German orchestra changes name

German orchestra changes name

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norman lebrecht

February 11, 2016

The celebrated NDR Symphony Orchestra – founded by the British occupying force and formerly conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Klaus Tennstedt and John Eliot Gardiner – is to be rebranded with it moves into Hamburg’s new concert hall next January.

The new name is the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (just trips off the tongue). The music director is Thomas Hengelbrock. Update your address books.

Elbphilharmonie_Nordansicht_Abend_Foto_Thies_Raetzke

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