Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
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The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (German: Nürnberger Symphoniker) is a German orchestra based in Nuremberg
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State Orchestra (Fränkisches Landesorchester). In the early 1950s, the orchestra accrued international acclaim for their recordings of the sound tracks to Quo Vadis
and Ben Hur
by Miklós Rózsa
.
The orchestra took its current name in 1963 for the dedication of the newly built Meistersingerhalle. In 1993, they won a Grammy Award
in the category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the soundtrack of Beauty and the Beast
.
Since 2008, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra has a new rehearsal and concert hall with a seating capacity of 515, the Neuer Musiksaal. During the summer, it also presents an open air concert series in the Serenadenhof, the southern courtyard of the Congress Hall.
Alexander Shelley
has been the principal conductor of the orchestra since 2009.
The Nuremberg Symphony is the festival orchestra of the Heidenheim Opera Festival and frequently records for the Bavarian radio (Bayerischer Rundfunk
) as well as numerous CD labels. They perform regularly in Berlin, Milan, Prague and Vienna, and completed their first Japanese tour in October 2009.
The orchestra participates in Europe's largest open air classical music event: Klassik Open Air. Two performances are given two weeks apart, one by the Nuremberg Symphony, the other by the Nuremberg Philharmonic. Each year, these two concerts are visited by an audience of 100,000.
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
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History
The orchestra began in 1946 as the FranconiaFranconia
Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...
State Orchestra (Fränkisches Landesorchester). In the early 1950s, the orchestra accrued international acclaim for their recordings of the sound tracks to Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis (1951 film)
Quo Vadis is a 1951 epic film made by MGM. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist, from a screenplay by John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, adapted from Henryk Sienkiewicz's classic 1896 novel Quo Vadis. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography...
and Ben Hur
Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic film directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston in the title role, the third film adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The screenplay was written by Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. The score was composed by...
by Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany , and active in France , England , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953...
.
The orchestra took its current name in 1963 for the dedication of the newly built Meistersingerhalle. In 1993, they won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in the category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the soundtrack of Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
.
Since 2008, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra has a new rehearsal and concert hall with a seating capacity of 515, the Neuer Musiksaal. During the summer, it also presents an open air concert series in the Serenadenhof, the southern courtyard of the Congress Hall.
Alexander Shelley
Alexander Shelley
Alexander Shelley is an English conductor.-Biography:Alexander Shelley is an English conductor and cellist born in 1979 into a family of musicians and is chief conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra...
has been the principal conductor of the orchestra since 2009.
Concerts
The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra performs approximately 100 concerts a year to a combined annual audience of more than 180,000. Regular subscription concert series are performed in the Meistersingerhalle for more than 3.000 subscribers.The Nuremberg Symphony is the festival orchestra of the Heidenheim Opera Festival and frequently records for the Bavarian radio (Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
) as well as numerous CD labels. They perform regularly in Berlin, Milan, Prague and Vienna, and completed their first Japanese tour in October 2009.
The orchestra participates in Europe's largest open air classical music event: Klassik Open Air. Two performances are given two weeks apart, one by the Nuremberg Symphony, the other by the Nuremberg Philharmonic. Each year, these two concerts are visited by an audience of 100,000.
External links
- Nuremberg Symphony official website
- Open air music festival Klassik Open Air