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In 1945, when the newly-founded broadcasting station “Radio Stuttgart” started recruiting musicians to form the radio orchestra, nobody could have guessed how swiftly this orchestra would develop and how dramatic its rise to artistic prominence would be in the course of the next few decades. Today the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) is one of the state’s most important musical ambassadors, giving about 90 concerts a year in Stuttgart, in the area covered by SWR broadcasts, and in musical centres in Germany and abroad – often within the context of international music festivals. The concert for the 80th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI has been a stand-out highlight in the history of the Stuttgart RSO. With conductor Gustavo Dudamel and soloist Hilary Hahn, this event was broadcasted via radio and TV around the world. In addition to these frequent concerts, the orchestra also engages in numerous studio productions for the broadcasting station’s radio and television programme and for the recording industry.
Since its formation the Stuttgart RSO has concentrated on two thematic focal points. On the one hand, with its exemplary interpretations it fosters the great classic and romantic repertoire of the symphonic tradition; on the other, the RSO is also a leading promoter of contemporary music and of neglected works and composers.
The first important conductors to work with the RSO regularly were Hans Müller-Kray and Carl Schuricht. From the orchestra’s early years on, a large number of internationally renowned guest conductors have given concerts with the Stuttgart RSO, such as Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Sir George Solti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Herbert Blomstedt, Carlos Kleiber and Kurt Sanderling. In the present times conductors like Daniel Harding and Gustavo Dudamel started working with the Stuttgart RSO. First-class soloists from all generations have given concerts with the Stuttgart RSO, among them Alfred Brendel, Maria Callas, Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Hélène Grimaud, Hilary Hahn, Sol Gabetta and Rolando Villazón – to name but a few.
The year 1971 marked an important caesura in the history of the Stuttgart RSO, for in this year Sergiu Celibidache was appointed Principal Conductor. Under Celibidache the orchestra made its first appearances on the concert platforms of great international musical centres. Sir Neville Marriner, who took over as Principal Conductor in 1983, widened the orchestra’s radius by undertaking international tours to Asia and the USA. Marriner was succeeded in 1989 by Gianluigi Gelmetti, who concentrated on the Italian and French musical repertoire. With Georges Prêtre, who is still Conductor Laureate of the RSO, another charismatic personality presided over the orchestra. Today the orchestra’s Permanent Guest Conductor is Andrey Boreyko.
From 1998 to 2011, Sir Roger Norrington had been the Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart RSO. Norrington managed to give the orchestra a quite unmistakable profile by combining historically authentic performing practice with the means available to a modern symphony orchestra – the result of this synthesis has been hailed by critics as the “Stuttgart Sound”. It adjusts the configuration of the orchestra, the instrumentation, articulation, phrasing and style to the composer’s own concept of sound.
Since September 2011, Stéphane Denève is Chief Conductor of the Stuttgart RSO. Recognised internationally as a conductor of the highest calibre, Stéphane Denève has won praise from audiences and critics alike for his performances and programming. At home in a broad range of repertoire and a champion of new music, Denève has a particular affinity with the music of his native France.
Cast and Creative team for Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert at Shanghai Oriental Art Center·Concert Hal
Conductor: Stéphane Denève
Piano: Yingdi Sun
Piano: Yingdi Sun
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