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Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra was established in 1946 by refugee musicians from Prague’s German Philharmonic Orchestra and from Carlsbad and Silesia. Proud guardians of Germany’s symphonic tradition, the Bambergers soon laid the foundations for an unrivalled global reputation and became the country’s most-travelled orchestra. Today they enjoy the status of ‘Bavaria’s Cultural Ambassadors’. 'Alongside the Classical and Romantic repertoire, the Orchestra pays special attention to contemporary music - premieres of newly commissioned works are a constant feature of its programmes.

 

The Orchestra’s first Principal Conductor was Joseph Keilberth, who kept the position until his death in 1968; he was succeeded by James Loughran and the late Horst Stein, who in 1996 was appointed Honorary Conductor for Life. The first Honorary Conductor had been Eugen Jochum, the Orchestra’s mentor for several decades and perhaps the most distinguished of the many leading conductors and composers who have directed the Bambergers and made distinctive contributions to the Orchestra’s sonic profile – the list is long and reads like a who’s who of modern music. Herbert Blomstedt, too, has enjoyed a close relationship with the Orchestra since being named Honorary Conductor in 2006.

 
Jonathan Nott

Englishman Jonathan Nott became Principal Conductor in January 2000 and since then he has won enormous acclaim for his work with the Orchestra, both in Germany and abroad. Known for his committed support for contemporary music, he has led the Orchestra on successful visits to the world’s top festivals, including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Lucerne, St. Petersburg, Beijing, London, as well as to New York’s Lincoln Center, and they have made extended tours throughout Europe and in South America and Japan.

 
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

The achievements of Jonathan Nott’s artistic partnership with the Orchestra have won great recognition at home and internationally and are documented in an extensive series of commercial CD releases. In 2003 the Bambergers were accorded the rank of State Orchestra and since 2005 the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Bavarian State Philharmonic has been a charitable foundation.

 

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Date last edited: November 2009

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2009/2010 Season Highlights

If not indicated otherwise, concerts are conducted by Principal Conductor Jonathan Nott.

 

 

May 2009

17 - 23

USA tour including two concerts at the

Lincoln Center in New York City

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, soloist

 

 

June 2009

10

Concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, soloist

 

17 / 18

Concert at the Würzburger Mozartfest

Ludovic Morlot, conductor

Arabella Steinbacher, soloist

 

 

July 2009

11  

Concert at the Kissinger Sommer

 

17 / 18

Concerts at the Kissinger Sommer and the Rheingau Musik Festival

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Piotr Anderszewski, soloist

 

23

Gustav Mahler Musikwochen in Toblach

Performance of Symphony No. 9 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the score’s completion in Toblach,

presentation of the new CD for Tudor and the Bavarian Radio

 

29

 „Proms“- Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London

Arabella Steinbacher, soloist

 

 

September 2009

20

Berliner Philharmonie

Concert as part of the Musikfest

Marisol Montalvo and

Niclas Oettermann, soloists

 

 

October 2009

10 – 21

12th Japan tour, including two concerts at the Sapporo Concert Hall and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo each

Pierre-Laurent Aimard and

Christian Tetzlaff, soloists

 

 

November 2009

Concert in Düsseldorf

Cornelius Meister, conductor

Frank Peter Zimmermann, soloist

 

 

December 2009

16 / 18

Concerts in Hamburg, Luxembourg and Stuttgart

Vadim Repin and Sergey Khachatryan,

soloists

 

 

January / February 2010

25 / 1 – 5 / 2

Spain and Andorra tour, including concerts in Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid

Horacio Gutiérrez and Sergey Khachatryan,

soloists

 

 

February / March 2010

3rd International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition

 

 

May 2010

29

Concert at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Sarah Conolly, soloist

 

 

June 2010

13

Concert at the Bachfest in Leipzig

Renaud Capuçon, soloist

 

19

Concert at the Frauenkirche Dresden

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Hanno Müller-Brachmann, soloist