Bamberg Symphony: Mendelssohn Bartholdy / BrucknerJakub Hrůša (conductor), Karen Gomyo (violin)

Karen Gomyo, violin

Jakub Hrůša, conductor

The circumstances of their founding make the Bamberg Symphony a mirror of German history: in 1946, former members of the Prague German Philharmonic Orchestra encountered colleagues in the small Franconian town of Bamberg who had also had to flee their homeland due to the war and ensuing post-war turmoil, and founded the “Bamberg Tonkünstlerorchester”, which was given its current name “Bamberger Symphoniker” shortly thereafter. Starting with the founding orchestra in Prague, its roots can be traced back as far as the 19th and 18th centuries. With its Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša – since September 2016 the Bamberg Symphony’s fifth principal conductor – there is once again, more than seven decades after the orchestra’s foundation, a direct link between its past and present.

In November, the ensemble give a guest performance in Munich and, in addition to Bruckner’s last symphony, will interpret Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Concerto together with soloist Karen Gomyo. Born in Tokyo, the Canadian violinist began her musical career in Montréal and New York. In recitals and as an enthusiastic chamber musician, Karen Gomyo is a regular at major festivals. her partners in chamber music include Leif Ove Andsnes, Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra. As a soloist, she has already worked with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Neeme Järvi and Vasily Petrenko. For all of them – Karen Gomyo, Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony – the concert at the Isarphilharmonie is a premiere at MünchenMusik.

Programme

• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, Op 64
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor