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rnuMLuy With its approximately 80 concerts in Dresden, the Dresden Philharmonie is the busiest Symphonie orchestra in Dresden, and essentially characterizes the cultural life of the city. The orchestra plays in the festival hall of the Dresden Kulturpalast am Altmarkt right in the heart of the city. The orchestra is sought after on concert stages worldwide, and its tours have occurred throughout Europe, China, Japan, Israel, South America and the United States. The Dresden Philharmonie traces its formation back to the formal opening of the first concert hall in Dresden on November 29, 1870. This marked a social change in the city: from concerts for the aristocracy to concerts for the general public. From 1885, the then "Gewerbehausorchester" gave full seasons of Symphonie concerts in Dresden, which earned it the title "Dresden Philharmonie Orchestra" in 1915. Historically the great composers such as Johannes Brahms, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Antonin Dvorak and Richard Strauss have conducted and often premiered their works with the orchestra. Included among the great conductors who have led the orchestra are Hans von Buelow, Anton Rubinstein, Bruno Walter, Fritz Busch, Arthur Nikisch, Hermann Sherchen, Erich Kleiber, and Willem Mengelberg. Previous music directors have included Paul van Kempen, Carl Schriebt, Heinz Bongartz, Kurt Masur, Guenther Herbig, Joerg-Peter Weigle and Michael Plasson, nearly all of whom have recorded with the orchestra. RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, Conductor Born in Burgos, Spain, in 1933, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos studied violin, piano, music theory and composition at the conservatories in Bilbao and Madrid, and conducted at Munich's Hochschule für Musik where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize. He has served as general music director of the Rundfunkorchester Berlin, principal guest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, and music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna Symphony, Bilbao Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Spain, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and the Montreal Symphony. For many seasons, he was also guest conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. He is the newly named principal conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Turin. Frühbeck de Burgos has conducted virtually all of the major orchestras in the United States and Canada. He is a regulär guest conductor with most of the major European ensembles, including all of the London orchestras, the Berlin, Munich and Hamburg Philharmonie Orchestras, the German Radio Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony. He has also conducted the Israel Philharmonie and the major Japanese orchestras. Frühbeck de Burgos made his Boston Symphony debut in 1971, returning to the Boston Symphony podium for
