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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Garment House"). In addition to its concert duties, the orchestra also performs frequently in the Thomaskirche and as the official opera orchestra of the Leipzig Opera.

Gewandhaus Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

1781

Leipzig, Germany

Gewandhaus

Andris Nelsons

www.gewandhausorchester.de

Kurt Masur (1996–2015)

Herbert Blomstedt (2005–present)

1797–1818:

Bartolomeo Campagnoli

1818–1835:

Heinrich August Matthäi

1835–1873:

Ferdinand David

1873–1897:

Engelbert Röntgen

...

1987–present: [12]

Frank-Michael Erben

(2017–2018)[13]

Jörg Widmann

(2019–2020)[14]

Heinz Karl Gruber

(2020–2022)[15]

Sofia Gubaidulina

(2023–2025)[16]

Thomas Adès

Bowen, José Antonio (2003). . Cambridge Companions to Music. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52791-0.

The Cambridge Companion to Conducting

Kevorkian, Tanya (2007). Baroque Piety: Religion, Society, and Music in Leipzig, 1650–1750. Hampshire: Ashgate.  978-0-7546-5490-2.

ISBN

(in German and English)

Official website

at AllMusic

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra