The Worlds First Remote Conducting
10th anniversary of the Dresdner Sinfoniker

The “Ferndirigat”
Since their foundation, the Dresdner Sinfoniker have caused a stir with spectacular projects. But on the occasion of their tenth birthday, the orchestra had come up with a truly special event: a remotely conducted orchestra.
Conductor Michael Helmrath, conducted the orchestra live from the banks of the Thames via satellite. Accompanying him in London, a barrel organ player performed the Star Wars overture. Broadcast on a transparent screen at the Kulturpalast Dresden, together they played alongside Dresdner Sinfoniker. For the Dresden audience Michael Helmrath was the distant conductor, while the Londoners must have thought he and his barrel-organist were street musicians.
After this futuristic entrée, the Estonian conductor Olari Elts took over the direction of the further, no less exciting programme in Dresden:
Torsten Rasch
Excantare Fruges (world premiere)
Enrico Chapela
Noctámbulos for rock trio and orchestra (world premiere)
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Symphony No. 5 for Bigband and Orchestra
Jens Legler Electric Guitar
Jesús Lara Bass guitar
Luis Miguel Costero Drums
Berlin Jazz Orchestra
Dresdner Sinfoniker
Conductors
Olari Elts, live in Dresden
Michael Helmrath, live from London

Concerts
6. September 2008 | 8 pm | Dresden
Kulturpalast
Anniversary Concert



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