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42-397: The Foundation holds the world's largest collection of Giacometti's works: 95 paintings, 260 bronze sculptures, 550 plaster sculptures, and thousands of drawings and engravings. The Foundation also holds a large archive giving background to the artist's creations: numerous notebooks and sketchbooks, manuscripts for published texts, correspondence with other artists and intellectuals, as well as

84-461: A 12-month jail sentence (suspended) for funds he mis-appropriated acting as executor of the will of Annette Giacometti. In 2022, the foundation announced plans to open a museum in Paris in 2026. The museum, which is to include a school and provide a permanent home for several hundred works by Giacometti, will occupy 6,000 m (64,600 sq ft) of space in the former Invalides train station and

126-674: A Socialist decorated by the Republic". Valls declined to comment on Dumas's claims, except to say that Dumas was "a man with a known past and his remarks which have done no credit to the Republic for a long time". Dumas was married to Théodora Voultepsis, a former Miss Greece from 1951 through 1954, and to Anne-Marie Lillet, whom he married in 1961. (She was scion of the Lillet beverage family; they separated but never divorced.) Dumas turned 100 in August 2022, and died in Paris on 3 July 2024 at

168-471: A collection of over 5,000 works, the Foundation participates in many cultural activities, lectures, themed exhibitions, and conferences in cultural institutions around the world. It is involved in the publication, reproduction and editing of Alberto Giacometti's work. For this purpose, it monitors related publications, exhibitions and sales, and the sale of counterfeit works, attempting to remove them from

210-424: A large part of his private library, including reviews, books, exhibition catalogues, and newspapers, some of which have his annotations or drawings. It aims at establishing a comprehensive catalogue of the artist's works from the records started by his widow. It also organises exhibitions of works from its collection, and provides short and long-term loans to major museums and cultural institutions. The premises housing

252-709: A performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic for Hitler's birthday. Following the end of the performance, Joseph Goebbels approached the podium to shake Furtwängler's hand. This concert led to intense criticism of Furtwängler after the war. After Furtwängler (who was personally opposed to the Nazi regime ) fled to Switzerland to escape arrest by the Gestapo in January 1945, Leo Borchard became chief conductor. The final wartime concert

294-557: A skating rink and converted by the architect Franz Schwechten . In 1899, a smaller concert hall, the Beethovensaal on Köthener Straße, was also inaugurated for chamber music and chamber ensembles. The first Philharmonie was used until British bombers destroyed it on 30 January 1944, the anniversary of Hitler becoming chancellor. The orchestra played until the end of the war in the Staatsoper , Unter den Linden . The Staatsoper

336-582: Is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. The Berlin Philharmonic was founded in Berlin in 1882 by 54 musicians under the name Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle (literally, "Former Bilse's Band"); the group broke away from their previous conductor Benjamin Bilse after he announced his intention of taking the band on a fourth-class train to Warsaw for a concert. The orchestra

378-586: The 1958 legislative election , which followed the return of General Charles de Gaulle to power. He came back into the French National Assembly between 1967 and 1968 as representative of the Corrèze department. As a member of the renewed Socialist Party (PS) led by Mitterrand, he became deputy for Gironde in 1973, then for Dordogne on the occasion of the "pink wave" of 1981 . In 1974, he acted as defence lawyer for Hilarion Capucci , who

420-850: The German Occupation during the Second World War . Shot at by the Gestapo , he conveyed weapons for the Resistance . Roland Dumas was arrested after organizing a boycott of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra by French students. After the war, he completed his law and political science studies in the Ecole libre des sciences politiques and the London School of Economics . As a journalist and lawyer, he defended Jean Mons , Secretary-General of

462-645: The National Assembly of France for Corrèze  : 1967–1968. Elected in 1967. Member of the National Assembly of France for Dordogne  : 1981–1983 (Became minister in 1983) / 1986–1988 (Became minister in 1988). Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra The Berlin Philharmonic (German: Berliner Philharmoniker ) is a German orchestra based in Berlin . It

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504-963: The Quai d'Orsay after the re-election of Mitterrand in May 1988, until the PS defeat in the March 1993 legislative elections. He was the French Foreign Minister during the collapse of the Soviet Bloc , the Gulf War , and the negotiations of the Maastricht Treaty . After losing reelection to the French National Assembly in 1993, he was nominated for President of the Constitutional Council in 1995. Under his presidency,

546-561: The Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in Abbado's honour. In June 1999, the musicians elected Sir Simon Rattle as their next chief conductor. Rattle made it a condition of his signing with the Berlin Philharmonic that it be turned into a self-governing public foundation, with the power to make its own artistic and financial decisions. This required a change to state law, which

588-528: The Berlin Wall in 1989. Abbado expanded the orchestra's repertoire beyond the core classical and romantic works into more modern 20th-century works . Abbado stepped down from the chief conductorship of the orchestra in 2002. During the post-unification period, the orchestra encountered financial problems resulting from budgetary stress in the city of Berlin. In 2006, the Orchestra Academy of

