Orchestra Gewandhaus din Leipzig

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Informații generale
Website	www.gewandhausorchester.de

Orchestra Gewandhaus din Leipzig, conform originalului, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ori Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; uneori doar Gewandhausorchester, este cea mai veche orchestră simfonică din lume. Este numită după sala de concerte care o găzduiește, Gewandhaus din Leipzig, Germania.

Istoricul orchestrei

Sala Gewandhaus din Leipzig.

Directori muzicali (Gewandhauskapellmeister)

1781-1785 Johann Adam Hiller 1785-1810 Johann Gottfried Schicht 1810-1827 Johann Philipp Christoph Schulz 1827-1835 Christian August Pohlenz 1835-1843 Felix Mendelssohn 1843-1844 Ferdinand Hiller 1845-1847 Felix Mendelssohn 1848-1854 Julius Rietz 1860-1895 Carl Reinecke 1895-1922 Arthur Nikisch

1922-1928 Wilhelm Furtwängler 1929-1933 Bruno Walter 1934-1945 Hermann Abendroth 1946-1949 Herbert Albert 1949-1962 Franz Konwitschny 1964-1968 Václav Neumann 1970-1996 Kurt Masur 1998-2005 Herbert Blomstedt 2005-present Riccardo Chailly

Dirijori laureați

• 1996 - prezent Kurt Masur
• 2005 - prezent Herbert Blomstedt

Referințe

• Bowen, José Antonio (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Conducting. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521527910. http://books.google.com/books?id=IyybWtv0Zw0C&dq 
• Kevorkian, Tanya (2007). Baroque Piety: Religion, Society, and Music in Leipzig, 1650-1750. Hampshire: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-5490-2 

Legături externe

• Gewandhausorchester Leipzig official website
• Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
• Orchestra Gewandhaus din Leipzig la Allmusic
• Gewandhausorchester Leipzig at Barnes & Noble