Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) is one of the most innovative and flexible ensembles of its kind in Germany. With an extraordinarily broad repertoire, an impressive number of albums under its belt, and a breath-taking range of concerts each year, the orchestra of the German Public Radio of Hessen has built up an outstanding international reputation since its foundation near a century ago. A regular collaborator with the world’s best conductors and soloists, it is equally at home unearthing old, almost forgotten repertoire as it is in exploring new, experimental music. It also sees children and youth work as one of its top priorities. It was the orchestra’s first conductor in 1929, Hans Rosbaud, with his emphasis on both traditional Romantic repertoire and contemporary music, who forged the path the orchestra has trodden ever since.
Following the end of the Second World War, Kurt Schröder and Winfried Zillig set about rebuilding the orchestra, but it was Dean Dixon, Eliahu Inbal, Dmitri Kitayenko and Hugh Wolff who established and carried on the orchestra’s truly international reputation in the subsequent decades. Alain Altinoglu currently serves as chief conductor.