630-669: The Defence Committee, from charges of negligence in a case where Mons's assistant was accused of passing secrets of national security to communists. Because of this, he became close to François Mitterrand, president of the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR) party, himself suspected in the same scandal. In 1956, he was elected deputy for Haute-Vienne department under the UDSR banner. He lost his seat in

672-497: The age of 101. President of the Constitutional Council of France  : 1995–2000 (Resignation). Governmental functions Minister for European Affairs : 1983–1984. Minister of External Relations : 1984–1986. Government spokesman : June–December 1984. Minister of Foreign Affairs : 1988–1993. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Vienne  : 1956–1958. Elected in 1956. Member of

714-642: The basement of the esplanade. The Foundation is administered by a nine-member board, including two French Government representatives (statutory members: the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Culture and Communication and a member of the Fondation Alberto Giacometti at Zürich (Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung). The Foundation has a mission to protect, disseminate and promote Giacometti's works. Its activities include: Holding

756-758: The body argued in favour of complete judicial immunity for the French President . Dumas was a member of the Emergency Committee for Iraq . In June 2013, during an appearance on the French news channel La Chaîne parlementaire , Dumas claimed that British officials had been preparing for intervention in Syria two years before the start of the Arab Spring . "I was in England two years before

798-486: The collection are not open to the general public, however the entire collection is progressively being made available online. The foundation is the sole beneficiary of the legacy of Annette Giacometti, his widow, deceased in 1993. Mrs. Giacometti appointed Roland Dumas , a lawyer and former French foreign minister, to be her executor. By the time Annette Giacometti died, the French government had not yet approved creation of

840-430: The foundation. In 1994, reportedly to cover the cost of storage, insurance and legal fees, Dumas put 18 Giacometti works up for sale through the French auctioneer Jacques Tajan, raising the equivalent of some $ 8 million. In 2000, Annette Giacometti's brother, Michael Arm, asked a Paris court to annul his sister's will, prepared in January 1990, arguing that she was mentally incompetent at the time. In May 2007, Dumas received

882-502: The general manager of the orchestra was Pamela Rosenberg. In September 2010, Martin Hoffmann became the orchestra's new Intendant . Hoffmann stood down as its Intendant after the close of the 2016/2017 season. Andrea Zietzschmann became Intendantin of the orchestra as of the 2017–2018 season. In December 2020, the orchestra announced the extension of Zietzschmann's contract as Intendantin until 31 August 2025. In February 2024,

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924-487: The home of the Berlin Philharmonic, and its symbol. The orchestra's logo is based on the pentagon-shape of the concert hall. On 20 May 2008, a fire broke out at the Philharmonie. One-quarter of the roof underwent considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior also sustained water damage, but was otherwise "generally unharmed". The firefighters limited damage by

966-615: The market and pursue the counterfeiters. It grants permission to display, edit and publish Giacometti's works. The foundation, in conjunction with members of Giacometti's family, has the right to produce new sculptures from the original plaster casts, completing the editions he began. Under French law, an artist or his heirs have the right to cast no more than 12 sculptures that are to be considered authentic. Giacometti cast most of his sculptures in editions of 6 and occasionally 8. Roland Dumas Roland Dumas ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔlɑ̃ dyma] ; 23 August 1922 – 3 July 2024)

1008-552: The orchestra announced a further extension of Zietzschmann's contract as Intendantin through the summer of 2028. In 2006, the orchestra announced it would investigate its role during the Nazi regime . In 2007, Misha Aster published The Reich's Orchestra , his study of the relationship of the Berlin Philharmonic to the rulers of the Third Reich. Also in 2007, the documentary film The Reichsorchester by Enrique Sánchez Lansch

1050-613: The orchestra announced that Petrenko was to formally commence his contract as chief conductor with the 2019/20 season. A year after this news, in October 2016, the orchestra specified more precisely the start of Petrenko's tenure as 19 August 2019. The orchestra's first concert hall , the Philharmonie situated on the Bernburger Straße in Berlin Kreuzberg , was inaugurated in 1882 in a building previously used as

1092-556: The orchestra over the next few years. In 1887, the pianist and composer Mary Wurm became the first woman to conduct the orchestra. Programmes of this period show that the orchestra possessed only 46 strings, much less than the Wagnerian ideal of 64. In 1895, Arthur Nikisch became chief conductor, and was succeeded in 1923 by Wilhelm Furtwängler . Despite several changes in leadership, the orchestra continued to perform throughout World War II . On 20 April 1942, Furtwängler conducted

1134-406: The orchestra voted 73 to 4 not to admit her to the orchestra. Meyer subsequently left the orchestra. After Karajan stood down from the orchestra in 1989, the orchestra offered the chief conductorship to Carlos Kleiber , who declined. In 1989, the orchestra elected Claudio Abbado as its next principal conductor. It was the first time the Philharmonic resorted to democratic voting after the fall of

1176-521: The post from 1955 until his resignation in April 1989, only months before his death. Under him, the orchestra made a vast number of recordings and toured widely, growing and gaining fame. The orchestra hired its first female musician, violinist Madeleine Carruzzo , in 1982. However, Karajan's hiring in September 1982 of Sabine Meyer , the first female wind player to the orchestra, led to controversy when

