The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (German: Nürnberger Symphoniker) is a German orchestra based in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. Its principal concert venue is the Meistersingerhalle. The orchestra's current ''Intendant'' (managing and artistic director) is Lucius A. Hemmer, since September 2003.

History

The orchestra began in 1946 as the Franconia State Orchestra (''Fränkisches Landesorchester''), with Erich Kloss as its first chief conductor. In the early 1950s, the orchestra accrued international acclaim for their recordings of the sound tracks to

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and Ben Hur by Miklós Rózsa. The orchestra took its current name in 1963 for the dedication of the newly built ''Meistersingerhalle''. In 1993, the orchestra won a Grammy Award in the category ''Best Pop Instrumental Performance'' for the soundtrack of '' Beauty and the Beast''. Since 2008, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra has a new rehearsal and concert hall with a seating capacity of 515, the ''Neuer Musiksaal''. During the summer, it also presents an open-air concert series in the ''Serenadenhof'', the southern courtyard of the Congress Hall. After serving as festival orchestra of the Heidenheim Opera Festival for 25 years, the Nuremberg Symphony took over the same position at Frankonian Summer Festival in 2013. The orchestra has recorded both for the Bavarian radio ( Bayerischer Rundfunk) and for commercial CD labels. Every summer, the orchestra participates in Europe's largest open air classical music event, ''Klassik Open Air''. Recent chief conductors of the orchestra have included Alexander Shelley (2009-2017) and

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(2018-2022). In February 2022, the orchestra announced the appointment of Jonathan Darlington as its chief conductor, effective with the 2022-2023 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.

Chief conductors

* Erich Kloss (1949–1968) * Othmar Mága (1968–1970) * Günter Neidlinger (1971–1974) * Werner Andreas Albert (1974–1980) * Klauspeter Seibel (1980–1988) * Georg Schmöhe (1989–1992) * Thomas Gabrisch (1994–1997) * Jac van Steen (1997–2002) * Bernhard Gueller (2005–2009) * Alexander Shelley (2009–2017) *

(2018–2022) * Jonathan Darlington (2022–present)

References

External links

Official website of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
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