Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne

The Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne is the Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, founded as Cölner Municipal Orchestra, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary in the current 2013/2014 season.

History

Namesake of the orchestra is the former concert hall, the Gurzenich. Since 1986, the orchestra is based in the Philharmonic Hall.

In the tradition of a cathedral, the history of the orchestra goes back to the 15th century. Founded in 1827 "Concert Society " organized " winter concerts " from which emerged since 1857, the " Gurzenich concerts ". The existing throughout the 19th century stadtkölnische theater orchestra was taken over in urban services in 1888.

Since the season 2003/2004 the Cologne Music Director Markus Stenz is next to the Cologne Opera also responsible for the Gürzenich Orchestra. Since the beginning of season 2012/2013 is James Gaffigan, Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and a regular guest conductor of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Hilversum, principal guest conductor of the Gürzenich Orchestra.

Gurzenich - Kapellmeister

Significant premieres

Honorary Conductor

  • From 1987: Günter Wand
  • From 2009: Dmitrij Kitajenko

Awards

The orchestra was 2010 winners in the innovation competition 365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas Deutsche Bank. Excellent has been since mid-October 2005 existing unique offer GO live! concert recordings on CD or download to an MP3 player about five minutes after the final applause.

Double Concerto (Brahms) Symphony No. 3 (Mahler) Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) Richard Strauss Don Quixote (Strauss) Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Dmitri Kitayenko Grenzlandtheater Aachen Bielefeld Opera Landestheater Detmold Deutsche Oper am Rhein Grillo-Theater Musiktheater im Revier Schlosstheater Moers Theater an der Ruhr Dortmunder Philharmoniker Duisburg Philharmonic Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Integrated Authority File
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