Kammerakademie Potsdam Tickets

The Kammerakademie Potsdam (KAP) is a chamber orchestra founded in 2001 and based in Potsdam. Since 2010 she has been under the direction of chief conductor Antonello Manacorda. As the house orchestra of the Potsdam Nikolaisaal concert hall, a. sponsored by the state of Brandenburg and the state capital of Potsdam.

History

Created in 2001 by the merging of the Ensemble Oriol Berlin with the Persius Ensemble from Potsdam, the Chamber Academy Potsdam was able to build on the experience of the Ensemble Oriol Berlin as a string orchestra without a conductor and on an extensive repertoire from Baroque to Modern that the ensemble has since its inception in 1987. With the wind instruments of the Persius Ensemble, not only the tonal possibilities were expanded, but also the repertoire. In the meantime, the orchestra's stylistic diversity ranges from the baroque opera on historical instruments to the classical symphony and the premiere of contemporary works. The artistic direction was initially in the hands of Peter Rundel. Under Sergio Azzolini, a clear profile in the area of ​​the 18th century began in 2002, which Andrea Marcon continued from 2007. Michael Sanderling further developed the symphonic qualities of the orchestra, from 2006 with a repertoire focus on Beethoven and Shostakovich. Antonello Manacorda has been chief conductor of the Potsdam Chamber Academy since the 2010/2011 season. As a soloist, a. Julia Fischer, Sol Gabetta, Albrecht Mayer, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christian Tetzlaff, Daniel Hope, Emmanuel Pahud, Baiba Skride, Christine Schäfer, Christiane Oelze, Thomas Zehetmair, Tabea Zimmermann, Steven Isserlis, Kolja Blacher, Gábor Boldoczki and Reinhold Friedrich can be won. The chamber academy has made a name for itself as an ensemble of original instruments under Sergio Azzolini, Konrad Junghaelel, Bernhard Forck and Erich Höbarth. As the "Ensemble / Orchestra of the Year 2015", the Kammerakademie Potsdam was awarded the ECHO Klassik for the recording of Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B flat major D 125 and the 4th Symphony in C minor D 417. In the same year she completed the recording of all of Schubert's symphonies under the direction of chief conductor Antonello Manacorda. The entire recording of all of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's symphonies, begun in December 2015, was completed with the release of the live recording of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 “Praise Song” in 2018.

Orchestra members

The orchestra of the Potsdam Chamber Academy currently consists of 33 musicians (61% female / 39% male): 15 violinists, 4 violists, 4 cellists, 2 double bassists, 2 flutists, 2 oboists, 1 clarinetist, 1 bassoonist, 1 trumpeter and 1 timpani.