Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern
The Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern (also Kungliga Filharmonikerna for short ; German Royal Philharmonic Orchestra or Royal Philharmonic ; English name Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ) is a symphony orchestra from Stockholm .
history
The orchestra was founded as the Stockholm Concert Society ( Konsertföreningens orkester ) in 1902. In 1957 it was renamed Stockholm Filharmoniska Orkester and in 1992 Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern .
The Konserthuset has been the home address since 1926 .
Chief conductor
- Georg Schnéevoigt (1915–1924)
- Václav Talich (1926–1936)
- Fritz Busch (1937-1940)
- Carl von Garaguly (1942–1953)
- Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1955–1964)
- Antal Doráti (1966–1974)
- Gennady Nikolayevich Roshdestvensky (1974–1977)
- Yuri Ahronovitch (1982-1987)
- Paavo Berglund (1987–1990)
- Gennady Nikolayevich Roshdestvensky (1991–1995)
- Andrew Davis (conductor) and Paavo Järvi (1995–1998)
- Alan Gilbert (2000-2008)
- Sakari Oramo (2008-present)
Web links
- Official website (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern with Bach Cantatas (English)