Intendant
Artistic and managing director and CEO of KölnMusik GmbH Louwrens Langevoort
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Jürgen Roters
Mayor of the City of Cologne
Inaugural Concert of the Kölner Philharmonie
14 September 1986
Architects
Peter Busmann
Godfrid Haberer
Hall Capacity
Around 2,000 people
Equipment
Grand concert organ with 70 stops constructed and installed by the Bonn-based organ-maker Johannes Klais, as a spatial sculpture
Internet Addresses
www.koelner-philharmonie.de
Concert series and subscription concerts per Season
Around 50
Concerts per Year
around 400
Patrons per Year
around 650 000
Concert Promoters
KölnMusik GmbH,
Westdeutscher Rundfunk,
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln,
Arbeitskreis Kölner Chöre,
BB Promotion,
DeutschlandRadio, Westdeutsche Konzertdirektion Köln,
Konzert Theater Kontor Heinersdorff GmbH,
Kölner Kammerorchester, Kontrapunkt-Konzerte u.a.
Ticket Sales
Philharmonie Hotline:
+49.221/280 280
www.koelnticket.de
KölnMusik Ticket
Roncalliplatz
50667 Köln
KölnMusik Event
in der Mayerschen Buchhandlung,
Neumarkt-Galerie
50667 Köln
Resident Orchestra
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
chief conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
chief conductor: Markus Stenz
Total Number of Concerts
The 6000th concert since the inception of the Kölner Philharmonie took place on 26 April 2003
the 6,666 concert on the 26 February 2005
the 7000th concert on 14 February 2006
the 7,777 concert on the 21 March 2008
the 8000th concert on the 15 November 2008
Aggregate Attendance
The 1,000,000th patron was welcomed through our doors in 12.1988,
the 5,000,000th in 07.1995,
the 6,000,000th on 20.01.1997
the 7,000,000th patron on 21.08.1998
the 8,000,000th patron on 28.02.2000
the 9,000,000th patron on 6.12.2001
the 10,000,000th patron on 24.09.2003
the 11,000,000th patron on 22.05.2005
the 12,000,000th patron on 24.04.2007
the 13,000,000th patron on 01.04.2009
the 14,000,000th patron on 11.12.2010.