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MEET THE ARTISTS DRESDEN PHILHARMONIC With its approximately 80 concerts in Dresden, the Dresden Philharmonie is the busiest Symphon ie 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 concerts of the orchestra have emerged as an attraction for thousands of Dresdeners and for visitors to Dresden, “the metropolis on the Elbe,” often called “Florence on the Elbe.” The Dresden Philharmonie Orchestra is sought after on concert stages worldwide and their tours have occurred throughout Europe, China, Japan, Israel, South America and the USA. 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 aris- tocracy to the concerts for the general public. From 1885, the then, Gewerbehausorchster gave full sea- sons of Symphonie concerts in Dresden, which earned them 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 William 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 who have recorded with the orchestra. Kurt Masur, Laureate Conductor of the orchestra, also founded the three choirs: the Philharmonie Choir, the Philharmonie Childreris Choir, and the Philharmonie Youth Choir in 1967. RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS 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 conducting at Munich’s Hochschule Jur 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. Rafael 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 Orchestras, and the Vienna Symphony. He has also conducted the Israel Philharmonie and the major Japanese orchestras. He has made extensive tours with such ensembles as the Philharmonia of London, the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Madrid, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra. He toured North America with the Vienna Symphony in three different seasons and he has led the Spanish National Orchestra on two tours of the United States. Future and recent engagements in North America include concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pittsburgh, National, Cincinnati, and Montreal Symphony Orchestras. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos has recorded extensively for EMI, Decca, Deutsche Gramophone, Spanish Columbia, and Orfeo. Several of his recordings are considered to be dassics, including his interpretations of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St. Paul, Mozarts Requiem, Orffs Carmina Burana, Bizets Carmen, and the complete works of Manuel de Falla, including Atlantida and La vida breve. Frühbeck de Burgos made his Boston Symphony debut in 1971, returning to the Boston Symphony podium for Tanglewood appearances in 2000, 2001, 2002 and concerts to open the BSO regulär season in Symphony Hall. He returns to Tanglewood the summer of 2003 for five major concerts and appears twice in the 2003-2004 season including the closing concerts of the season.
