The Orchestra
The Beethoven Philharmonie
The Beethoven Philharmonie unites Viennese sound and refinement as well as historically informed performance practice with a fresh musical approach.
The artistic director of the Beethoven Philharmonie is the Viennese born conductor Thomas Rösner.
Members of established Austrian orchestras play alongside international chamber musicians and highly talented young musicians, creating together a unique spirit, which distinguishes the Beethoven Philharmonie from many other orchestras. A strong collective energy and the joy in music- making carries the audience along with the performers.
The Viennese classics such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Franz Schubert form the focus of the orchestra. Representing Viennese tradition, the Beethoven Philharmonie plays also a broad repertoire from Romantic music to contemporary creations.
The Beethoven Philharmonie has its own subscription concert series in the Grand Casino of Baden, Austria – one of Beethoven’s favorite towns, full of great cultural history and located in the very heart of Europe.
The orchestra has performed with many well-known soloists such as Chen Reiss, Daniela Fally, Andreas Schager, Michael Schade, Günther Groissböck, Vadim Repin, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Benjamin Schmid, Till Fellner, Philippe Entremont, Manuel Blanco, Nicolas Bayderou, Alexander Gadjiev, Lidia Baich or Koon-Woo Paik.
The orchestra has been invited to play at renowned festivals and concert venues such as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Europäische Wochen in Passau / Germany, Bruckner International Festival in Linz, Klangbogen Vienna, the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, as well as in Paris, Budapest and on tours in China, Switzerland, Spain or Poland.
The Beethoven Philharmonie has performed in a highly successful series of educational concerts “KlassiX” at the renowned Musikverein in Vienna, is part of the festival “operklosterneuburg“ at the Klosterneuburg Monastery and plays regularly opera productions in the baroque theater at the Imperial castle Schönbrunn in Vienna.
Recent and future projects include invitations to the Musikverein in Vienna, to the Murten Classics Festival in Switzerland, the Festival Haydn-Region in Austria, the Summer Festival Innsbruck, the Konzerthaus Klagenfurt, as well as concerts in Slovenia, Italy and China.
The first Austrian performance of the Symphony in E by Franz Schubert in the new version by Richard Dünser in 2023 has been broadcast by the Austrian Radio. In February 2024 the orchestra has played the world premiere of Hans Winterberg’s 4th piano concerto in a cooperation with Boosey&Hawkes and the Exilarte Zentrum in Vienna.
The CD »Voices« with works by Beethoven and Mozart for Odradek Records was internationally highly acclaimed. A recording with works by the Israeli composer Menachem Wiesenberg was released in 2023 and got a wide range of excellent reviews.
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“Thomas Rösner and the Beethoven Philharmonic make music so gripping and colorful that their recording is one of the most dazzling in the catalog.”
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“The Beethoven Philharmonic is playing, an alert and melodious orchestra …. Under the direction of Thomas Rösner, this shepherd's song doesn't just sway blissfully: it becomes a celebration of love for creation in which you can hear the blood dancing out of sheer gratitude towards the Creator. Image and music intensify each other into ecstasy!”
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“The musical highlight was provided by the Beethoven Philharmonic from Austria under the artistic direction of Thomas Rösner. Especially with her very dynamic performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 39 »La tempesta di mare« the orchestra drove waves and wind through the nave, so rough, so wild, so intense that you could feel their violence in your body."
Thomas Rösner
Artistic Director
Viennese born Thomas Rösner is in high demand as a conductor for symphonic repertoire as well as opera since he made his debut with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva.
Amongst many other orchestras Thomas has been invited to conduct the Wiener Symphoniker, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Salzburg Mozarteum, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Prague, Warsaw Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra Lodz, Sofia Philharmonic, Basel Symphony, Bern Symphony, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Toscanini Filarmonica Parma, Houston Symphony, Les Violons du Roy in Montreal, Quebec Symphony, Macao Orchestra, Daejeon Symphony Orchestra or the Israel Sinfonietta.
He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne in Switzerland, chef associé of the Orchestre National de Bordeaux and holds currently the position of Artistic Director of the Beethoven Philharmonie in Vienna.
He has also conducted at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Semperoper Dresden, Zurich Opera, Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Latvian National Opera Riga, the Welsh National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, the NCPA in Beijing, the Korean National Opera as well as at the Glyndebourne Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Quebec Opera Festival, Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, the Grafenegg Festival or the Festival in Bregenz.
Recent and future engagements include concerts with the Beethoven Philharmonie at the Grosser Saal at the Musikverein in Vienna or the Festspielhaus Salzburg and invitations to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Suzhou Symphony, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana Palermo, the Brandenburger Symphoniker at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the NCPA Beijing, the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg and Lausanne Opera.
Thomas Rösner’s discography includes recordings with the Wiener Symphoniker, the Bamberg Symphony, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Janáček Philharmonic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Mannheim Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Bienne and the Beethoven Philharmonie.