Orchestra

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

From: Germany
Since: 1907–present
Releases: 35

About

The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is a German symphony orchestra based in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. It dates back to 1907, when a professional orchestra was established. Named for Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn, the orchestra's principal concert venue is the Beethovenhalle.

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Members

Geoffrey Winter 1988–now horn, principal
Jaehyeong Lee 2021–now violin
Ines Altmann now cello
Grigory Alumyan now cello
Camillo Anderwaldt now percussion
Harry Anderwaldt now double bass
Ieva Andreeva now violin
Pedro de Vasconcelos Barreto now violin
Hans-Peter Bausch now trombone
Michael Bergen now viola
Amelie Bertlwieser now clarinet
Mechthild Bozzetti now violin
Julia Bremm now flute
Stefanie Brewing now violin
Konstantin Bruns now cello
Peter Cender now double bass
Artur Chermonov now violin
José Real Cintero now trumpet
Stefan Dorfmayr now clarinet
Mladen Drenic now violin
Mechthild Drop now trumpet
Susanne Dürmeyer now viola
Markus Fassbender now cello
Christian Fischer now viola
Viola Focke now bassoon
Bernd Fritz now trumpet
Maria Geißler now violin
Frank Geuer now double bass
Róbert Grondžel now double bass
Henning Groscurth now bassoon
Ursula Grote now flute
Victoria Gusachenko now violin
Florian Gyßling now clarinet
Gunde Hamraths now oboe
Peter Hänsch now percussion
Ulrich Hartmann now viola
Benjamin Hönle now cello
Se-Eun Hyun now cello
Christine Kinder now viola
Thomas Kletti now horn
Markus Knoben now percussion
Anna Krimm now viola
Gerhard Lederer now trombone
Wolfram Lehnert now violin
Alexander Lifland now violin
Daniel Lohmüller now horn
Engin Lössl now viola
Thomas Ludes now bassoon
Mugurel Markos now violin
Andreas Marner now double bass
Oliver Meißner now trombone
Hans-Joachim Mohrmann now clarinet
Nándor Németi now trombone
Mareike Neumann now violin
Kristina Nukii now violin
Beate Ochs now violin
Hitoshi Ooka now violin
Raymund Otten now bassoon
Lena Ovrutsky-Wignjosaputro now cello
Mikhail Ovrutsky now violin
Keunah Park now violin
Henry Paulus now clarinet
Thomas Plümacher now viola
Anna Putnikova now violin
Maren Rabien now double bass
Johannes Rapp now cello
Daniele di Renzo now violin
Rohan Richards now horn
Mattia Riva now double bass
Susanne Roehrig now viola
Irina Rohde now violin
Markus Rundel now cello
Susanne Salbego now violin
Mariska van der Sande now flute
Christoph Schneider now tuba
Benedikt Seel now bassoon
Teresa Simone now violin
Lucas Spagnolo now flute
Heike Steinbrecher now
Caroline Steiner now cello
Dorothea Stepp now violin
Tigran Sudzhijants now viola
Eva Maria Thiébaud now flute
Hermann-Josef Tillmann now percussion
Melanie Torres-Meißner now violin
Irakli Tsadaia now violin
Theresia Veale now violin
Vivien Wald now violin
Martin Wandel now viola
Rudolf Wedel now trombone
Johannes Weeth now viola
Veronica Wehling now violin
Johanna Welsch now harp
Sonja Wiedebusch now violin
Gillian Williams now horn
Naoki Yamaguchi now violin
Keita Yamamoto now oboe
Ji Eun Yang now viola
Stanislav Zhukovsky now oboe
Susanne van Zoelen-Lucker now oboe
Maud Edenwald · former harp
Florin Iliescu · former violin
Peronnik Topp · former violin
Chih-Ti Wang · former bassoon
Birgit Welpmann · former oboe
Arnold F. Riedhammer 1971–1974 · former
Christine Felsch 2000–2001 · former double bass
Minako Uno-Tollmann 2006 · former viola
Marc Gruber 2014–2016 · former horn

Discography

Albums 28

Live 4

Compilations 3

Links

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Official

beethoven-orchester.de

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Reference

Conductor position

Gustav Classens 1933–1949

Also known as

Beethoven Orchestra Bonn · Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 0aa9500b-7041-43c8-8f3d-5f2d9fc4dada
ISNI: 0000000106640357

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