Berliner Philharmoniker – The vergeigte choice – Süddeutsche.de

After twelve hours, the conclave no smoke went up in Berlin, the Philharmonic could not agree on a successor to Simon Rattle. The well-versed Dirigiermagier there is no longer a long time.

Comment from Reinhard Brembeck

Even in a twelve-hour marathon consulting the Berliner Philharmoniker have been unable to agree on a candidate to succeed Simon Rattle of 2018 as chief conductor. Apparently, the orchestra is so fundamentally at odds, that each candidate would mean an affront to one or another group within the ensemble and thus endanger its truce. With disgruntled musicians but can not make a state and say certainly not the top position in the increasingly competitive market in the long run orchestra. But precisely what: The Berlin want to continue to be number one and they are looking for an animator who carry out such tasks. But this has to be a jack of all trades animator who combines artistic market economies genius.

Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor Search failed

Twelve hours days the musicians of the Berlin orchestra to find a successor to Sir Simon Rattle. Then they give up without results. Twitter mocks.

The over 70-year-old master conductor, so Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim and Mariss Jansons, are still generalists who from Bach to premieres all genres, styles and national schools operate with earthy musicality and the more or less the same tone. As a result of looking at historical performance specification but now expect the audience and musicians that each composer, a specific tone is assigned. The big unit brush with which the big sweep through the old repertoire, therefore acts increasingly anachronistic. But no conductor is able to offer to their own and appropriate tone for Haydn and Shostakovich, Franck and Nono, Brahms and Mozart. In addition, a conductor should not only be a musicological professional managers, but also shine with brilliant ideas. Is

Wanted a well-versed Dirigiermagier

All of these features are part of the traditional role of an orchestra conductor. Classical but usually means not only old scores, it is and remains, to change it even Spotify and iTunes anything, a purely analog affair: Real present musicians playing to an audience real present under great physical exertion on conventional instruments that are not reinforced be. That’s an analog world par excellence, the increasingly device with today’s increasingly digitalized, globalized and benefit, world in conflict.

The Berliner Philharmoniker but decidedly want to dominate both worlds. They therefore want a versed in all styles Dirigiermagier, but will continue to develop the brand companies Berliner Philharmoniker as a company director. You need someone who operates the Digital Concert Hall, the in-house label with his appearing in recording quality plates marketed, massive youth work operates, maintains the bank sponsor happy. , .

Berliner Philharmoniker World

The Berlin Philharmonic a new chief conductor – and not just the individual candidates, they present challenges. Why classical music scene not understand, but just wants to feel.

That there is a all-round light figure who reconciles the analog to the digital world, does not give such and never will be, is clear. The world watched with excitement the Berlin election catapulted exactly this basic problem of classical music into consciousness. When the Berlin Philharmonic so composed within a year again to elect a new leader, they will do so in the knowledge that they are running after a chimera. The time of the great solitary figures leader’s past not only in the music, it is a romantic anachronism. Therefore, the Philharmonic could adopt the single leader principle now. What actually argue against a double top? And maybe they are just their biggest competitors, the Vienna Philharmonic, in advance, that could never accept the idea of ​​a chief conductor.