Theater Bremen (Bremen Theatre) is a state theatre in Bremen , Germany, with four divisions for opera, straight theater, dance, and student programs. Its venues are located in a city block, connected in architecture and seating up to 1,426 spectators. The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962 with innovative play productions in the Bremer Stil (Bremen style). Its opera company was selected as opera house of the year by Opernwelt in 2007.
25-915: Theater Bremen is a company with four divisions: the Oper Bremen (Bremen opera), the Schauspiel Bremen (Bremen Playhouse), the Tanztheater Bremen (Bremen Dance Theatre) and the MoKS Bremen , short for Modellversuch Künstler und Schüler (Experimental Modal: Artists and Schoolgoers). The four venues seat up to 1,426 spectators. The musical divisions have collaborated since 1917 with the Bremer Philharmoniker , an orchestra founded in 1820. The theatre has drawn international attention since 1962, when Kurt Hübner [ de ] staged innovative productions known as
50-682: A pianist in 1855. It was his first public appearance with an orchestra. Thirteen years later, the German Requiem was premiered in Bremen under his direction. Even today, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra still feels a special affinity to Johannes Brahms: His compositions are among the most frequently performed in the repertoire. The inflation that set in as a result of the First World War made it impossible at
75-431: A stage called "noon" for chamber concerts, lectures and other events. Moks is a theatre for children and youth, offering performances for school classes in the morning and young people and their families in the evening. All spectators are close to the stage. The quality of productions has been regarded as high, receiving more than regional attention. Several plays were presented at a theatre competition. The Brauhauskeller
100-575: A state subsidy of around 4 million euros (as of 2009) is granted. A supervisory committee chaired by the Senator for Culture balances the various interests. Chief conductors and general music directors Other conductors Each season, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra performs approximately 175 opera performances at the Theater Bremen in Theater am Goetheplatz , 28 Philharmonic concerts at
125-490: A wide variety of events in and outside school. A particularly ambitious project within music education is the "Musikwerkstatt Bremen", which opened in autumn 2006. The "Musikwerkstatt Bremen" was created in cooperation with the State Institute for Schools and pursues the goal of actively bringing children and adults into contact with music through personal experience. In the "Musikwerkstatt", one can gain insights into
150-451: Is located in the basement vaults of the former St. Pauli brewery. A small stage is intended for events for up to 60 spectators. It is the venue for the group Junge Akteure (young actors), which was founded in 2005, based on the Moks, as the theatre school of Theater Bremen. The stage is narrow and long, requiring unconventional sets. The theatre has around 400 employees. In 1979, Theater Bremen
175-517: The Bremer Stil (Bremen style). Several stage directors and actors shaped the period, and many became well known, such as directors Peter Stein , Peter Zadek , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Hans Neuenfels and Johannes Schaaf , and actors Edith Clever , Jutta Lampe , Margit Carstensen , Bruno Ganz , and Rolf Becker . The buildings of Theater Bremen are located east of the Old Town next to
200-720: The Bremer Wallanlagen [ de ] . They are close to the museums Gerhard Marcks House and Wilhelm Wagenfeld House , the Villa Ichon [ de ] , the central library of the Stadtbibliothek Bremen [ de ] and the Kunsthalle Bremen , forming the so-called Kulturmeile [ de ] (culture mile). The theatre buildings are located in one city block and connected in architecture. They are known as
225-553: The Gesellschaft für Privatkonzerte became the Philharmonische Gesellschaft . It was involved in Bremen's musical life on a voluntary basis and made a significant contribution to its development and diversity. Music lovers, sponsors and companies support the society. However, it was not in a position to maintain an orchestra of professional musicians in the long term and so it had to borrow musicians from
250-1236: The Musikfest Bremen to ensure high quality. Through a cooperation with Bremen University , a joint seminar is held to introduce the world of European art music. Ludger Vollmer Look for Ludger Vollmer on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Ludger Vollmer in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
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#1732786774098300-761: The "Musikwerkstatt Bremen", founded in 2006. All in all, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra can be experienced at over 370 events during one season. The core repertoire of the concerts ranges from the First Viennese School , Romanticism and Post-romanticism to Classical Modernism and Neue Musik . World-class soloists and conductors are continuously engaged, such as Frank Peter Zimmermann , Gidon Kremer , Midori , Julia Fischer , Julian Rachlin , Rudolf Buchbinder , Boris Beresowski , Sabine Meyer , Christopher Hogwood , Mario Venzago and Heinz Holliger . The Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies more than 10,000 children and young people every year with
