The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra) is an internationally renowned

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based in

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. As of 2015, Kent Nagano has been

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(''

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'') and chief conductor ''(Chefdirigent).'' The Philharmoniker Hamburg also serves as the orchestra of the

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. The Hamburg Philharmonic is one of three major orchestras in

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, the others being the Hamburger Symphoniker and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

History

The forerunner organization, die Philharmonische Gesellschaft (The Philharmonic Society), was founded on November 9, 1828, and was led by

Friedrich Wilhelm Grund Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (7 October 1791, Hamburg – 24 November 1874, Hamburg) was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He studied with his father (piano, violin, cello and contrabass) and with the Hamburg cantor Christian Friedrich Gottlieb ...

. In 1934 it merged with the Stadttheater-Orchester to become the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (the name under which it recorded a celebrated Eighth Symphony of

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under Eugen Jochum in 1949). The present name was adopted in 2005.

Chief conductors

; Die Philharmonische Gesellschaft (1828) * 1828–1862:

* 1867–1895: Julius von Bernuth (de) (1830–1902) ; Vereins Hamburgischer Musikfreunde (1896) * 1908–1921: José Eibenschütz (no) * 1904–1922: Max Fiedler * 1922–1933: Karl Muck ; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (1934) * 1934–1949: Eugen Jochum * 1951–1959:

Joseph Keilberth Joseph Keilberth (19 April 1908 – 20 July 1968) was a German conductor who specialised in opera. Career He started his career in the State Theatre of his native city, Karlsruhe. In 1940 he became director of the German Philharmonic Orches ...

, Artistic Director * 1961–1973:

Wolfgang Sawallisch Wolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist. Biography Wolfgang Sawallisch was born in Munich, the son of Maria and Wilhelm Sawallisch. His father was director of the Hamburg-Bremer-Feuerversich ...

* 1973–1976:

Horst Stein Horst Walter Stein (born 2 May 1928 in Elberfeld, Germany; died 27 July 2008 in Vandœuvres, Switzerland) was a German conductor. Biography Stein's father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano, oboe, and singing. Later, h ...

* 1976–1982:

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* 1984–1988:

Hans Zender Johannes Wolfgang Zender (22 November 1936 – 22 October 2019) was a German conductor and composer. He was the chief conductor of several opera houses, and his compositions, many of them vocal music, have been performed at international festival ...

, GMD * 1988–1997: Gerd Albrecht, GMD * 1997–2005:

Ingo Metzmacher Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957 in Hanover) is a German conductor and artistic director of the festival KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover. Life Ingo Metzmacher is the son of the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher and the research biolo ...

, GMD * 2005–2015: Simone Young, GMD * 2015–current: Kent Nagano, GMD

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburg, Philharmoniker Culture in Hamburg German symphony orchestras Musical groups from Hamburg 1828 establishments in Germany Musical groups established in the 1820s