ALJO/BW

 

The Accordion State Youth Orchestra of Baden-Wurttemberg / Germany (ALJO/BW - Akkordeon-Landesjugendorchester Baden-Würtemberg) is the central accordion selection-orchestra of the German Federal State of Baden-Wurttemberg. In this orchestra, the best accordion players of the state are united. Among its members there are many music students and winners of national and international awards. Since its foundation in 1985, the orchestra has already performed on five continents, visited many European countries, the USA, Canada, Russia, China, Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Fiji and India for example and gave concerts on the World Music Festival in Innsbruck / Austria and on the EXPO 2000 in Hannover / Germany.

The 30 orchestra players are in the 15-25 age group and are selected anew each year. The conductors are also appointed annually and guarantee a constantly high level of musicality. The orchestra plays contemporary, original music for accordion as well as classical and folkloristic pieces. In 2017 we play pieces of Dobler, Hippe, Schumann, Piazzolla, among others.

 

Fabian Dobler, conductor

 

Conductor, composer, author, pianist. Studied in Hanover with Hans-Herbert Jöris and Lutz Köhler, private studies in Zurich with Nello Santi. He conducted at the National Theatre of Buenos Aires, Philharmonie Konstanz, Theatre of Hof, Trossingen University of Music, Theatre Lucerne and Würzburg, among others. 2009-2014 Musical Director of the Hamburg Chamber Opera. Since 2004 artistic director of [OPERASSION]. This award-winning ensemble transports classical repertoire into the 21st century. In 2011/12, Dobler received the Pegasus (i.e. theater prize of the EXXON Foundation) with the Hamburg Chamber Opera.

International concerts and performances as a pianist, among others in USA, Argentina, South Korea, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany.

Fabian Dobler conducts the ALJO/BW in 2017 for the first time.

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