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Durban, Republic of South Africa

KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

Frank Cramer, conductor
  • O. Respighi: Fontane di Roma ("The Fountains of Rome")
  • M. Ravel: Boléro
  • A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Graz, Austria

Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto

University of Music and Performing Arts

Singers of the Opera Institut
Orchestra and Chorus of the University of Music and Performing Arts

Frank Cramer, conductor
Alexander Irmer, stage director

Warsaw, Poland

Master class in conducting

Fryderik Chopin University of Music



Finn Høffding - Orchestral Works

Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

Frank Cramer, conductor

CD Recording for Dacapo records

Recorded at the Jena Concert Hall

The Jena Philharmonic’s playing under Frank Cramer’s sympathetic direction is a delight, and Dacapo’s sound is excellent.These performances repay repeated listenings, the hallmark of a splendid disc.

Gramophone, Great Britain, September 4, 2012

The Jenaer Philharmonics, conducted by Frank Cramer, yield an immaculate interpretation and enhance the repertoire about three most interesting orchestra scores 'made in Denmark'.

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Germany, May 2012

... We celebrate this impassioned discovery and are highly enthusiastic about the tremendous joy of listening it! ...

Classica, France, May 1, 2012

The German Frank Cramer offers more nuanced accounts of these two scores--- His Third Symphony is as magisterial as this great score demands and deserves. This release is essential to anyone interested in 20th-century Scandinavian repertoire.

Fanfare, USA, August 10, 2012


Graz, Austria

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Grethel

University of Music and Performing Arts

Singers and Chorus of the Opera Institut
Orchestra of the University of Music and Performing Arts
Children's choir of the Opera House Graz

Frank Cramer, conductor
Barbara Beyer, stage director

Graz, Austria

W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di figaro

University of Music and Performing Arts

Singers of the Opera Institut
Orchestra and Chorus of the University of Music and Performing Arts

Frank Cramer, conductor
Barbara Beyer, stage director

Graz, Austria

Stefaniensaal, Karl-Böhm-Konzert

Orchestra and Chorus of the University of Music and Performing Arts

Frank Cramer, conductor
Marianna Szivkova, soprano
  • Alban Berg: Three fragments from Wozzeck
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau ("The Mermaid")

Jena, Germany

Volkshaus

Jenaer Philharmonie

Frank Cramer, conductor
Thorleif Thedéen, violoncello
  • Finn Høffding: Evolution - Symphonic fantasy for orchestra op.31
  • Joonas Kokkonen: Concert for violoncello and orchestra
  • Carl Nielsen: Symphony no.5 op.50