The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra) is a French orchestra based in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the
Opéra national du Rhin (the other being the
Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse is a French symphonic orchestra based in Mulhouse, in the Alsace region. Its principal venue is ''La Filature''.
History
The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse has its origins in the small municipal orchestra f ...
). The orchestra's current principal venue is the
Palais de la musique et des congrès 'Pierre Pflimlin' (PMC Pierre-Pflimlin, or PMC).
History
The orchestra was founded in 1855. Between 1871 and 1918, and 1940 and 1944, the orchestra had been a
German one, resulting from conflicts between France and Germany over the
Alsace region. In 1994, the orchestra acquired the official title of ''Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg – orchestre national''. Composers-in-residence have included the French composers
Jean-Louis Agobet and
Philippe Manoury, the Finnish composer
Kaija Saariaho, the American composer
John Corigliano
John Paul Corigliano Jr. (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, an ...
, and the Greek composer
Georges Aperghis.
Past music directors and chief conductors have included
Hans Pfitzner,
Hans Rosbaud,
Ernest Bour,
Jan Latham-Koenig,
Charles Bruck
Charles Bruck (2 May 1911 – 16 July 1995) was a French-American conductor and teacher.
Bruck was born in a Jewish family in Temesvár, Banat, then in the Kingdom of Hungary, part of Austro-Hungarian Empire, since 1920 Timișoara in Roman ...
and
Alain Lombard.
Marc Albrecht became artistic advisor of the orchestra in 2005, and music director in 2008. Albrecht and the orchestra have recorded commercially for
PENTATONE, including orchestral lieder of
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...
, and piano concertos by
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
and
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...
. Albrecht concluded his tenure in 2011. Marko Letonja served as the orchestra's next music director, from 2012 to 2021.
In July 2020, the orchestra announced the appointment of Aziz Shokhakimov as its next music director, effective with the 2021-2022 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. In November 2022, the orchestra announced the extension of Shokhakimov's contract as its music director through 2026.
Music directors
* Josef Hasselmans (1855–1871)
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Franz Stockhausen (1871–1907)
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Hans Pfitzner (1907–1915)
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Otto Klemperer (1915–1918)
* Hans Pfitzner (1918–1919)
*
Guy Ropartz (1919–1929)
*
Paul Paray (1929–1940)
*
Hans Rosbaud (1940–1945)
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Paul Bastide (1945–1950)
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Ernest Bour (1950–1964)
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Alceo Galliera (1964–1971)
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Alain Lombard (1971–1983)
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Theodor Guschlbauer (1983–1997)
[''For conductors from 1855 to 1987:'' Van Boer Jnr, BH, Fast, ML. Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra. In: ''Symphony Orchestras of the World'', ed Craven RR. Greenword Press, New York, 1987.]
*
Jan Latham Koenig (1997–2003)
*
Marc Albrecht (2008–2011)
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Marko Letonja
Marko Letonja (born 12 August 1961) is a Slovenian conductor.
Biography
Letonja studied piano and conducting at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where his conducting teachers included Anton Nanut. He continued his conducting studies at the ...
(2012–2021)
* Aziz Shokhakimov (2021–present)
References
External links
Official website of the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg{{Authority control
Organizations based in Strasbourg
French orchestras
German orchestras
Tourist attractions in Strasbourg
Musical groups established in 1855
1855 establishments in France
Arts organizations established in 1855
Musical groups from Grand Est