Dresden Philharmonie Upon being founded in 1870, the Dresden Philharmonie brought a new spirit to the city’s public music culture with its performances at the Gewerbehaus-saal. The orchestra remains true to this tradition today. As the city’s orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonie is conscious of its Obligation to a diverse audience. In addition to its classical-romantic core repertoire, the Dresden Philharmonie has always been open to performing Contemporary compositions. The orchestra continues this trend today with recently commissioned works from Sofia Gubaidulina, Rodion Schtschedrin, Gija Kancheli, and Michael Nyman. Noteworthy conductors and soloists regularly gave guest performances with the Dresden Philharmonie: Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Antonin Dvorak and Richard Strauss came to conduct their own works. In later years this included artists like Hermann Abendroth, Eduard van Beinum, Fritz Busch, Eugen Jochum, Joseph Keilberth, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Franz Konwitschny and Arthur Nikisch. In recent times the orchestra has worked with guest conductors such as Marc Albrecht, Dennis search 'Town Hall Symphony Hall' @THSHBirmingham 11