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.

ORCHESTRA BOARD
Christian Loferer (Vorsitzender) 
Dania Lemp (Stellv. Vorsitzende) 
Martin Fuchs 
Matthias Kamleiter

BOARD OF THE MUSICAL ACADEMY OF THE BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER e. V.
Gaël Gandino 
Matjaž Bogataj
Giorgi Gvantseladze
Contact: [email protected]

MANAGEMENT BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER KONZERT GMBH,
BAERISCHE STAATSOPER RECORDINGS
Benedikt Don Strohmeier
Contact: [email protected]  

ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD
Anna-Maija Hirvonen 
Claudio Estay 
Milena Viotti 
Stefan Ambrosius 
Yves Savary

ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF THE BAYERISCHEN STAATSORCHESTER'S HERMANN-LEVI-AKADEMIE
Christiane Arnold
Frank Bloedhorn

500 years of living tradition - shaping the future 

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

Musical contributions were made by the brass players of the Bavarian State Orchestra.

A further 4,000 deciduous trees were planted by the forestry workers in Forstenried Park. With this tree donation, the musicians of the Bavarian State Orchestra are setting an example for a sustainable future.

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