The Staatskapelle Dresden Concert

Published on Sep 21, 2012

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: November 2-3, 2012

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Features: Founded in 1548, the Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the world's oldest orchestras. On November 2nd-3rd, the well-known conductor Christian Thielemann will leading this orchestra presents two concerts at NCPA.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Christian Thielemann
Born in Berlin, Christian Thielemann comes from a family of music-lovers. He began his professional career in 1978 as a rehearsal pianist at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. Following positions in Gelsenkirchen, Karlsruhe and Hanover he joined the conducting staff at the Rhine Opera in Dusseldorf in 1985. Three years later he became Germany's youngest music director in Nuremberg, before returning to the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in 1997, holding the position of music director there for seven years. Thielemann conducted the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra from 2004 to 2011. In the summer of 2012 he will take up the baton in Dresden as principal conductor to the Staatskapelle.

The Staatskapelle Dresden
On 22nd September 2008 the Staatskapelle Dresden celebrated its 460th jubilee. Founded by Prince Elector Moritz von Sachsen in 1548, it is one of the oldest orchestras in the world and steeped in tradition. Over its long history many distinguished conductors and internationally celebrated instrumentalists have left their mark on this onetime court orchestra. Previous directors include Heinrich Schutz, Johann Adolf Hasse, Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, who called the ensemble his "miraculous harp".

The list of prominent conductors of the last 100 years includes Ernst von Schuch, Fritz Reiner, Fritz Busch, Karl Bhm, Joseph Keilberth, Rudolf Kempe, Otmar Suitner, Kurt Sanderling, Herbert Blomstedt, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Bernard Haitink. Fabio Luisi was music director of Saxon State Opera and the Staatskapelle Dresden from 2007 to 2010. Christian Thielemann will assume the post of principal conductor to the Staatskapelle from 2012, and Sir Colin Davis has been the orchestra's conductor laureate since 1990.

Richard Strauss and the Staatskapelle were closely linked for more than sixty years. Nine of the composer's operas were premiered in Dresden, including Salome, Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier, while Strauss's Alpine Symphony was dedicated to the orchestra. Countless other famous composers have written works either premiered by the ensemble or dedicated to it. In 2007 the Staatskapelle reaffirmed this tradition by introducing the annual position of "Capell-Compositeur", subsequently held by composers Isabel Mundry, Bernhard Lang, Rebecca Saunders und Johannes Maria Staud. The Capell-Compositrice for the 2011/2012 season is Lera Auerbach.

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Booking From: Friday, Sep 21, 2012

Booking Until: Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012

Show Time: Nov 2-3, 2012 / 7:30pm

Running Time: 1 hours 50 minutes

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