recreation ∙ GROSSES ORCHESTER GRAZ
In 2002 musicians of the Graz Symphony Orchestra formed “recreation – GROSSES ORCHESTER GRAZ”. The first subscription concerts were given in the 2002/03 season and were enthusiastically welcomed by the audience. Since then the orchestra has performed at the styriarte Festival in Graz, at the Musikverein in Vienna, at the Old Opera in Frankfurt, the Styrian Autumn Festival, the Jazz Summer Graz Festival etc.
The members of the orchestra either studied at the university of music in Graz or teach at one of the music education institutions in that city and whole Styria. With their different nationalities they also create a fusion of many south-east European cultures.
“recreation” has worked with outstanding conductors such as Andrés Orozco-Estrada (principal conductor from 2005 until 2009), and Jordi Savall. From 2012 to 2017 Michael Hofstetter was appointed Principal Conductor of the recreation orchestra for five seasons. As from the season 2019/20 Mei-Ann Chen will act as the “Principal Guest Conductor” of the orchestra for three years. She will design at least two projects per season for and with recreation and she will develop one of her artistic focus areas together with recreation, discovering and presenting the orchestral works of important female composers of the past and the present.
Bankhaus Krentschker has been the orchestra’s main sponsor since 2004/05.
concertmasters ∙ Wolfgang Redik ∙ Harald Martin Winkler ∙ violins ∙ Silvia Babka ∙ Fabian Bertoncello ∙ Heidemarie Berliz ∙ Marina Bkhiyan ∙ Benjamín Gatuzz Suarez ∙ Aya Georgieva ∙ Barbara Haslmayr ∙ Daniela Hölbling ∙ Noémi Huszar ∙ Yanet Infanzón La O ∙ Raphael Kasprian ∙ Mirjana Krstic ∙ Albana Laci ∙ Michael Leitner ∙ Angelika Messanegger ∙ Boris Mihaljcic ∙ Simone Mustein ∙ Sonja Novcic ∙ Lorena Padrón Ortíz ∙ Sylvia Pillhofer ∙ Diana Redik ∙ István Reiter ∙ Nicolás Sánchez ∙ Christiane Schwab ∙ Toshie Shibata ∙ Katharina Stangl ∙ Gabriele Vollmer ∙ Volker Zach ∙ Georgios Zacharoudis ∙ violas ∙ Ingeburg Weingerl-Bergbaur ∙ Wolfram Fortin ∙ Attila Gacs ∙ Annamaria Guth ∙ Agnieszka Kapron-Nabl ∙ Delphine Krenn-Viard ∙ Christian Marshall ∙ Simona Petrean ∙ Lucas Schurig-Breuß ∙ Wolfgang Stangl ∙ Ioan Stetencu ∙ violoncellos ∙ Ruth Winkler ∙ Inge Bacher ∙ Boglárka Bakó ∙ Floris Fortin ∙ Gunde Hintergräber ∙ Marie Huber ∙ Andrea Molnar ∙ Judit Pap ∙ Martina Trunk ∙ Jan Zdansky ∙ double basses ∙ Andreas Farnleitner ∙ Christian Berg ∙ Tim Dunin ∙ Venice Jayawardhena-Meditz ∙ Herbert Lang ∙ Raphael Pätzold ∙ Sebastian Rastl ∙ flutes ∙ Heide Wartha ∙ Maria Beatrice Cantelli ∙ Eva Eibinger ∙ Barbara Peyer ∙ Petra Reiter ∙ oboes ∙ Klaus Mörth ∙ Helene Kenyeri ∙ Yu-Syuan Liao ∙ Ewa Lovrenovic ∙ Paul Maier ∙ Andrej Skorobogatko ∙ Lena Maria Straka ∙ Adela Traar ∙ Stanislav Zukhovsky ∙ clarinets ∙ Johann Grasch ∙ Gerhard Grassmugg ∙ Manuela Höfler ∙ Gregor Narnhofer ∙ Hubert Salmhofer ∙ Helmut Wiener ∙ saxophones ∙ Clemens Frühstück ∙ Stephanie Schoiswohl ∙ bassoons ∙ Andor Csonka ∙ Ivan Calestani ∙ Peter Janzsó ∙ Adrienn Kerekes ∙ Tonia Solle ∙ Elvira Weidl ∙ horns ∙ Michael Hofbauer ∙ Tamas Cserhalmi ∙ Radu Petrean ∙ Matthias Predota ∙ Karlheinz Tappler ∙ trumpets ∙ Karlheinz Kunter ∙ Stefan Hausleber ∙ trombones ∙ Wolfgang Tischhart ∙ Christian Godetz ∙ Lukas Hirzberger ∙ Alexander Ladreiter ∙ Reinhard Summerer ∙ tuba ∙ Hannes Haider ∙ timpani ∙ Ulrike Stadler ∙ percussion ∙ Janos Figula ∙ Guido Pauss ∙ Dominik Pavlenic ∙ Simon Steidl ∙ Bernhard Winkler ∙ harps ∙ Ulrike Mattanovich ∙ Barbara Frühwirt ∙ Daniela Karner ∙ piano/celeste ∙ Birgit Schweighofer ∙ Christian Dolcet ∙ Simon Schuller