This famous orchestra was founded in 1893. James Levine is its music director. Its home is the Gasteig Cultural Center, where it performs in Philharmonic Hall. The center also shelters the Richard Strauss Conservatory and the Munich Municipal Library, and has five performance halls. You can purchase tickets at the ground-level Glashalle, Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and on Saturday from 9am to 2pm, though these hours frequently change, so you should call before making a special trip there. The Philharmonic season begins in mid-September and runs to July.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Munich & the Bavarian Alps, 6th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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