Bern Symphony Orchestra
The Bern Symphony Orchestra (Berner Symphonie-Orchester) is a Swiss orchestra based in Bern. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Kursaal in Bern, and also acts as the orchestra of the Bern Theatre, for opera and dance performances. The orchestra is under the auspices of the Stiftung Berner Symphonieorchester, and receives government funding from the federal government of Switzerland and the canton and city of Bern.
The orchestra was founded in 1877. Since 2010, the orchestra's chief conductor is Mario Venzago.[1]
Chief conductors[]
- Karl Munzinger (1896–1909)
- Fritz Brun (1909–1941)
- Luc Balmer (1941–1964)
- Paul Kletzki (1964–1968)
- Charles Dutoit (1968–1978)
- Gustav Kuhn (1979–1983)
- Peter Maag (1984–1991)
- Dmitri Kitajenko (1991–2004)
- Andrey Boreyko (2004–2010)
- Mario Venzago (2010–present)
References[]
- ^ Thomas Schacher (2017-02-08). "Dieser Wagemut wird belohnt". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
External links[]
- Official German-language website of the Bern Symphony Orchestra
- City of Bern English-language page on the Bern Symphony Orchestra
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