325-943: The Bremen Concert House Die Glocke and around 30 special, family and chamber concerts. The special concerts include, for example, benefit concerts for the Christmas charity fundraising campaign, the Bremen Cancer Aid Fund and the Bürgerpark Bremen [ de ] as well as concerts within the framework of the Bremen Music Festival, the European Piano Contest Bremen and the International Conductors' Forum of
350-493: The German Music Council . In their concert series "phil pur", the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra devotes several evenings to the work of a single composer in a Philharmonic concert. Since 2009, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra has also organised its own festival entitled "phil intensiv". After the first edition focused on Johannes Brahms' four symphonies for four days, Markus Poschner and the orchestra, together with
375-648: The KulturForum Europa was given for Ludger Vollmer [ de ] 's opera Gegen die Wand [ de ] in 2009. Bremer Philharmoniker The Bremer Philharmoniker is the official orchestra of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . In addition to the music theatre in the Theater Bremen they organise 28 Philharmonic concerts per season, various special, benefit and chamber concerts as well as many projects in
400-467: The SWR Big Band, dedicated the second edition to the interplay of composition and improvisation and the encounter between classical music and jazz, symphony orchestra and big band. Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde" stood as a concertante performance in 2011 on the festival programme. In addition, there are numerous projects for the promotion of children and young people as well as projects in
425-531: The Theater am Goetheplatz, Kleines Haus, Moks and Brauhauskeller. The Theater am Goetheplatz was opened in 1913 as a playhouse with a play by Oscar Wilde . It was destroyed in World War II and restored as a theatre for opera and plays. Reopened in 1950, it seats 800 people. The Kleines Haus was remodelled in the 2012/13 season, seating up to 200 people, and presents plays and dance theatre. The foyer has
450-565: The beginning of the 1920s to maintain the Philharmonic Orchestra, which had been engaged on a private basis until then, in this form. It was therefore taken over by Bremen as the city orchestra. The Philharmonic Society borrowed the musicians for its concerts. In 1933, the orchestra was renamed Staatsorchester . After the Second World War, the orchestra was renamed the "Bremen Philharmonic State Orchestra". In 2002,
475-672: The city orchestra or the state orchestra for its concerts. Since 2001, Barbara Grobien has been chairwoman of the society. In 2002, on the initiative of the company, the Bremer Philharmoniker GmbH was founded, in which the company holds a 26% share (see also above). It left the Philharmonic concerts in the Glocke to the GmbH, but continues to organise chamber concerts. The Philharmonic Society works together with
500-573: The field of music education . Christian Kötter-Lixfeld is the artistic director of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marko Letonja has been its Generalmusikdirektor since the 2018/2019 season. In 1820 the cathedral organist Wilhelm Friedrich Riem founded the Bremen Concert Orchestra . He was conductor of this orchestra until his death (1857). He was succeeded as conductor by Carl Martin Reinthaler . The orchestra
525-625: The orchestra changed its legal form to a limited liability company (Germany) and was renamed Bremer Philharmoniker GmbH . The shareholders are the orchestra musicians, organised in the Bremer Philharmoniker e.V. (26%), the city of Bremen (52%) and the Theater Bremen (22 %). The company is managed by the General Music Director and the Intendant. The number of musicians is around 82 (as of 2017). As before,
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#1732786774098550-447: The world of a symphony orchestra, but above all try out all the instruments of an orchestra under pedagogical guidance. Several activities were awarded prizes: In 1825, the association Society for Private Concerts was founded. He hoped to win capable musicians for Bremen and strove to form a good orchestra and choir. In the beginning the success was moderate, but then a steady concert orchestra with professional and amateur musicians
575-505: Was formed. The Philharmonic Choir was also formed. After the death of the cathedral cantor and conductor of the Bremen Singakademie Wilhelm Friedrich Riem (1779–1857) there was a common conductor of both choirs since 1858: Carl Martin Reinthaler . After Riem left the choir, both choirs were united under the direction of Max Erdmannsdörfer in 1892 to form the joint Philharmonic Choir . In 1895
600-610: Was named Theater des Jahres [ de ] (theatre of the year) by Theater heute . A 1997 production of Verdi's Macbeth was awarded the Bayerischer Theaterpreis [ de ] . In 2007, the Theater Bremen was named Opernhaus des Jahres (Opera House of the Year) by Opernwelt , along with the Komische Oper Berlin . The Europäischer Toleranzpreis (European tolerance prize) of
625-514: Was supervised by the Verein Bremischer Musikfreunde , founded in 1863. In 1825 the Gesellschaft für Privatkonzerte – since 1895 Philharmonische Gesellschaft – was founded. It organised a Philharmonic Choir and a Concert Orchestra , as one of the first bourgeois orchestras. The city of Bremen granted subsidies to the orchestra, which was later called the "Philharmonic Orchestra". Johannes Brahms made his debut as
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