FAQ - Orchestra

When was the Bamberg Symphony founded?

The Bamberg Symphony was founded by former members of the Deutsche Philharmonie in Prague and musicians from Carlsbad and Silesia in 1946.

Who has been Principal Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony?

Former Principal Conductors of the Bamberg Symphony include:

• Joseph Keilberth (1950-1968)
• James Loughran (1979-1983)
• Horst Stein (1985-1996)

In 2000 Jonathan Nott became Principal Conductor.

When will the Bamberg Symphony go on tour next time?

You can find all the information about current concerts and tours of the Bamberg Symphony in our online-calendar. We hope to be able to provide a detailed concert database with search options for venues, repertoire, conductors, and soloists by the end of spring 2008.

When will the Bamberg Symphony come to my city next time?

To see when the Bamberg Symphony will be performing in your hometown please have a look at our concert calendar. We hope to be able to provide a detailed concert database with search options for venues, repertoire, conductors, and soloists by the end of spring 2008.

Where can I get more information about the current honorary conductors?

To read more about the current honorary conductors of the Bamberg Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt and Horst Stein, please go to honorary conductors.

How many concerts does the Bamberg Symphony perform each year?

The Bamberg Symphony gives approx. 100 concerts per year in Bamberg.

Do you have a list with all the cities the Bamberg Symphony visited so far?

So far the Bamberg Symphony has performed in 55 capital cities. Following you will find a list with all the cities the orchestra has visited since 1948:

