Frankfurt Radio Symphony

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The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (formerly Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt , founded as Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ), the Symphony Orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk (hr). It feels obliged to the wide-ranging musical tradition as well as to the promotion of contemporary music and bears the international name Frankfurt Radio Symphony . This name has always been included in the logo in German-speaking countries since 2015. Its headquarters and main venues, Alte Oper and radio broadcasting hall in the Funkhaus am Dornbusch , are in Frankfurt am Main .

history

Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester

When the radio station Radio Frankfurt started on April 1, 1924, musicians were playing live in the studio under the direction of Reinhold Merten . From this nucleus, an orchestra permanently employed by the station developed over time, the Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester , officially founded on October 1, 1929 , with Hans Rosbaud as first conductor and Merten second .

Until 1937, Hans Rosbaud set decisive accents in the maintenance of musical tradition and contemporary music. Arnold Schönberg was a guest on Radio Frankfurt several times during these first years. Partly in world premieres on the program and Anton Webern conducted the Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester .

In 1933, with the beginning of the National Socialist era , the station was switched into line . He separated from all Jewish employees and was renamed Reichssender Frankfurt in 1934. In 1936 Josef Felix Hess replaced Merten as the second conductor, and in 1939 Otto Frickhoeffer Rosbaud , who was sent by the NSDAP , was the first conductor.

Towards the end of the World War, the radio building was destroyed by bombs and members of the Wehrmacht. On June 1, 1945, the station resumed operations as Radio Frankfurt, a station for the American military government in Bad Nauheim .

In 1946 the first contemporary music week took place in Bad Nauheim, later it became the week for new music . In the same year Kurt Schröder became chief conductor. In 1947 he was joined by Winfried Zillig , who was to be the first conductor until 1951. Both were committed to the musical reconstruction of the orchestra and, as part of the radio production work, ensured a wide range of repertoire. a. also included numerous complete opera recordings.

Symphony Orchestra of the Hessian Radio

On October 17, 1950, the orchestra was renamed the Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra , and Karl Böhm began regular guest appearances in that year . Other guest conductors from 1951 were Ernst Krenek , Bruno Maderna , Werner Egk , Rudolf Kempe , Paul Hindemith and Wolfgang Sawallisch .

During this time, Otto Matzerath (1955–1961) was chief conductor, followed by Dean Dixon (1961–1974). In addition to the classical symphonic repertoire, Matzerath also cultivated contemporary music and directs a number of top-class opera productions, including a. Complete recordings of Strauss' Rosenkavalier , Beethoven's Fidelio , Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex .

In 1961, Dean Dixon , the first black chief conductor in Europe, took over the musical direction of the orchestra. His artistic and educational qualities led the Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra on the path to international recognition. With Dixon, the orchestra also undertook the first guest tour of a West German radio orchestra through Eastern European countries (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia). In some cases before the first official political contacts with the Federal Republic of Germany, the tour was seen in the communist countries as an important contribution to international understanding.

Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt

The orchestra was renamed in the early 1970s: since July 11, 1971, it has been called the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra .

In the era of chief conductor Eliahu Inbal (1974–1990), the orchestra established itself as one of the internationally leading Bruckner and Mahler orchestras, and many acclaimed record productions were made, including the award-winning first recordings of the original versions of Anton Bruckner's 3rd, 4th and 8th Symphony and the world's first complete CD recording of all Mahler symphonies . In 1981, with Inbal, the orchestra also changed its concert series from the large broadcasting hall of the Hessischer Rundfunk to the rebuilt Alte Oper Frankfurt. It also made its first major tours to the United States and Japan.

Inbal was followed by Dmitrij Kitajenko , who was chief conductor from 1990 to 1996. The focus of his work was the German and Russian tradition and modernity. The commitment to contemporary compositions was also increased from 1989 onwards in the converted radio broadcasting hall in the new Forum Neue Musik concert series .

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

From 1997 to 2006 Hugh Wolff was chief conductor of the orchestra, which renamed itself again in 2005 and is now called the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra . Wolff made experience of historical performance practice usable for modern symphony orchestras and thus recaptured the orchestra's repertoire from classical, early classical and baroque. Since then, the orchestra has been cultivating this music regularly in its own new concert series in the hr broadcasting hall ( Barock + , since 2004) and at the same time introduces promising young conductors and soloists ( debut , since 2002). The successful cooperation with Wolff was also reflected in guest performances throughout Europe and Asia as well as u. a. in two Grammy nominations .

From 2006 to 2013 Paavo Järvi was chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. He enriched the profile of the orchestra and a. with his commitment to the Nordic repertoire and the great romantic and late romantic literature. With Paavo Järvi the orchestra celebrated worldwide success and developed an intensive production activity. In addition to multiple award-winning individual CDs, he created a. Complete recordings of all of Bruckner's and Nielsen's symphonies as well as a complete Mahler cycle on DVD. Since the 2013/14 season, Paavo Järvi has been associated with the orchestra as Conductor Laureate .

With the Sound Biennale in 2007, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra intensified its commitment to contemporary music in its own festival. The series of events took place again in 2009 and ultimately culminated in the new festival cresc… in 2011 , the Biennale for Modern Music in Frankfurt Rhein Main organized jointly with the Ensemble Modern and in cooperation with the Darmstadt International Music Institute . Since 2020 the event has been called "cresc ,,, Biennale for Current Music Frankfurt RheinMain" and is a cooperation with Ensemble Modern.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada has been chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra since the 2014/15 season . Alain Altinoglu is the designated new chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from the 2021/22 season.

Chief conductor

World premieres and premieres

Music Discovery Project

Since 2007, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony has been realizing a cross-border multimedia concert project in the Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle together with DJs and other pop artists once a year as part of the Music Discovery Project, in order to address a younger audience in particular. Well-known symphonic works are processed and presented together. The concerts are streamed live on the Hessischer Rundfunk website and can also be viewed there later. The series was started with Paavo Järvi, who led the first three projects until 2009. Since 2010 the musical direction has been in different hands.

Artist in Residence

Since 2007 there has been an artist in residence for each season . The artists are selected and invited by the respective conductor and a few other people in the orchestra management. The artists then perform several concerts with the orchestra during the playing season.

The artists in chronological order:

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Between classical, pop and electro. The Music Discovery Project 2007–2018
  2. ↑ Martin Gropp: A successful hug. In: FAZ . February 6, 2011, accessed October 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Artist in Residence , Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Memento from March 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Programs and facilities of the Hessischer Rundfunk


TV program:

hr television

Radio programs:

HR1  • HR2 Culture  • HR3  • HR4  • HR-INFO  • You FM
former:

hr1 plus  • hr classic (hr2 plus)  • hr chronos  • hr info plus  • hr XXL  • hr skyline

Facilities:

Frankfurt Radio Big Band  • Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra