Dresden Philharmonic

Dresdner Philharmoniker
Background information
Also known as	Dresdner Philharmonie Dresden Philharmonic
Origin	Dresden, Germany
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Symphony orchestra
Years active	1870-present
Website	www.DresdnerPhilharmonie.de
Members
Principal Conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor Emeritus Kurt Masur Intendant Anselm Rose

The Dresdner Philharmoniker (Dresden Philharmonic) is a symphony orchestra based in Dresden, Germany. The orchestra was founded in 1870 and gave its first concert in the Gewerbehaussaal on 29 November 1870, under the name Gewerbehausorchester. The orchestra acquired its current name in 1915. It receives financial support from the city of Dresden.

One of the orchestra's later concert venues was the Kulturpalast, during the existence of the DDR. After German reunification, plans had been proposed for a new concert hall. These had not come to fruition by the time of the principal conductorship of Marek Janowski, who cited this lack of development of a new hall for the orchestra as the reason for his resignation from the post in 2004. In addition to concerts at the Kulturpalast, the orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche, the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, the Schloss Albrechtsberg.

The choral ensembles affiliated with the orchestra are the Dresden Philharmonic Choir and Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

Principal conductors

1870-1885 Hermann Mannsfeldt 1885-1886 Michael Zimmermann 1886-1890 Ernst Stahl 1890-1903 August Trenkler 1903-1915 Willy Olsen 1915-1923 Edwin Lindner 1923-1924 Joseph Gustav Mraczek 1924-1929 Eduard Mörike 1929-1932 Paul Scheinpflug 1932-1934 Werner Ladwig 1934-1942 Paul van Kempen

1942-1944 Carl Schuricht 1945-1946 Gerhart Wiesenhütter 1947-1964 Heinz Bongartz 1964-1967 Horst Förster 1967-1972 Kurt Masur 1972-1976 Günther Herbig 1977-1985 Herbert Kegel 1986-1994 Jörg-Peter Weigle 1994-2001 Michel Plasson 2001-2004 Marek Janowski 2004-2011 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos incumbent Michael Sanderling

External links

• Dresdner Philharmonie and Philharmoniker official website
• CDs of Dresdner Philharmonie released by label GENUIN
• Bach Cantatas page profile of the orchestra