Aachen – Aalen – Agricento – Akita – Alicante – Amberg – Amman – Amsterdam – Ankara – Annapolis – Anniston – Ansbach – Antwerpen – Aschaffenburg – Athen – Atlanta – Augsburg – Aveiro – Babenhausen – Bad Godesberg – Bad Hersfeld – Bad Homburg – Bad Kissingen – Bad Neustadt – Bad Pyrmont – Bad Ragaz – Bad Urach – Bad Windsheim – Bad Wörishofen – Baden–Baden – Balingen – Bamberg – Barcelona – Bari – Basel – Bayreuth – Bedford – Beijing - Belgrad – Berlin – Bern – Besancon – Biel – Bielefeld – Bilbao – Birmingham– Bochum – Böblingen – Bogota – Bologna – Bombay – Bonn – Boston – Bottrop – Bozen – Braga – Brasilia – Brasov – Bratislava – Braunschweig – Bregenz – Bremen – Bristol – Brüssel – Budapest – Buenos Aires – Brünn – Burgkunstadt – Burgos – Caracas – Casablanca – Castelgandolfo – Castellon – Celle – Charleroi – Cheltenham – Chicago – Chigasaki – Coburg – Coimbra – Columbia – Columbus – Cordoba – Cork – Coventry – Cremona – Danzig – Darmstadt – Deggendorf – Delhi – Den Haag – Dinkelsbühl – Dortmund – Dresden – Dublin – Dubrovnik – Düren – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Eberbach – Ebern – Edinburgh – Einsiedeln – Eltmann – Erl – Erlangen – Eschwege – Essen – Esslingen – Evian – Evora – Feldkirch – Ferrara – Flensburg – Florenz – Forchheim – Fort Myers – Frankfurt – Freiburg – Friedrichshafen – Fürth – Fukui – Fukuyama – Fukuoka – Fukushima – Fulda – Garmisch–Partenkirchen – Geislingen – Gelsenkirchen – Genf – Genua – Gent – Gibraltar – Giessen – Glasgow – Göteborg – Göttingen – Graz – Greensboro – Greenvielle – Gütersloh – Gunzenhausen – Hälsingborg – Hagen – Halifax – Halle – Hamburg – Hammeln – Hamm – Hammelburg – Hanau – Hannover – Hartford – Haßfurt – Havanna – Heerlen – Heidelberg – Heidenheim – Heilbronn – Heilgersdorf – Helsinki – Herne – Herten – Herzogenaurach – Hildesheim – Hiroshima – Hoechst – Hof – Hongkong – Huddersfield – Ichikawa – Immenstadt – Ingolstadt – Innsbruck – Iserlohn – Istanbul – Johannesburg – Jonson City – Kairo – Kaiserslautern – Kamen – Kanazawa – Karlsruhe – Kassel – Kaufbeuren – Kempten – Kendai – Kerkrade – Kiel – Kirchlauter – Kitzingen – Kloster Eberbach – Koblenz – Köln – Konstanz – Kopenhagen – Kortrijk – Krakau – Krefeld – Kreuzlingen – Kronach – Kulmbach – La Chaux–de–Fonds – Lahti – Lancaster – Landau – L’Aquila – Las Palmas – Lausanne – Lafayette – Lecce – Leeds – Leer – Leicester – Leutkirch – Leverkusen – Lexington – Lichtenfels – Lima – Limburg – Limerick – Lindau – Linz – Lissabon – Ljubljana – Locarno – Locust Valley – Lohr – London – Los Angeles – Lucca – Ludwigsburg – Ludwigshafen – Lübeck – Lüdenscheid – Lünen – Lugano – Luisenburg – Lund – Luxembourg – Luzern – Lyon – Maastricht – Macon – Madrid – Maebashi – Mainz – Malaga – Manchester – Mannheim – Mar del Plata – Marburg – Maribor – Marktheidenheim – Marktoberdorf – Marktredwitz – Maroldsweisach – Matsudo – Matsuyama – Memmingen – Meran – Metz – Mexico City – Miami–Beach – Middlesbrough – Mie – Minden – Modena – Moers – Mönchengladbach – Monterey – Montevideo – Montreux – Moskau – Mülheim – München – Münster – Münsterschwarzach – Murcia – Nagaoka – Nagoya – Namatsu – Namur – Naples – Narashino – Nashville – Neuenburg – Neuss – Neustadt/Aisch – Neustadt/Coburg – Neustadt/Weinstraße – New Bedford – New Chatel – New Hampshire – New York – Newcastle – Nördlingen – Nottingham – Nürnberg– Numazu – Oberhausen – Oberkochen – Obernburg – Okaya – Okoyama – Oporto – Osaka – Oslo – Osnabrück – Ostende – Ottobeuren – Oulu – Paderborn – Palermo – Pamplona – Panama City – Paris – Passau – Peine – Pensacola – Perugia – Pforzheim – Philadelphia – Plauen – Plovdiv – Pollensa – Pommersfelden – Pompeji – Porto – Porto Alegre – Portsmouth – Prag – Pretoria – Puebla – Puerto Rico – Quita – Rabat – Raubling –Ravello – Ravensburg – Reading – Recklinghausen – Regensburg – Reggio Emilia – Rehau – Reichersberg – Remscheid – Reus – Rheinhausen – Rheydt – Riga – Rimini – Rio de Janeiro – Rodez – Rom – Rosario – Rosenheim – Rotterdam – Rüsselsheim – Saarbrücken – Sagamyono – Salzburg – Salzgitter – San Juan – San Sebastian – Santa Cruz – Santarem – Santiago de Chile – Sao Paulo – Sapporo – Schaffhausen – Shanghai – Scheßlitz – Scheveningen – Schloß Eyrichshof – Schloß Neuschwanstein – Schloß Seehof – Schmallenberg – Schönwald – Schongau – Schwäbisch–Gmünd – Schweinfurt – Schwerte – Schwetzingen – Selb – Sendai – Seto – Setubal – Sevilla – Sheffield – Shizuoka – Siegen – Sindelfingen – Singapur – Singen – Sófia – Solingen – Soweto – Speyer – St. Florian – St. Gallen – St. Petersburg – Stockholm – Strasbourg – Straubing – Stresa – Stuttgart – Sulmona – Suzaka – Swansea – Taipeh – Takamatsu – Tallinn – Taormina – Teheran – Tirana – Tirschenreuth – Tokio – Tokorozawa – Toulouse – Trier – Trossingen – Tsukuba – Tübingen – Tunis – Turin – Turku – Tuscaloosa – Ulm – Uppsala – Utsunomiya – Vaduz – Valladolid – Vatikan – Velbert – Venedig – Vicenza – Viano do Castelo – Viersen – Vierzehnheiligen – Vigo – Villach – Villingen–Schwenningen – Vilnius – Vian del Mar – Viseu – Vitoria – Waldsassen – Warschau – Washington – Watford – Weiden – Weinheim – Weißenburg – West Palm Beach – Wien – Wiesbaden – Wilhelmshaven – Wilkes–Barre – Wilminton – Witten – Wörth – Wolverhampton – Wolfsburg – Worcester – Worms – Würzburg – Wuppertal – Yokohama – Zagreb – Zaragoza – Zürich