40th anniversary: Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (Young German Philharmonic Orchestra)
The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie is a top international student orchestra.
Enthusiasts, experts, instigators and ambassadors – the musicians of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (JDPh) want to be all these things: pretty ambitious for the student orchestra, the only one of its kind in the world. This innovative follow-up orchestra was created in Frankfurt-am-Main in 1974 by a group of up-and-coming musicians who had outgrown the National Youth Orchestra. Since then, more than 2,000 young musicians, the elite of German music academies, have sat on the rostrum. They currently number about 180: students aged between 18 and 28 who auditioned successfully to join. In the JDPh they gain their first experience in their future profession as an orchestra musician. And it's about more than artistic self-realization. The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie is an attempt to influence the orchestra musicianship of tomorrow; it's about implementing a vision. While traditional orchestras tend to be hierarchically structured, all the organizational and artistic decisions at the JDPh are voted on democratically by the members themselves. The forward-looking and unique aspect of the orchestra is its ideal of the self-determined and responsible musician.
Cooperation with renowned conductors
The orchestra's artistic focus ranges from the large symphonic repertoire to contemporary music and historical performance practice. The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie regularly works with internationally renowned artists, e.g. conductors such as David Afkham, George Benjamin, Ivor Bolton, Andrey Boreyko, Paul Goodwin, Susanna Mälkki and Sir Roger Norrington. It performs at international festivals, and since 2008 has enriched Frankfurt's cultural life with its own biennial festival called FREISPIEL.
The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie is celebrating its 40th anniversary in October 2014 with a ceremony in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt under the patronage of the President of the German Bundestag, Norbert Lammert. One of the highlights will be the baton-handover ceremony from Lothar Zagrosek to Jonathan Nott. The renowned English conductor and head of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra already worked in Frankfurt at the beginning of his career – as conductor at the opera house. Now he is taking over as first conductor and artistic adviser to the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie.
Ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie on 13 October 2014 in Frankfurt-am-Main
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