Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden |
| Origin | Dresden, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Symphony orchestra |
| Years active | 1548-present |
| Associated acts |
Kleine Szene Sächsische Staatsoper SemperOper Ballett Staatsopern Chorus |
| Website | www.staatskapelle-dresden.de |
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| Music Director Fabio Luisi Conductor Laureate Colin Davis Composer in Residence Isabel Mundry |
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| Former members | |
| Founder Maurice, Prince Elector of Saxony |
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The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden) is an orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548. It is one of the world's oldest orchestras.
The orchestra has had many eminent chief conductors. In its early years, Heinrich Schütz was associated with it, and in the nineteenth century Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner were both principal conductors. In the twentieth century, Richard Strauss became closely associated with it, as both a conductor and a composer, with several of his works being premiered by the ensemble. Karl Böhm and Rudolf Kempe were also principal conductors.
Herbert Blomstedt was musical director of the Staatskapelle from 1975 to 1985. With them he recorded a complete cycle of Beethoven's nine symphonies.
Giuseppe Sinopoli was its principal conductor at the time of his death in 2001. In August 2002, Bernard Haitink took up the post, until his sudden resignation in 2004. In August 2007 Fabio Luisi began his tenure as principal conductor.
Principal conductors
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Julius Rietz (1874) • Franz Wüllner (1877) • Ernst von Schuch (1884) • Fritz Reiner (1914) • Fritz Busch (1922) • Karl Böhm (1934) • Karl Elmendorff (1943) • Joseph Keilberth (1945) • Rudolf Kempe (1949) • Franz Konwitschny (1953) • Lovro von Matačić (1956) • Otmar Suitner (1960) • Kurt Sanderling (1964) • Martin Turnovský (1966) • Herbert Blomstedt (1975) • Hans Vonk (1985) • Giuseppe Sinopoli (1992) • Bernard Haitink (2002) • Fabio Luisi (2007) |
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