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Neujahrskonzert

Waltz Dreams – 200 Years of Josef Strauss
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01/01

Friday | 01/01/2027
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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from 17,50 € for pupils under 18 
from 17,50 € for young people under 30
from 17,50 € for Dresden Pass holders and severely disabled persons with GdB 80 or higher
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About the Concert

Start the new year with a special concert experience! Leave the everyday behind and enjoy a relaxed, lively start to the new year – with the most beautiful Viennese waltzes, spirited polkas, and plenty of musical joy.

Under the direction of our concertmaster Wolfgang Hentrich, you can expect a programme full of charm, elegance, and Viennese spirit. Look forward to timeless classics such as “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” and the exhilarating polka “Under Lightning and Thunder.” Also in focus is Josef Strauss, whose 200th birthday we will celebrate in 2027. The younger brother of the famous “Waltz King” Johann Strauss was a master of refined and inventive compositions. With his polka “Fireproof,” which he once wrote for a manufacturer of fireproof safes, he also shows his humorous side.

A concert to lean back, enjoy, and indulge – and a wonderful opportunity to welcome the new year with music and good cheer.

Programme

Johann Strauss (Son)
The Bat: Overture
"On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Romance in D minor for Cello and Orchestra

Josef Strauss
"Delirium"
"Fireproof"
"Moulinet"
"Without Worries"

Hans Christian Lumbye
"Champagne Gallop"

Julius Fučik
"Danube Legends"
"The Old Grumbler" for Bassoon and Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana"

Claude Debussy
"Clair de lune" version for Violin and Harp

Ennio Morricone
"Gabriel's Oboe"

Georges Bizet
"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne"

Shir-Ran Yinon
New Work (World Premiere)

Artists

Wolfgang Hentrich
Conductor
Daniel Bäz
Bassoon
Konstanze Pietschmann
Cello
Undine Röhner-Stolle
Oboe
Nora Koch
Harp
Mitwirkende
Presenter
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Wolfgang Hentrich

1st Concertmaster

Prof. Wolfgang Hentrich studied with Gudrun Schröter and Gustav Schmahl in Dresden. From 1987 to 1996 he was First Concertmaster of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz, before becoming Coordinated Concertmaster of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996. He has played with the orchestra several times as a soloist, and numerous CD recordings attest to his musical output.

He is director of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, primarius of the Dresden String Quintet and the Carus Ensemble Dresden, and has led the German String Philharmonic since 2013. In 2002, together with music-loving amateurs, he founded the Fördervereinsorchester der Dresdner Philharmonie, of which he has been conductor ever since.

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Daniel Bäz

1st Principal Bassoon | Member of the Orchestra Board

Daniel Bäz, born in Dresden in 1982, received his first piano lessons at the age of six and studied bassoon with Mario Hendel from 1995. During this time he was several times first prize winner and finalist of national competitions. He completed his studies in Cologne with Georg Klütsch with the concert exam with distinction.

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Konstanze Pietschmann

1st Principal Cello

The young cellist Konstanze Pietschmann developed a passion for the cello at a very early age thanks to her musical upbringing and received her first lessons from Gerda Scharf at the age of three. After studying in Anna Niebuhr's class for young talent at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig, she began studying music at the same university in 2018 in the class of Prof. Peter Bruns.

She has won prizes at several national and international competitions.

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Undine Röhner-Stolle

1st Principal Oboe

Undine Röhner-Stolle was born in Berlin and began playing the oboe at the age of 13. She studied at the Leipzig Academy of Music with Burkhard Glaetzner. As a Mendelssohn scholarship holder, she won first prizes at the International Competitions in Geneva (1988) and Manchester (1989) and was subsequently a prizewinner of the German Music Council.

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Nora Koch

Principal Harp

Nora Koch studied harp and piano at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music in Leipzig with Margarethe Kluvetasch and Max Koch. Master classes with Alice Giles and Susann McDonald and four years as a substitute at the Gewandhaus Orchestra rounded off her training.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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