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Music / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
MUSIC is spelled with capital letters in Bamberg. The most prominent ambassadors of music are the world-renowned Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
Founded in 1946 by former members of the German Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague and musicians from Carlsbad and Silesia, who were expelled from there during World War II, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conquered the hearts of music-lovers from the very beginning with their Bohemian musical style, their virtuosity and discipline.
In the years from 1946 until 1948 they acquired a broad repertoire together with the conductor Konrad Lechner. Ranging from Bach to Strawinski and Karl Hoeller, the concerts featured a well-balanced variety.
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra was the first German orchestra to tour Europe, the United States, Asia and Africa after the end of World War II.
By building the new concert and congress hall in 1993, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra finally received an exquisite home that is up to the standard of the most demanding music-lovers. The acoustics and the architecture of the "Symphony on the Regnitz" - as the hall is called - now offer what is expected for a first class orchestra and its audience.
Since January 2000 Jonathan Nott is the conductor of the Orchestra. He has to orientate the artistic creation of the coming years to the future.
 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
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