Philharmonic . Its legal form is now a registered association , with Andreas Herrmann , professor of choral conducting at the University of Music and Theater Munich , as artistic director and board member since 1996 .

The repertoire ranges from baroque oratorios to a cappella and choral symphonic literature to concert operas and the great choral works of the 20th century. It encompasses all of the current as well as numerous less known works of sacred and secular concert literature from the past four centuries. The choir was and is regularly conducted by prominent conductors such as Gustav Mahler , Hans Pfitzner , Krzysztof Penderecki , Rudolf Kempe , Karl Richter , Herbert von Karajan , Sergiu Celibidache , Carlo Maria Giulini , Seiji Ozawa , Zubin Mehta , Lorin Maazel , Mariss Jansons , James Levine and Christian Thielemann . He performs with a concert number of around one hundred members, in addition to his appearances with the Munich Philharmonic as a guest choir at home and abroad. The choir has been recorded on record by all major labels ( Deutsche Grammophon , EMI , Sony ). The choir's admission requirements are appropriate vocal training, choir or ensemble experience and audition.

Individual evidence

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  2. Admission requirements for the Munich Philharmonic Choir V. ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - from philchor.net, accessed November 19, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.philchor.net
  3. Concert review Herkulessaal: Bruckner's mass in F minor from November 16, 2009 on abendzeitung-muenchen.de, accessed on November 19, 2015
  4. Admission requirements . Retrieved August 18, 2018 .