Bavarian State Orchestra

The Bavarian State Orchestra is the orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich .

The orchestra was founded in the time of Ludwig Senfl and specialized in "Musica Sacra". Back in the days of Orlando di Lasso belonged to the best orchestras in Europe. Around 1651, the Italian opera introduced in Munich. Since 1762 the orchestra was named "Hoforchester", and after the 1918 revolution got its current name. The history of the Bavarian State Orchestra is strongly linked to that of the Bayerische Staatsoper.

While Carlos Kleiber never musical director and first conductor of the orchestra, he does work closely with them for decades. From 2006 is Kent Nagano, music director of both the Bavarian State Opera and the Bavarian State Orchestra. He is the successor of Zubin Mehta, who performed these functions from 1998 until 2006 .

The Bavarian State Orchestra is one of the three major symfomieorkesten Munich, together with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic . ==First conductors [  edit ] ==