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22-532: Several musicians founded the RPhO in 1918 as a private "Society of Professional Musicians for Mutual Cultivation of the Arts". It had paying members and the aim was to make music for personal pleasure without pursuit of gain. The first musical director was Willem Feltzer , who was the manager of two Rotterdam music schools. Alexander Schmuller succeeded Felzer as music director, for two years. In May 1930, Eduard Flipse

44-790: A choral conductor. He began piano lessons at age 6 with Hannah Shalgi. He continued his piano studies from Arie Vardi at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv. He subsequently studied double bass with Teddy Kling, the former principal bassist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Shani continued further music studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin, where his teachers included Christian Ehwald (orchestral conducting) and Fabio Bidini (piano). Daniel Barenboim has served as

66-615: A conducting mentor for Shani. Shani first appeared as a guest pianist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007. In 2010, Zubin Mehta engaged Shani as pianist and assistant conductor for a tour with the Israel Philharmonic. With the Israel Philharmonic, Shani conducted the Israel Philharmonic's opening season concerts in 2013. He has returned each year subsequently as a guest conductor with

88-403: A son, and ended in divorce. His second marriage was to Margaretha Cornelia Broeders, from 1942. This article about a Dutch conductor or bandleader is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lahav Shani Lahav Shani ( Hebrew : להב שני ; born 7 January 1989) is an Israeli conductor, pianist and double bassist. Shani was born in Tel Aviv, the son of Michael Shani,

110-426: The 2008–2009 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. In April 2010, the RPhO announced the extension of Nézet-Séguin's contract through 2015. In June 2013, the RPhO further extended his contract through the summer of 2018. In May 2015, the RPhO announced the scheduled conclusion of Nézet-Séguin's tenure as principal conductor at the end of the 2017–2018 season. Nézet-Séguin now has the title of Eredirigent with

132-552: The 2017–2018 season. In June 2016, Shani made his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO), as both guest conductor and piano soloist. On the basis of this single appearance, the RPhO musicians unanimously elected Shani as the next chief conductor of the orchestra, in August 2016, the youngest conductor to be named chief conductor of the RPhO to date. His RPhO contract is effective from

154-426: The 2018–2019 season, for 12 weeks per season. The appointment marks Shani's first appointment to a full-time orchestral post. In March 2020, the RPhO announced the extension of Shani's contract as chief conductor through August 2026. In January 2023, the RPhO announced that Shani is to conclude his tenure as its chief conductor at the close of the 2025-2026 season. In January 2018, the Israel Philharmonic announced

176-565: The 2023-2024 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. The RPhO has made commercial recordings for such labels as Philips, EMI, BIS, and Deutsche Grammophon . Eduard Flipse Eduard Flipse (26 February 1896 in Wissenkerke – 12 September 1973 in Breda ) was a Dutch conductor and composer, the son of Cornelis Flipse and Geertje Kruis. He was noted as a champion of the music of Dutch composers, such as Léon Orthel . He prepared

198-471: The Netherlands which lasted for the duration of World War II . The Doelen was destroyed, as was a rehearsal facility, with most of the music library and all of the orchestra's instruments. Despite the problems, the orchestra season finished according to plan, thanks to several other Dutch orchestras who gave concerts to raise money and helped with equipment and sheet music. The Koninginnekerk , one of

220-469: The RPhO announced that Shani is to conclude his tenure as its chief conductor at the close of the 2025-2026 season. Past principal guest conductors of the RPhO included Jirí Belohlávek , who held the title from the 2012–2013 season until his death on 31 May 2017. In May 2022, Tarmo Peltokoski first guest-conducted the RPhO. On the basis of this appearance, the RPhO announced the appointment of Peltokoski as its next principal guest conductor, effective with

242-488: The RPhO. In June 2016, Lahav Shani made his first guest-conducting appearance with the RPhO. On the basis of this concert, in August 2016, the RPhO unanimously elected Shani as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. Shani is the youngest conductor ever to be named chief conductor of the RPhO. In March 2020, the RPhO announced the extension of Shani's contract as chief conductor through August 2026. In January 2023,

