State Philharmonic Nuremberg
The State Philharmonic Nuremberg is named after the Bavarian State Orchestra , the largest Bavarian Opera Orchestra. 91 musicians belonged to it, it is the orchestra of the State Theater Nuremberg .
History of the State Philharmonic
The history of the Nuremberg State Philharmonic dates back to the old Imperial City Council Music of Nuremberg, which can be traced back to 1377. After Nuremberg had already formed a center of the new art form opera in the baroque period, the Nuremberg council musicians were continuously drawn from 1801 to the performances of the newly founded "Nuremberg National Theater". In 1833 the orchestra moved into the newly built city theater on Lorenzer Platz. After the opening of the opera house on the Ring (1905), the city theater orchestra was merged with the privately run Philharmonic Orchestra founded by Hans Winderstein around 1880 , and the orchestra was taken over into municipal service. This created the Nuremberg Philharmonic, initially with a strength of 110 musicians, which was then reduced during the economic crisis of the Weimar Republic . In 1944 the Nuremberg theater was closed and the orchestra was called up for military service.
As early as 1946/47, gaming began again under the direction of artistic director Karl Pschigode and general music director Alfons Dressel. During Hans Gierster's time as director (1965–1988), highly acclaimed performances of modern operas such as Moses and Aron ( Arnold Schönberg ), The Soldiers ( Bernd Alois Zimmermann ), Dreams (Isang Yung) and Intolleranza 70 ( Luigi Nono ) took place. From 1988–1992, Christian Thielemann, as GMD, shaped the program primarily with works from the German Romantic era. He was followed by Eberhard Kloke , who placed particular emphasis on the Viennese School and contemporary music. Under his successor, Philippe Auguin , GMD 1998 to 2005, the Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time after almost 50 years back the complete Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner ; With this, the Nuremberg State Theater gave a globally recognized guest performance in Beijing in autumn 2005. From 2006 to 2011 Christof Prick was the orchestra's chief conductor; His work focused on a Mozart cycle as well as works by Wagner and Strauss. Since the 2011/12 season, Marcus Bosch has been GMD of the orchestra, which was renamed the “Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg” at the end of 2011.
The State Philharmonic of Nuremberg has premiered numerous works in the field of opera, e. B. by Boris Blacher , Werner Heider , Hans Werner Henze , Wilfried Hiller , Paul Hindemith , Wilhelm Killmayer , György Ligeti , Krzysztof Penderecki , Aribert Reimann , Isang Yun , Hans Zender or Bernd Alois Zimmermann . Since 2005, the International Gluck Festival has given further emphasis to the musical theater of the late 18th century. With the Klassik Open Air in Luitpoldhain , the Nuremberg State Philharmonic has played together with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra since 1999 , the largest open-air event with classical music in Europe. Guest tours led the State Philharmonic Nuremberg a. a. to Salzburg, Nice, Beijing, Shen Zhen and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, which has been in the top group A of the German cultural orchestras since 1981, organizes its own symphony concert series in addition to its work as the orchestra of the Nürnberg State Theater: the Philharmonic Concerts in the Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle . They also perform elsewhere as concert orchestras and are active in the field of children, school and youth concerts. In addition, they have been organizing a successful series of chamber concerts (as Philharmonie eV) in the Art Nouveau foyer of the opera house since 1994.
Conductors and general music directors
| Period | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1923-1925 | Ferdinand Wagner |
| 1925-1938 | Bertil Wetzelsberger |
| 1938-1945 | Alfons Dressel |
| 1946-1948 | Rolf Agop |
| 1948-1955 | Alfons Dressel |
| 1956-1964 | Erich Riede |
| 1965-1988 | Hans Gierster |
| 1988-1992 | Christian Thielemann |
| 1993-1998 | Eberhard Kloke |
| 1998-2005 | Philippe Auguin |
| 2006-2011 | Christof Prick |
| 2011-2018 | Marcus Bosch |
| 2018- | Joana Mallwitz |