Bruckner Orchestra Linz

History

The former Linz theater orchestra, which was in 1938 converted into a Reichsgauorchester, due to new town after the Second World War, the Linz theater and symphony orchestra, in 1967 under its chief conductor Kurt Woss the name " Bruckner Orchestra Linz ( BOL) " received and since then Austria's leading orchestras counts. The namesake of Anton Bruckner was an Upper Austrian composer whose symphonies are among the pillars of the repertoire.

The BOL plays both opera performances in the orchestra pit of the Linz State Theatre as well as symphonic concerts, especially in the Bruckner House. The orchestra a guest again at home and abroad, sometimes in conjunction with productions of the State Theatre.

Organization

The orchestra is led by the Upper Austrian. Theatre and Orchestra GmbH, which also operates the country Linz, and in 100 - % - owned by the state of Upper Austria (via the Upper Austrian holding company).

Chief Conductor

Guest conductors

Guest conductors were Sergiu Celibidache, Christoph von Dohnányi, Horst Stein, Elizabeth Fox and Franz Welser -Möst. Currently, Heinrich Schiff principal guest conductor of the BOL.