Stuttgart Philharmonic
The Stuttgart Philharmonic is the concert orchestra of the state capital Stuttgart .
history
founding
The Stuttgart Philharmonic was founded as the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in September 1924. A rapid artistic rise made it possible to hire conductors and soloists such as Leo Blech , Carl Flesch , Hans Knappertsbusch , Hermann Abendroth , Fritz Kreisler , Carl Schuricht or Felix Weingartner . The orchestra was split in 1933. The Jewish and most of the foreign musicians were fired. Some of the musicians came to the orchestra of the Reichssender Stuttgart , while another part continued to work as the state orchestra Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern .
New beginning after 1945
After the end of the war, mainly members of the former state orchestra came together again under the name of the Stuttgart Philharmonic . Hermann Hildebrandt , Willem van Hoogstraten , Hans Hörner , Antonio de Almeida and Alexander Paulmüller were chief conductors from 1949 to 1972. Under Hans Zanotelli , artistic director from 1972 to 1985, the Philharmoniker developed into a powerful and renowned orchestra.
In 1976, the Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart took over the orchestra as its sponsor. Under Wolf-Dieter Hauschild , chief conductor from 1985 to 1991, the Stuttgart Philharmonic gained high recognition at home and abroad. Carlos Kalmar continued the tradition of his predecessors from 1991 to 1995. From 1995 to 2002, General Music Director Jörg-Peter Weigle was chief conductor of the orchestra. Walter Weller , who has been closely associated with the orchestra for years, was appointed honorary conductor in October 2003. Walter Weller died in June 2015 only a few weeks after his last concert with the Stuttgart Philharmonic.
From September 2004 to 2013 Gabriel Feltz was chief conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic and general music director of the state capital Stuttgart. His rehearsal work and the constant expansion of the repertoire have contributed significantly to the development of the orchestra. In 2007, the Stuttgart Philharmonic received the Prix Rachmaninoff under his direction in recognition of the most extensive cycle of performances of Rachmaninoff's works in the German-speaking world. In autumn 2015/2016 he was followed by Dan Ettinger as the orchestra's preferred candidate in this position. The highlight of his first season was a concert performance of "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini under his direction with international star cast, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno and the Aurelius Boys' Choir.
Since September 2001 Michael Stille has been responsible for the management and the board of directors. Since January 2017 Michael Stille as artistic director and Tilman Dost as commercial director have jointly formed the dual leadership of the orchestra. Since 1994 the Stuttgart Philharmonic has had its own building, the Gustav-Siegle-Haus , which serves as a rehearsal location and concert hall for concerts for children and young people, as well as afternoon and night owl concerts. The orchestra's subscription concerts take place in the Beethoven Hall of the Liederhalle.
reputation
In addition to several series of concerts in their hometown, the Stuttgart Philharmonic regularly plays in various cities in southwest Germany and gives guest performances at home and abroad every year. The Stuttgart Philharmonic has toured in the USA , Japan , South America , the People's Republic of China and Mexico . The travel destinations in recent years have included Italy (Milan), Austria (Salzburg), Switzerland (Lucerne, Zurich) and Belgium (Antwerp). The Stuttgart Philharmonic has been a festival orchestra of the Opera Festival in Heidenheim an der Brenz since 2013 .
Recordings
The artistic work of the orchestra is documented by records, radio and CD recordings. Among others, Sergej Rachmaninoff's "Der Fels" and "Die Toteninsel", Alexander Skrjabin's "Prométhée" and the 1st and 3rd to 7th symphonies by Gustav Mahler have appeared. It was also released on DVD: "Maurice Ravel: La Valse, preoccupation with a waltz". In 2013 the world premiere recording of all of Ottorino Respighi's ballet music "Belkis - Regina di Saba" was released on Blu-Ray and DVD. Most recently, a CD with Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies No. 3 and 5 was released.
literature
- Ruth Renée Reif: The Stuttgart Philharmonic: a historical portrait , publisher: Society of Friends of the Stuttgart Philharmonic, Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 1999 (book and CD), ISBN 978-3-87407-319-6
Web links
- Homepage of the Stuttgart Philharmonic
- Chief conductor Dan Ettinger
- Heidenheim Opera Festival
- "Concert triumph" in Der Neue Merker
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Stille: Possibilities of the comic in music . Publishing group Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main.