1218-456: The prime minister "has personal alliances that mean he has prejudices... Everyone knows he is married to someone really good but who has an influence on him," an apparent reference to Valls' wife, Anne Gravoin , who is Jewish . When directly asked by a reporter if Valls "[was] under a Jewish influence?" Dumas responded, "Probably, I would think so." The Socialist Party subsequently released a statement declaring that Dumas's claims were "unworthy of

1260-698: The recordings were done at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin Dahlem , celebrated for its acoustics. The need for a new Philharmonie was expressed since 1949, when the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Berliner Philharmonie e.V. (Friends of the Berliner Philharmonie Society) was created to gather funds. The building of the new Philharmonie started in 1961, following the design of architect Hans Scharoun , and it

1302-531: The use of foam. The orchestra was restricted from use of the hall for concerts until June 2008. On 18 December 2008, the orchestra announced the official creation of a Digital Concert Hall . This hitherto unique internet platform of the BPO enables persons with computer access all over the world to see and hear the Philharmonic's concerts, live or on demand, not only under recent conductors, but even previous concerts conducted, e.g., by Claudio Abbado . Since July 2014,

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1344-715: The violence in Syria on other business," he said. "I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria. This was in Britain not in America. Britain was organising an invasion of rebels into Syria." Accused in the Elf affair , he resigned from the Presidency of the Constitutional Council in January 1999. Dumas' conviction for criticising a public prosecutor in his book

1386-518: Was a French lawyer and Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He was also President of the Constitutional Council from 1995 to 2000. Born in Limoges , Roland Dumas was the son of Élisabeth Lecanuet (1900–1964) and Georges Dumas (1895–1944), a civil servant in Limoges's region and Socialist resistant to

1428-758: Was also destroyed on 3 February 1945. In need of a venue, the Berlin Philharmonic played during the years following the war in the Titania-Palast , an old movie theater converted in a concert hall, and still used the Beethovensaal for smaller concerts. During the 1950s the orchestra moved its concerts at the Musikhochschule (today part of the Berlin University of the Arts ), in the Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal. However, most of

1470-505: Was approved in 2001, allowing him to join the organization in 2002. In his first season, he initiated community projects, such as a performance of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps danced by 250 public school children, documented in Rhythm Is It! . Rattle's contract with the orchestra was initially until 2012. In April 2008, the BPO musicians voted in favour of retaining Rattle as their chief conductor until 2018. From 2006 to 2010,

1512-484: Was found unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights in 2010, by five votes to two. In May 2007, Dumas received a 12-month jail sentence (suspended) for funds he mis-appropriated acting as executor of the will of the widow of Alberto Giacometti . In February 2015, Dumas suggested Prime Minister Manuel Valls was probably acting under Jewish "influence". During an interview on BFM-TV , Dumas stated that

1554-560: Was inaugurated on 15 October 1963, with a performance of Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony , conducted by Herbert von Karajan . Its location made it part of the Kulturforum , and the great hall (2,440 seats) was then complemented by a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal (1,180 seats), built in 1987, following the design of architect Edgar Wisniewski , after a project by Hans Scharoun. The Berliner Philharmonie has since been

1596-594: Was on 12 April 1945, just before the commencement of the Battle of Berlin . The program included Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, the finale from Wagner's Götterdämmerung ( Twilight of the Gods ). Hitler Youth members are reported to have distributed cyanide pills to the audience for those who wished, by death, to escape the imminent arrival of the Red Army . The battle forced the orchestra to close for two months, but it

1638-693: Was prosecuted in Israel on charges of smuggling weapons into the country for the PLO . When President Mitterrand appointed Laurent Fabius as Prime Minister in July 1984, Dumas joined the cabinet as Minister of European Affairs. Five months later, he replaced Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson . He remained in this position until the Socialist defeat in the March 1986 legislative election . Nevertheless, he returned to

1680-634: Was quickly reopened by the Soviet occupation authorities under the East Berlin commandant General Nikolai Berzarin on 26 May 1945. Borchard was accidentally shot and killed later in 1945 by the U.S. Army forces occupying West Berlin . Sergiu Celibidache then took over as chief conductor for seven years, from 1945 to 1952. Furtwängler returned as chief conductor in 1952 and held the post until his death in 1954. The orchestra elected Herbert von Karajan as its next chief conductor. Karajan served in

1722-656: Was released. UNICEF appointed the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Rattle as Goodwill Ambassadors in November 2007. On 10 January 2013, the orchestra announced the scheduled end of Rattle's tenure as artistic director and chief conductor in 2018. In 2014, the orchestra founded its own label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. After an abortive first attempt on 11 May 2015, the orchestra on 21 June 2015 elected Kirill Petrenko as its next artistic director and chief conductor. In October 2015,

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1764-561: Was renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1882. Their new conductor was Ludwig von Brenner ; in 1887 Hans von Bülow , the conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra and one of the most famous piano virtuosos of the time, took over the post. This helped to establish the orchestra's international reputation, and guests Hans Richter , Felix von Weingartner , Richard Strauss , Gustav Mahler , Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg conducted

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