Staatsorchester Frankfurt - Blacher: Orchestral Works (2020)

The Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt is one of the outstanding orchestras in eastern Germany. Performing regularly at the Berlin Philharmonie and Berlin Konzerthaus, the BSOF also appears in major concert halls in Germany and has toured Japan, Israel, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. In 2008 the orchestra was invited to perform at a concert for the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Vatican Audience Hall in the presence of Pope Benedict.

The BSOF has recorded numerous albums: its recording of music by Boris Blacher was awarded a ‘Diapason d’Or’ and the album ‘Franz Schreker in Berlin’ was named ‘Choc de la musique’ by Le monde de la musique.

The BSOF has worked with many artists such as Jan Krenz, Shlomo Mintz, Viktor Tretiakov, Sabine Meyer, Fazil Say, Maurice Steger, Daniel Hope, Natalia Gutman, Mischa Maisky, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andris Nelsons, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, David, Garrett, Daniel Müller-Schott, Bruno Weinmeister and Martin Helmchen.