Although it has borne its current name only since 1920, the ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA hasalready existed as a professional orchestral body some 50 years prior.
In that century and a half, the Orchestra has been the leading promoter of musical art not only in the city whose name it bears, but throughout Croatia, and its ambassador on four continents.
Though the number of Philharmonic’s concerts in its hometown in this period is impressive, the list of countries, cities and halls in which the orchestra has performed over the past decades is perhaps even more impressive.
Among others, the orchestra owes its success to art directors and chief conductors from Ivan pl. Zajc and Krešimir Baranović, Milan Sachs and Friedrich Zaun, through Lovro pl. Matačić, Milan Horvat, Pavle Dešpalj and Pavel Kogan, to Kazushi Ono, Alexander Rahbari, Vjekoslav Šutej, David Danzmayr and the newly elected David Runtz.
Croatian Composers’ Society | Cantus Ltd, 2021.
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