Philharmonia Hungarica

The Philharmonia Hungarica was an orchestra that was located in Marl (Ruhrgebiet ).

The Philharmonia Hungarica ( Hungary ) was founded in 1956 by fleeing before the crushing of the Hungarian uprising musicians in the Hotel Esplanade in Baden near Vienna. Founding member and first chief conductor of the orchestra was Zoltán Rozsnyai, a former head of the Hungarian National Orchestra.

Later, the orchestra moved its headquarters to Germany and was subsidized by the Federal Republic of Germany. Through the commitment of Rozsnyai and the Honorary President Antal Doráti the Philharmonia Hungarica soon became a well-known orchestras in Europe.

The orchestra became known especially through the recording of all 104 symphonies of Joseph Haydn, Antal Dorati Decca with a very large project, but this was not carried out within a relatively short time.

With the political changes, the original raison d'être was met, the artistic quality was shown to noticeably and the setting of public funding meant the end for the sound body with about 100 members. Recent concerts took place in 2004. The naming rights of the orchestra are now used for other purposes. Prominent chief conductor were Yehudi Menuhin and Justus Frantz. On 23 October 2006, in Marl the New Philharmonia Hungarica, the partially composed of musicians from the former orchestra, led by Alois Springer an anniversary concert for the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising and the establishment of the former orchestra.