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| Gasteig Philharmonie [Source: Schlaier – own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons] |
By Rolf Dumke
An architectural and political contest is gripping Munich. It concerns the location and design for a second concert hall for Munich’s homeless Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, under chief conductor Mariss Jansons. It is one of the top ten orchestras in the world, besides the number one in Munich, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Valery Gergiev and Zubin Mehta.
