Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie
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| Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie | |
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| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Label(s) | Deutsche Grammophon BMG Virgin Classics Decca Records Berlin Classics PentaTone |
| Website | www.kammerphilharmonie.com |
The Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie is a chamber orchestra that was established in 1980 in Frankfurt, Germany. A group of music students originally founded the Kammerphilharmonie as a grassroots organization, but by 1987 the ensemble was institutionalized as a professional chamber orchestra in Frankfurt. Since 1992, the orchestra has been based in Bremen.[1]
Paavo Järvi, the Estonian conductor, has been the orchestra's Artistic Director since 2004.[1]
The orchestra's repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, and it has collaborared from its first days with such specialists in specific genres as Ton Koopman, Trevor Pinnock, Marc Minkowski, Heinz Holliger, and Pierre Boulez.
The Kammerphilharmonie has been particularly involved with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. The Beethoven Project, in which the orchestra performed Beethoven's complete symphonies during concerts throughout the world, stopped during 2006 in Japan,[1] where it performed all in Yokohama during a single weekend. Since 2005, the Kammerphilharmonie has been Orchestra in Residence at the International Beethovenfest in Bonn.
The ensemble has performed with well-regarded soloists such as Sabine Meyer, Viktoria Mullova, Heinz Holliger, Olli Mustonen, Hélène Grimaud, Heinrich Schiff, and Christian Tetzlaff. In addition to its performances in concertm the Kammerphilharmonie has participated in educational projects, such as introductory concerts, workshops, and collaborations with schools and adult education institutions.[1]
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen has recorded a number of Compact Discs for such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, BMG, Virgin Classics, Decca, Berlin Classics, and PentaTone.
The orchestra is organized as a company in which the musicians are sole partners; they therefore assume full responsibility not only for artistic, but also for financial matters. This arrangement is unusual in the world of chamber music. German governmental authorities subsidize about 40% of the costs of operating the Kammerphilharmonie, which earns the remaining 60% through its own concerts, fundraising, and sales of recordings.[1]
