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Vienna Philharmonic names 1st female concertmaster
Vienna Philharmonic names 1st female concertmaster
March 20, 2010
reprinted from The Associated Press

The Vienna Philharmonic, one of the oldest and most venerated orchestras in the world, has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster.

Albena Danailova has been acting concertmaster since September 2008, making her the first woman ever in that position with the orchestra. The Bulgarian-born musician had been promoted from first violin she was also the first woman ever to hold that job.

The world famous ensemble announced Saturday that she now has the concertmaster position after passing probation.

Established in 1842, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was an all-male ensemble until the 1980s when women started joining its ranks.

However, women weren't allowed to become full members until 1997 which means being accepted into the association of the Vienna Philharmonic, an organization that confers certain privileges and prestige.

The concertmaster, head of the first violin section, is regarded as the second most important orchestra member after the conductor. <snip>

Interesting: Music directors of the Staatsoper [I completely missed Wächter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_W%C3%A4chter_%28baritone%29> filling the post, did he conduct too?) -
   * Franz von Dingelstedt
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Dingelstedt> (1867-1870)
   * Johann von Herbeck
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_von_Herbeck> (1870-1875)
   * Franz von Jauner
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franz_Jauner&action=edit&redlink=1>
     (1875-1880)
   * Wilhelm Jahn <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Jahn> (1881-1897)
   * Gustav Mahler <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler> (1897-1907)
   * Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Weingartner> (first
     directorship, 1908-1911)
   * Hans Gregor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gregor> (1911-1918)
   * Richard Strauss <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss> /
     Franz Schalk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schalk> (1919-1924)
   * Franz Schalk (1924-1929)
   * Clemens Krauss <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_Krauss>
     (1929-1934)
   * Felix von Weingartner (second directorship, 1935-1936)
   * Erwin Kerber
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erwin_Kerber&action=edit&redlink=1>
     (1936-1940)
   * Heinrich Karl Strohm
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Karl_Strohm> (1940-1941)
   * Lothar Müthel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_M%C3%BCthel>
     (1941-1942)

   * Karl Böhm <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_B%C3%B6hm> (first
     directorship, 1943-1945)
   * Franz Salmhofer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Salmhofer>
     (1945-1954)
   * Karl Böhm (second directorship, 1954-1956)
   * Herbert von Karajan
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_von_Karajan> (1956-1964)
   * Egon Hilbert <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Hilbert> (1964-1968)
   * Heinrich Reif-Gintl
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Reif-Gintl> (1968-1972)
   * Rudolf Gamsjäger
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Gamsj%C3%A4ger> (1972-1976)
   * Egon Seefehlner <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Seefehlner>
     (first directorship, 1976-1982)
   * Lorin Maazel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorin_Maazel> (1982-1984)
   * Egon Seefehlner (second directorship, 1984-1986)
   * Claus Helmut Drese
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Helmut_Drese> (1986-1991);
     musical director: Claudio Abbado
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Abbado>
   * Eberhard Wächter
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_W%C3%A4chter_%28baritone%29>
     (1991-1992)
   * Ioan Holender <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Holender>
     (1992-2010) Secretary-General;
   * Seiji Ozawa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiji_Ozawa> (2002-2010)
     musical director
   * Dominique Meyer
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominique_Meyer&action=edit&redlink=1>
     (2010); musical director: Franz Welser-Möst
     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Welser-M%C3%B6st> (2010)