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264-510: The Rotterdam grew into an orchestra of international stature, making many recordings and successful international tours. From 1983 to 1991, James Conlon was the RPhO's principal conductor. Jeffrey Tate succeeded Conlon, from 1991 to 1995. From 1995, Valery Gergiev served as principal conductor, and featured the orchestra in his Gergiev Festival presentations. Gergiev stepped down as principal conductor in August 2008, and subsequently took

286-583: The appointment of Shani as its next music director, effective with the 2020–2021 season. He held the title of music director designate of the orchestra in the 2019–2020 season. Shani first guest-conducted the Munich Philharmonic in March 2022, in a benefit concert for Ukraine. He returned in September 2022 for an additional guest-conducting appearance with the orchestra. On 28 January 2023,

308-495: The chorus for one of the earliest Dutch performances of William Walton 's cantata Belshazzar's Feast . He was the first Dutch conductor of Igor Stravinsky 's The Rite of Spring and Alban Berg ’s Violin Concerto . Flipse became the "second conductor" ( "tweede dirigent" ) of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in 1927, and in 1930, became the orchestra's principal conductor, serving until 1962. His recordings with

330-595: The few churches that survived the bombing, became the new concert hall. During the occupation, the rules of the new Cultuurkamer , an organization meant to regulate the arts in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, were severely restrictive and discriminatory. Every musician had to become a member of the Cultuurkamer , Jewish musicians had to be fired, and music by Jewish composers was banned, as was music from countries at war with Nazi Germany. After

352-529: The orchestra became known for its special attention to contemporary music , featuring the work of Dutch composers such as Johan Wagenaar , Willem Pijper and Alphons Diepenbrock . A 1300-seat concert hall, the Doelen , was built in 1935, and the orchestra was rewarded by rising attendance numbers. When the Rotterdam City Council began to subsidize the orchestra, its problems seemed to be in

374-580: The orchestra include a live performance from the 1955 Holland Festival of Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No. 6 . In his later years, Flipse was the first conductor of the Antwerp Philharmonic (precursor to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders and now called Antwerp Symphony Orchestra ) from 1959 to 1970. Flipse was married twice. His first marriage to Louise Francina Victoria Snel, from 1923 to 1940, produced

396-636: The orchestra. Shani won first prize at the 2013 International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition . In May 2015, he first guest-conducted the Vienna Symphony . In November 2015, he made his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic , as both conductor and pianist, as an emergency substitute for Franz Welser-Möst . In January 2016, the Vienna Symphony announced the appointment of Shani as its next principal guest conductor, as of

418-478: The past. On May 7, 1940 the orchestra played a concert of Bruch and Stravinsky in a celebration of Flipse's first ten years as conductor. In June 1940 Rotterdam was planning to celebrate its six hundredth birthday and the Rotterdam Philharmonic planned a special program. However, on May 14 Nazi Germany bombed Rotterdam and nearly completely destroyed it, thereby launching its occupation of

440-447: The title of eredirigent (honorary conductor) of the RPhO. He held this title until March 2022, when the RPhO terminated its artistic relationship with Gergiev, rescinded his title of eredirigent and discontinued its Gergiev Festival, following Gergiev's lack of denunciation of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . In December 2006, the orchestra voted unanimously to name Yannick Nézet-Séguin as their 11th Principal Conductor, as of

462-439: The war, the orchestra lacked a permanent home until a new concert hall, also called the Doelen , was built in 1966. After Flipse retired as principal conductor in 1962, his successors were Franz Paul Decker (1962-1967) and Jean Fournet (1968-1973). In 1973, Edo de Waart became principal conductor, and served in the post until 1979. Under De Waart and David Zinman , who succeeded him as principal conductor from 1979 to 1982,

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484-431: Was appointed principal conductor , and held the post until 1962. Under his stewardship, the amateur ensemble evolved into a professional orchestra. When Flipse took over from Feltzer and Schmuller, the orchestra was in poor shape both financially and artistically. However, Filpse had both managerial skills and musical vision. He established an "Instrument Fund" to raise funds for new instruments and other necessities, and

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