Hof is a town on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconian region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtel Mountains and Franconian Forest upland regions. The town has 47,296 inhabitants, the surrounding district an additional 95,000.
The Vienna Symphony is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna. Its primary concert venue is the Vienna Konzerthaus. In Vienna, the orchestra also performs at the Musikverein and at the Theater an der Wien.
The Bamberg Symphony is a renowned German orchestra top-class orchestra that has been residing in Bamberg since its foundation in 1946 and travels the world as a touring orchestra.
Carl von Garaguly, also known as Carl Garaguly, was a Hungarian violinist and conductor who spent much of his working life in Scandinavia. He was born in Budapest, and worked many years in Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden, both as violinist and as a conductor.
The Symphoniker Hamburg is a German orchestra based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1957, it is one of the city's three largest orchestras. The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra in residence in the Laeiszhalle, the Hamburg Music Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the Hamburg Symphony regularly performs as accompanying ensembles for operas and ballets at the Hamburg State Opera House. The orchestra also offers subscription series of children's concerts, and annual open-air concerts held in the central courtyard of Hamburg's town hall.
Tariq Masri is an American bassoonist. He is currently principal bassoonist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Philippe Jordan is a Swiss conductor and pianist.
The International Violin Competition Henri Marteau is a violin competition named after the famous violinist and violin teacher Henri Marteau. It is open to violinists of all nationalities aged under 25 and takes place every three years at Haus Marteau in Lichtenberg, Bavaria and at Freiheitshalle in Hof, Bavaria, Germany.
The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra is a German orchestra based in Nuremberg. Its principal concert venue is the Meistersingerhalle. The orchestra's current Intendant is Lucius A. Hemmer, since September 2003.
Gilbert Varga is a British-Hungarian conductor. Studied violin from the age of four with his father, Tibor Varga, a famous Hungarian violinist and conductor. After an accident brought an abrupt halt to a promising solo career Gilbert studied conducting under Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Charles Bruck.
Lee Joseph Bracegirdle is an Australian-American composer, horn player and conductor.
Othmar Mága was a German conductor, who was chief conductor internationally, including the Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark and the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea. Among his many recordings are several rarely played concertos for instruments such as horn and double bass, including works of the 20th century.
Heiko Mathias Förster is a German conductor. Most notable for conducting the Munich Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2006, since 2014, he has been the chief conductor of the Ostrava-based Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joseph Touchemoulin was a French violinist and composer of the classical period who mainly worked in Bonn and Regensburg.
Paula Šūmane is a Latvian concert violinist and the prize winner of international violin competitions and the Latvian Great Music Award. She is a graduate of Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz. As a soloist, Paula Šūmane has performed with various symphony and chamber orchestras, including Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Lisbon Metropolitan orchestra, Hofer Symphoniker, Baden-Baden Philharmonic orchestra, Sinfonietta Rīga, Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Šūmane is frequently invited to give violin masterclasses and attend music competitions as a jury member.
Daniel Klajner is a Swiss conductor.
Hawijch Elders is a Dutch violinist born on 31 October 1998.
Jochen Wehner was a German conductor, music producer, arranger and Lektor.
Peter Richter de Rangenier, also Peter Richter was a German composer, conductor and university professor.
Wolfgang Trommer was a German conductor and academic teacher.
