Brussels Philharmonic

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BRT Philharmonic Orchestra
Flemish Radio Orchestra

Founded1935LocationBrussels, BelgiumConcert hallStudio 4, FlageyPrincipal conductorKazushi ŌnoWebsitewww.brusselsphilharmonic.be/en/

The Brussels Philharmonic is a Belgian radio orchestra located in Brussels. Formerly known as the Groot Symfonie-Orkest, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, and later as the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the orchestra has been linked to the Flemish public broadcaster NIR/INR (the present VRT).

History

The orchestra was founded in 1935 as a studio ensemble of public broadcasting with the name of Groot Symfonie-Orkest.^[1] In 1998, it began its independent existence as the VRT Radio Orkest (Flemish Radio Orchestra). From 2008, the orchestra took the new name of the Brussels Philharmonic.

Description

Since 2005, the residence of the orchestra has been Studio 4 of the renovated Flagey Building in Brussels. The orchestra also gives concerts in the BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts. The orchestra also plays elsewhere in Flanders, as well as abroad in London, Vienna and Tokyo. The orchestra also performs as accompanying ensemble with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

The orchestra's current music director is Stéphane Denève, as of the 2015–2016 season.^[2]^[3] One new initiative scheduled for Denève's tenure is the establishment of CffOR (Centre for Future Orchestral Repertoire), for commissioning new compositions. With the orchestra, Denève has commercially recorded music of Guillaume Connesson,^[4] and Sergei Prokofiev. In 2017, the orchestra and Denève accompanied the finale of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello. In March 2019, the orchestra made its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York under the baton of Denève.^[5] In September 2020, the orchestra started live-streaming its concerts in Brussels in collaboration with MotorMusic and Evil Penguin TV. Denève is scheduled to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2021-2022 season.^[6]

In 2021, Kazushi Ōno first guest-conducted the orchestra. In September 2021, the orchestra announced the appointment of Ōno as its next music director, effective with the 2022-2023 season.^[6] In February 2022, the orchestra announced the appointment of Ilan Volkov as principal guest conductor, effective with the 2022–2023 season, following three guest-conducting appearances with the orchestra, the first in March 2021.^[7]

Music Directors

Fernand Terby (1978–1988)
Alexander Rahbari (1988–1996)
Frank Shipway (1996–2001)
Yoel Levi (2001–2007)
Michel Tabachnik (2008–2015)
Stéphane Denève (2015–2022)
Kazushi Ōno (2022–present)

Selected recordings

CD series include CDs for Warner Classics and recordings for the French center of Romantic music, Palazzetto Bru Zane. The orchestra has notably recorded the scores for The Aviator, composed by Howard Shore, and The Artist, composed by Ludovic Bource. The orchestra received the Choc de Classica and the Diapason d'or of the year in 2016 for their Deutsche Grammophon recording of music of Guillaume Connesson, 'Pour sortir au jour'.^[8]

Since 2015, the Brussels Philharmonic has made several recordings for Deutsche Grammophon.

Connesson – Pour sortir au jour | Brussels Philharmonic & Mathieu Dufour conducted by Stéphane Denève, (2016)
Prokofiev – Romantic Suites | Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève, (2017)
Connesson – Lost Horizon | Brussels Philharmonic & Renaud Capuçon & Timothy McAllister conducted by Stéphane Denève, (2017)
Voice of Hope | Brussels Philharmonic & Camille Thomas conducted by Stéphane Denève, (2020)

Since 2011, the Brussels Philharmonic has been producing recordings through its own label, Brussels Philharmonic Recordings.

Debussy – La Mer | Brussels Philharmonic & het Vlaams Radio Koor conducted by Michel Tabachnik, (Brussels Philharmonic Recordings, March 2011)
Dvorák – Symphony No. 9 | Brussels Philharmonic & Michel Tabachnik, (Brussels Philharmonic Recordings, February 2012)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 | Brussels Philharmonic & Michel Tabachnik, (Brussels Philharmonic Recordings, September 2012)
Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps | Brussels Philharmonic & Michel Tabachnik, (Brussels Philharmonic Recordings, January 2013)

Scorings

2004 – The Aviator
2011 – The Artist
2012 – Parade's End
2013 – The White Queen
2015 – High Rise
2015 – Marguerite
2015 – Michiel de Ruyter
2016 – A Quiet Passion
2016 – Knielen op een bed violen
2017 – Get Even (game)
2017 – Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis (game)
2018 – El árbol de la sangre

References

^ (NL) Van den Buys, K., Segers, K. Het Orkest. Van Radio-Orkest tot Brussels Philharmonic in Flagey, Lannoo Campus, Leuven: 2013. p. 20
^ Roeland Byl (2014-06-27). "Brussels Philharmonic profileert zich met nieuwe dirigent". Knack. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
^ James McCarthy (2014-06-27). "Stéphane Denève to become Chief Conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic". Gramophone. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
^ Sophie Bourdais (2016-08-29). "Pour sortir au jour". Telerama. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "Brussels Philharmonic". Carnegie Hall. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
^ ^a ^b "Kazushi Ono nieuwe muziekdirecteur" (Press release). Brussels Philharmonic. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
^ "Brussels Philharmonic appoints Ilan Volkov as new Principal Guest Conductor" (Press release). Brussels Philharmonic. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
^ "Diapason d'or of the Year 2016" (Press release). Brussels Philharmonic. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-02.