Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra ( German: Münchner Rundfunkorchester ) is a German symphony orchestra based in Munich .
It was founded in 1952 as the second team of the Bavarian Radio (with the already existing Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ) for the performance of mostly light music, including operetta . In the future, the orchestra also participated a lot in concert and radio performances of operas , especially Italian ones. Among the singers who performed with the orchestra were Luciano Pavarotti and Edita Gruberova , and Placido Domingo in 1986 performed with the orchestra as a conductor; in 2013, Domingo and Anna Netrebko soloed in concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi 's opera " Joan of Arc " at the Salzburg Festival . At the same time, the orchestra's achievements include the Paradisi gloria concert series, dedicated to sacred music of the 20th — 21st centuries.
Music Directors
- Werner Schmidt-Bölke (1952-1967)
- Kurt Eichhorn (1967-1975)
- Heinz Walberg (1975-1981)
- Lamberto Gardelli (1982-1985)
- Giuseppe Patane (1988-1989)
- Roberto Abbado (1992-1998)
- Marcello Viotti (1998-2005)
- Ulf Schirmer (since 2006)
Links
- Official site (inaccessible link) (German)