THE Bayerische Staatsorchester

In 2023, the Bayerische Staatsorchester celebrated its five hundredth anniversary, making it one of the oldest and most traditional ensembles in the world. Based in the Bayerische Staatsoper, the orchestra and its 144 members perform both in the orchestra pit and on the concert platform. In 2024, the orchestra was voted Orchestra of the Year for the tenth time in a row and for the twelfth time overall in the critics' survey conducted by Opernwelt magazine and was also honored at the Grammophone Awards in London for its recordings on the Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings label as an opera and symphony orchestra (for Die tote Stadt and The Snow Queen as well as for Mahler's Symphony No. 7) - an unprecedented success in the history of the Grammophone Awards.

In 1811, members of the former court orchestra founded the Musikalische Akademie e. V. association, which established Munich's first public concert series with the Academy Concerts. To this day, the Musikalische Akademie and its activities continue to shape the musical life of Munich and the Free State of Bavaria. The activities in Munich are complemented by numerous guest performances and concert tours, which regularly take the orchestra to the world's most important music centers.

The Bayerische Staatsorchester staged several premieres, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo and Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as well as Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. Many of the most important musical personalities of their time led the orchestra as chief conductors: from Hermann Levi, Richard Strauss, Felix Mottl, Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch to Sir Georg Solti, Joseph Keilberth, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano and Kirill Petrenko. The orchestra also had a close relationship with Carlos Kleiber. With the 2021/22 season, Vladimir Jurowski has taken over the management of the Bayerische Staatsorchester as Bavarian General Music Director.

Current concerts

17.02. Monday
05:45 pm | Tageskasse (Marstallplatz 5) Extra
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17.02. Monday
08:00 pm | Nationaltheater Concert
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18.02. Tuesday
07:00 pm | Nationaltheater Concert
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23.02. Sunday
11:00 am | Allerheiligen Hofkirche Concert
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15.03. Saturday
06:00 pm | Allerheiligen Hofkirche Concert
Final Tickets
19.03. Wednesday
07:00 pm | Brainlab Concert
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21.03. Friday
07:00 pm | Brainlab Concert
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22.03. Saturday
07:00 pm | Brainlab Concert
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GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR VLADIMIR JUROWSKI 

Vladimir Jurowski has been general music director of the Bayrische Staatsoper since autumn 2021. Born in Moscow, his musical training began at the local conservatory, which he continued at the music academies in Berlin and Dresden.

He made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in the 2015/16 season in an academy concert, among other things. with Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3; He then directed a new production of his opera The Fiery Angel.  In the following years, in addition to a series of academy concerts, he also led the premieres of Nos / Die Nase, The Devils of Loudun, Così fan tutte, War and Peace, Hamlet, Die Fledermaus, The Passenger and Das Rheingold.
 

THE BAYERISCHE STAATSORCHESTER
Find out more about the musicians of the Bayerische Staatsorchester.

ORCHESTRA BOARD


Christian Loferer (Chairman)
Dania Lemp (Deputy Chair)
Matthias Kamleiter
Martin Fuchs

BOARD OF THE MUSICAL ACADEMY
Gael Gandino, Matjaž Bogataj, Giorgi Gvantseladze

Contact: [email protected]

MANAGEMENT OF Bayerisches Staatsorchester KONZERT GMBH,
Bayerische STaatsoper RECORDINGS
Benedikt Don Strohmeier

Contact: [email protected] 

ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD
Milena Viotti, Stefan Ambrosius, Claudio Estay, Yves Savary, Benedikt Don Strohmeier

Awards

ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR

2008/2009, 2011/2012, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024

International Opera Awards

Best orchestra 2021
Best opera house 2023

Oper! Awards

Orchestra of the year 2019

Deutschlandradio Kultur

Orchestra of the year  2017
500 YEARS OF THE BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA
The history of the Bayerische Staatsorchester began in 1523. Small beginnings in a courtly context gradually grew into a large opera orchestra, which soon also regularly performed symphonic works. Today the Bayerische Staatsorchester is one of the top international ensembles with members from twenty-four nations. In 2023 it celebrated its first 500 years - music for all at the highest level.
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BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER RECORDINGS

Since May 2021, the Bayerische Staatsoper has been documenting its excellence, versatility and tradition with a new in-house label: Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings (BSOrec). 

Discover selected opera productions and concert recordings as well as important archive recordings on CD or DVD/Blu-ray.
 

500 years of living tradition – shaping the future 

The musicians of the Bayerische Staatsorchester together with General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski and State Director Serge Dorny, planted 200 trees in Forstenried as part of an initiative by the Bayerische Staatsorchester Konzert GmbH and Stiftunglife in collaboration with the Bavarian State Forests. 

There were musical contributions from the brass players of the Bayerische Staatsorchester.

Another 4,000 deciduous trees were planted by the forest workers in Forstenrieder Park. With this tree donation, the musicians of the Bayerische Staatsorchester are setting an example for a sustainable future.