Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

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Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Orch. based in Bamberg, Bavaria, founded 1946 from the Prague Deutsche Philharmonie. Prin. conds. have incl. Herbert Albert (1947–8); Eugen Jochum (1948–9); Joseph Keilberth (1949–68); Jochum (1969–78); James Loughran (1978–83); Witold Rowicki (1983–6); Horst Stein from 1986. Has twice toured Britain.

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