German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has been connected with the orchestra as the Principal Guest Conductor for many years.

Regular performance venues are in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern, but also in the greater area where the three countries Germany, France and Luxembourg meet (Greater Region of SaarLorLux), as well as in Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition, the orchestra also performs concert series in Karlsruhe, Mainz and in the Old Opera House in Frankfurt. In the 2011/12 season, the orchestra will be making a guest appearance in the Neuschwanstein castle concerts, in the Baden-Baden Festival Hall, with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Rhein Vokal Festival and at the European Culture Days in Karlsruhe. The orchestra toured Switzerland in 2008 and China in 2009. In autumn 2011, the orchestra will be touring Japan.
Classical stars on the international scene are regular guest performers with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, including violinists Frank-Peter Zimmermann, Julia Fischer, Janine Jansen, Vadim Repin and Renaud Capuçon, cellists Gautier Capuçon, Sol Gabetta and Jan Vogler, pianists Olli Mustonen and Lars Vogt, and singers such as Elina Garanca, Angelika Kirchschlager, Juliane Banse, Measha Brueggergosman and Andreas Scholl. But the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra also gives the stage to artists from the local region such as the young pianists Anny Hwang and Joseph Moog, who are just embarking on a great career. The conductors Pietari Inkinen and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky among others will also be appearing in the 2011/12 season, following an invitation by the orchestra.

Besides the vocal pieces, programme highlights include the classical-romantic repertoire as well as leading figures of modernity such as Alban Berg, Arnold Schönberg, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Wolfgang Rihm.

With “Classical music comes to school”, a range of children’s concerts, family concerts and various music promotion projects ensure that the orchestra appeals to the younger audience. All the concerts are recorded and are broadcast either as part of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland Broadcasting) or the Südwestrundfunk (Southwest Broadcasting) programmes, or by the European Broadcasting Union. On the television, the orchestra can be seen in SR/SWR television programmes, as well as on the ARTE culture channel.
The noteworthy discography of the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra includes CD recordings of symphonies by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky under Principal Conductor Christoph Poppen, the Schumann symphonies under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and the recording of the symphonies by the Franco-German Romantic Théodore Gouvy under Jacques Mercier. New releases include CDs with violinist Lena Neudauer (Works by Schumann for violin and orchestra, winner of the “International Classical Music Award”), pianist Florian Uhlig (Works by Schumann for piano and orchestra), and of operatic arias with soprano Juliane Banse (“Per Amore”) .

Partner orchestras
Orchestre Nationale de Lorraine
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg