Dresden Philharmonic

Dresdner Philharmonie
Orchestra
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Founded	1870
Principal conductor	Michael Sanderling
Website	www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de

The Dresdner Philharmonie (unofficial English translation: Dresden Philharmonic) is a symphony orchestra based in Dresden, Germany. Its principal concert venue is the Kulturpalast. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche, the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, and the Schloss Albrechtsberg. It receives financial support from the city of Dresden. The choral ensembles affiliated with the orchestra are the Dresden Philharmonic Choir and Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

The orchestra was founded in 1870 and gave its first concert in the Gewerbehaussaal on 29 November 1870, under the name Gewerbehausorchester. The orchestra acquired its current name in 1915. During the existence of the DDR, the orchestra took up its primary residence in the Kulturpalast. After German reunification, plans had been proposed for a new concert hall. These had not come to fruition by the time of the principal conductorship of Marek Janowski, who cited this lack of development of a new hall for the orchestra as the reason for his resignation from the post in 2004.

The orchestra's current principal conductor is Michael Sanderling, since 2011. His initial contract was for three years. In October 2013, the orchestra announced the extension of Sanderling's contract as principal conductor through the 2018-2019 season.^[1]

Principal conductors

Hermann Mannsfeldt (1870-1885)
Michael Zimmermann (1885-1886)
Ernst Stahl (1886-1890)
August Trenkler (1890-1903)
Willy Olsen (1903-1915)
Edwin Lindner (1915-1923)
Joseph Gustav Mraczek (1923-1924)
Eduard Mörike (1924-1929)
Paul Scheinpflug (1929-1932)
Werner Ladwig (1932-1934)
Paul van Kempen (1934-1942)

Carl Schuricht (1942-1944)
Gerhart Wiesenhütter (1945-1946)
Heinz Bongartz (1947-1964)
Horst Förster (1964-1967)
Kurt Masur (1967-1972)
Günther Herbig (1972-1976)
Herbert Kegel (1977-1985)
Jörg-Peter Weigle (1986-1994)
Michel Plasson (1994-2001)
Marek Janowski (2001-2004)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (2004-2011)
Michael Sanderling (2011-present)

References

↑ "Sanderling bis 2019 Chefdirigent der Dresdner Philharmonie". Sächsische Zeitung. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-03-08.

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Dresden Philharmonic Principal Conductors

Hermann Mannsfeldt (1870)
Michael Zimmermann (1885)
Ernst Stahl (1886)
August Trenkler (1890)
Willy Olsen (1903)
Edwin Lindner (1915)
Joseph Gustav Mraczek (1923)
Eduard Mörike (1924)
Paul Scheinpflug (1929)
Werner Ladwig (1932)
Paul van Kempen (1934)
Carl Schuricht (1942)
Gerhart Wiesenhütter (1945)
Heinz Bongartz (1947)
Horst Förster (1964)
Kurt Masur (1967)
Günther Herbig (1972)
Herbert Kegel (1977)
Jörg-Peter Weigle (1986)
Michel Plasson (1994)
Marek Janowski (2001)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (2004)
Michael Sanderling (2011)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 133022259 LCCN: n82069839 GND: 815129-5 MusicBrainz: 6fc009d4-6f05-4ffa-8151-a560508f6f4c

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