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Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker

Band, DE
Classical
A.k.a. Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

The German symphony orchestra Gürzenich-Orchester Köln was founded in 1827 as "Concert-Gesellschaft" and is based in Cologne. It was named after Cologne's historic Gürzenich ballroom, where the orchestra began playing their concerts in 1857. Since 1986 the orchestra is based in the Kölner Philharmonie, as one of the two principal orchestras of the city, together with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln. Its musical directors have been Conradin Kreutzer, followed, among others, by Ferdinand Hiller, Hermann Abendroth, Günter Wand, James Conlon, and since 2004 Markus Stenz.

Members

	Vincent Royer vl, voc FR
	Ulrike Schäfer vc *1959 DE
	Otmar Berger b DE
	Daniel Raabe vc DE
	Günter Wand p 1912-2002 DE
	Jürgen Kussmaul vl *1944 DE
	Mathias Kiefer tr *1959
	Ida Bieler vn US
	Colin Harrison vn
	Bernhard Oll vl DE
	Ursula Maria Berg vn DE
	Dirk Otte vn DE
	George Heimbach vc DE
	Hellmut Schneidewind tr DE
	Friederike Zumach vn DE
	Joanna Becker vn DE
	Rainer Schottstädt bsn 1951-2016 DE
	Herbert Lange tr DE
	Saskia Kwast hrp
	Juraj Čižmarovič vn SK
	Fritz Pahlmann alp, acc DE
	Carsten Steinbach perc DE
	Egon Hellrung alp DE
	Hans Joachim Zingel hrp 1904-1978 DE
	Henning Rasche cb *1965 DE
	Ikuko Homma eh JP
	Markus Wittgens alp DE
	Andreas Jakobs alp DE
	Elisabeth Polyzoides vn AT
	Martina Horejsi vl *1971 DE
	Antoaneta Emanuilova vc *1980
	Tom Owen ob GB
	Dylan Naylor vn DE
	Nathalie Streichardt vn DE
	Wolfgang Sallmon b DE
	Klaus Lohrer b DE
	Thomas Adamsky b DE
	Matthias Racz bsn *1980 DE
	Kelly Mitropoulou vn, bvoc GR
	Jana Andraschke vn DE
	Torsten Janicke vn *1958 DE
	André Sebald fl DE
	Nathan Braude BE
	Stephan Cürlis perc *1960 DE
	Christoph Rombusch vn DE
	Juta Õunapuu
	Michael Zühl tb *1983 DE
	Johannes Esser cb DE
	Joachim Griesheimer vc DE
	Maria Scheid DE
	Antonia Schreiber DE
	Matthias Kiefer tr, fh *1959 DE