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Dresdner Sinfoniker e.V.
National Network
Germany
Address
Bärensteiner Str. 30Country
GermanyCity
DresdenStreet address 2
Bärensteiner Str. 30Mobile Phone
0049179-5854257Telephone
0049(0)351-4903605E-Mail (2)
rindt@dresdner-sinfoniker.deWebsite
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1997Contact Person1
Franziska JahnContact Person 2
Markus RindtOrganisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit FoundationFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
Dresdner Sinfoniker are working as a non-profit registered association (german: e.V.). Chairman and artistic director is Markus Rindt, assistant chairwoman ist Katrin Kösler. The orchestra receives 40.000 € on a yearly basis from the city of Dresden to cover all overhead expenses. They have two part-time employees - the other members of the association are working in an honorary capacity. Other sources of funding are foundations, sponsoring. The orchestra is working on a project basis, i.e. all musicians work on a project by project basis. The orchestra creates concerts with temporary music, main focus is often a dialogue between different cultures. Partners: Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung, Ostsächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Kulturstiftung der Dresdner BankMission and Objectives
Dresdner Sinfoniker are amongst the leading symphony orchestras for contemporary music. The ensemble, which is made up of members of almost all of Europe’s most important orchestras, works together entirely on a project basis. Along their way, the Dresdner Sinfoniker have managed to bring together unexpected connections between the different genres of modern music. The orchestra can look back on a number of international concert tours and successful collaborations with renowned solo artists and conductors, such as the Kronos Quartet, René Pape, Bryn Terfel, Katharina Thalbach, Andreas Boyde, Peter Bruns and Jonathan Nott. Amongst the challenges of the future, the Dresdner Sinfoniker aim to continue to make multimedia and intercultural dialogue an integral part of their musical creativity: The message of projects like "Hasretim" (2010), "Cinema Jenin - A Symphony" (2011) and „Dede Korkut“ (planned in 2013) is an inspiring and experimental guided debate between different cultures.Main Projects / Activities
In 2003, the Dresdner Sinfoniker attracted a great deal of international attention with the song cycle « My Heart Burns» by Torsten Rasch which was inspired by the music and lyrics of the German rock band, Rammstein. The orchestra‘s recording of this work was presented the Echo-Klassik 2004 award. In collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys, they recorded a new soundtrack for Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary silent film, «Battleship Potemkin» on EMI in 2004, with a further collaboration producing the much acclaimed « High-rise Symphony» in 2006. A great deal of attention attracted the «World’s first remote conducting» in 2008. In a live satellite link-up with Dresden, conductor Michael Helmrath conducted the orchestra live from London. The multimedia concert collage « Hasretim – A trip to Anatolia» in 2010 (Dresdner Sinfoniker with turkish and armenian guests) was awarded a special prize for its outstanding intercultural horizon by the german UNESCO commission. «Cinema Jenin – A Symphony» (2011) is a transcultural project with Kayhan Kalhor (Iran) and musicians from Egypt, Israel, Westbank and USA.How can you contribute to the Network in your country?
The Dresdner Sinfoniker contribute to the Network in Germany by creating music projects with an intercultural approach to support a human and social dialogue among people of different cultures and beliefs.Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
The main focus of our recent projects is a cross cultural dialogue, which is exactly in line with the purpose of the ALF Network: International music projects of the Dresdner Sinfoniker like „Hasretim“, „Cinema Jenin“ or „Dede Korkut“ want to communicate between artists and cultural groups from across the Mediterranean to improve mutual respect between cultures. The musical creativity of the orchestra supports a mutual understanding, a human and social dialogue. Our culturel work as a non-profit organisation relies on additional financial support of foundations like the Anna Lindh Foundation.