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Essener Philharmoniker

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The Essen Philharmonic (German: Essener Philharmoniker) is the municipal orchestra of the city of Essen, founded in 1899, and a division of Theater und Philharmonie Essen GmbH (TUP). The general music director since 2023 has been Andrea Sanguineti.[1] The intendant from the 2013/14 season was Hein Mulders.[2][3] From the 2022/2023 season, musicologist Merle Fahrholz has served as intendant for both the Philharmonic and the Aalto Theatre.[4]

Saalbau Essen, the orchestra's home venue

In 1904, Richard Strauss inaugurated the new concert hall with his Symphonia Domestica; in 1905, Felix Mottl conducted the premiere of Max Reger's Sinfonietta; the following year, Gustav Mahler premiered his Symphony No. 6 with the orchestra; and in 1913, another Reger premiere, conducted by the composer himself, featured his Böcklin Suite.

With the reopening of the renovated Saalbau Essen in June 2004, the municipal orchestra regained its original performance venue.

Concert programme

In addition to regular opera performances at the Aalto Theatre, the Essen Philharmonic performs more than 30 concerts per season, including symphony concerts, children's and youth concerts, and special concerts. The musicians also present a chamber concert series in the foyer of the Aalto-Theater and the RWE Pavilion of the Philharmonic Essen. At the KlassikLounge in the Grillo-Theater, musicians of the Essen Philharmonic collaborate with guests for unique live performances. The series "With Götz Alsmann to the Concert" continues as well.[5]

Awards

In 2003 and 2008, the Essen Philharmonic was named Orchestra of the Year in the international Opernwelt critics' poll.[6][7][8] In April 2004, the orchestra received the Cultural Prize [de] of the Sparkassen Cultural Foundation Rhineland [de].[9] The Essen Philharmonic was a top candidate to become the State Philharmonic of North Rhine-Westphalia, though the planned funding by the state was not realized.

In 2019, Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP) was nominated for the Audience Award 2019 by the Concerti [de] magazine.[10]

Chief conductors

Notable guest artists

Conductors

Otto Klemperer, Rudolf Kempe, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bernard Haitink, Günter Wand, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, and in recent years, among others, Sir Roger Norrington, Thomas Hengelbrock, Marc Minkowski, Gerd Albrecht, Philippe Herreweghe, Henrik Nánási [de], Jun Märkl, Reinhard Goebel, Kirill Karabits, Constantin Trinks, Hans Graf, Christian Curnyn, and Ivor Bolton. In the 2020/21 season, Richard Egarr, Jonathan Stockhammer, Jun Märkl, Friedrich Haider, and Julian Rachlin conducted.[11]

Soloists

Deirdre Angenent [nl], Tzimon Barto, Boris Berezovsky, Rudolf Buchbinder, Gautier Capuçon, Angela Denoke, Julia Fischer, Boris Giltburg, Christiane Karg, the Collegium Vocale Gent, Alexander Krichel [de], Sabine Meyer, Gerhard Oppitz, Fazıl Say, Alice Sara Ott, Alina Pogostkina, and Frank Peter Zimmermann.

In the 2020/21 season, the symphony concerts featured Daniel Hope, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Alexej Gerassimez, Nicholas Angelich, Lukáš Vondráček, Jean Rondeau, and Julian Rachlin.

Guest performances

As part of the Henze Project of Ruhr.2010 – European Capital of Culture, the Essen Philharmonic performed in Gütersloh, the birthplace of the composer. The orchestra has also appeared at the Semperoper during the Dresden Music Festival, at the Penderecki Festival in Zabrze and Krakow, and multiple times at the Richard Strauss Festival [de] in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In the 2019/2020 season, the Essen Philharmonic performed again at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, at the International Dvořák Festival in the Rudolfinum in Prague, and for the first time at the Frauenkirche, Dresden.

Discography (selection)

References

  1. ↑ "Personalia" (in Deutsch). Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP). Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  2. ↑ "Es gibt nichts mehr zu sparen" (in Deutsch). kulturwest.de. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  3. ↑ "Mulders wird Intendant des Aalto-Theaters und der Philharmonie Essen". Neue Musikzeitung. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Merle Fahrholz wird Intendantin für Essener Philharmoniker". Die Zeit. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  5. ↑ "Mit Götz Alsmann ins Konzert" (in Deutsch). Theater und Philharmonie Essen (TUP). Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Opernhaus des Jahres". Frankfurter Rundschau (in Deutsch). 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  7. ↑ "Aalto Theater ist 'Opernhaus des Jahres'" (in Deutsch). Deutschlandfunk. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  8. ↑ "Kritikerumfrage: Aalto Theater Essen Opernhaus des Jahres". Märkische Oderzeitung (in Deutsch). 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2020-05-11.[dead link]
  9. ↑ Preisträger Rheinischer Kulturpreis 1989–2018 (PDF). Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland. Search this book on
  10. ↑ "Nominiert zum 'Publikum des Jahres 2019': Die Theater und Philharmonie Essen". concerti.de. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  11. ↑ Theater und Philharmonie Essen. "Sinfoniekonzerte 2020/2021" (in Deutsch). Theater und Philharmonie Essen. Archived from the original on 2020-04-25. Retrieved 2020-05-11. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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