Von Nord bis Süd – Sibelius, Beethoven, Rodrigo

The Orchester Stuttgarter Musikfreunde e.V. (OSM) is a cross-generational amateur orchestra with members from the Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg area. Founded 74 years ago, the orchestra has its rehearsal room in Stuttgart-Vaihingen and usually prepares two concert programs per year.

In its fall concert, the OSM presents works by Sibelius, Beethoven and Rodrigo under the direction of Klaus Kulling. The soloist is Klaus Jäckle, guitarist from Stuttgart.

Program:

Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite op. 46 by Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68, Pastorale by Ludwig van Beethoven
Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo

Further information and videos: https://www.stuttgarter-musikfreunde.de

Klaus Jäckle studied with distinction at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Ekard Lind and Mathias Seidel. He played for Herbert von Karajan, for the Princess of Tonga and in the Berlin Philharmonic, among others. He spent further years studying with Pepe Romero, who described Jäckle's guitar playing as a "moving experience" and invited him to stand in for the ill founder of the group and Pepe's father, Celedonio Romero, on a tour of Germany with the famous guitar quartet "Los Romeros". He has also successfully stood in for Pepe Romero as a soloist.

Beyond the boundaries of his instrument, he has had active lessons with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Clemens Hagen (Hagen Quartet). He has been teaching at the Music School of the City of Stuttgart since 2020. Before that, he worked at the municipal music school in Bamberg and at the Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich Gymnasium in Kulmbach, among others.

Klaus Jäckle has released more than 30 LPs/CDs with solo and chamber music, as well as numerous editions of sheet music with various publishers. Regular recordings for Bavarian Radio as well as broadcasts on Austrian and Slovenian Radio complete his activities. For more than 10 years he has performed with Marshall & Alexander on sold-out church tours in over 100 cities in Germany and at around 1000 concerts. For his contribution to the album Götterfunken he received a gold record for over 100,000 CDs sold.

Klaus Jäckle has received numerous awards, including the "Lilli Lehmann Medal" from the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg and the "Wolfram-von-Eschenbach Cultural Promotion Prize" from the district of Middle Franconia. He was a prizewinner at the International Guitar Competition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and received the sponsorship prize of the Foundation for Studies in Science and Art, Nuremberg, as well as the Cultural Sponsorship Prize of the City of Nuremberg. He plays a guitar by Friedemann Pods, Möhrendorf, as well as the guitar "Flora" by Steven den Toom, Winterberg.

Klaus Kulling has been the director of the Stuttgarter Musikfreunde e.V. orchestra since 2011 and has built it back up into an impressive symphony orchestra with almost 50 permanent members. Klaus Kulling has been a full-time teacher of violin, chamber music and orchestral education at the Korntal-Münchingen music school near Stuttgart since 1995 and has established an orchestra school there.

During his violin studies at the HDMK Stuttgart with Prof. Susanne Lautenbacher and Prof. Hans Kalafusz, he discovered the fascination of orchestral conducting. First lessons with Prof. Helmut Wolf and Prof. Thomas Ungar followed. He completed his studies with Kapellmeister Wolfgang Heinz at the Stuttgart State Opera. His repertoire ranges from classical symphony concerts to musical and film music.