Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse

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The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse is a French symphonic orchestra composed of about sixty instrumentalists.

History[]

The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse has its origins in the small municipal orchestra founded in 1867 in the alsacian city. In 1972, it became the Orchestre Régional de Mulhouse, then, in 1979, the Orchestre Symphonique du Rhin and, finally, the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse.

The hundred or so concerts it performs each year are divided between the opera season of the Opéra national du Rhin (whose services it shares with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg) and a symphonic season. Its concerts take place at the  [fr] in Mulhouse, its residence home.

Music directors since 1975[]

  • Paul Capolongo (1975–1985)
  • Luca Pfaff (1986–1996)
  • Cyril Diederich (1996–2005)
  • Daniel Klajner (2005–2011)
  • Gwennolé Rufet (Acting Music and Artistic Director, 2011–2013)
  • Patrick Davin (2013–2018)
  • Jacques Lacombe (appointed in July 2017 for a start at the beginning of the 2018–19 season)

Discography[]

  • Glanzberg (Holocaust Lieder, Suite Yiddish), Roman Trekel (baritone) - conductor Daniel Klajner
  • French and Italian opera arias (Rossini, Ponchielli, Leoncavallo, Saint-Saëns, Bizet) - Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano), Victor Dernovski (first violin), Urmas Tammik[1] (cello solo), conductor Daniel Klajner
  • Chansons de toujours (Plaisirs d’amour, Le Temps des cerises, La chanson des blés d’or…) - José Van Dam (baritone), conductor Cyril Diederich
  • Strauss / Sonzogno (Valses, polkas et autres danses) - conductor Lucas Pfaff

References[]

  1. ^ Urmas Tammik

External links[]

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