Editing Nuremberg (section)

===Performing arts===
[[File:Staatstheater Nürnberg 2006-08-08.jpg|thumb|right|The Nuremberg State Theatre]]
[[File:Ciocarlia Bardentreffen 15 2193.jpg|thumb|right|Bardentreffen 2015]]
The [[Staatstheater Nürnberg|Nuremberg State Theatre]], founded in 1906, is dedicated to all types of opera, ballet and stage theatre. During the season 2009/2010, the theatre presented 651 performances for an audience of 240,000 persons.<ref name="StaatsTheater">{{cite web |url=http://www.mittelbayerische.de/nachrichten/oberpfalz-bayern/artikel/mehr_besucher_im_staatstheater/596528/mehr_besucher_im_staatstheater.html |title=Audience of the ''Staatstheater'' (Mehr Besucher im Staatstheater Nürnberg) |publisher=Mittelbayerische.de |year=2011 |access-date=5 March 2011 |language=de |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722162934/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/nachrichten/oberpfalz-bayern/artikel/mehr_besucher_im_staatstheater/596528/mehr_besucher_im_staatstheater.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> The State Philharmonic Nuremberg ([[Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg]]) is the orchestra of the [[Staatstheater Nürnberg|State Theatre]]. Its name was changed in 2011 from its previous name: The Nuremberg Philharmonic (''Nürnberger Philharmoniker''). It is the second-largest opera orchestra in Bavaria.<ref name="Philharmonic">{{cite web |url=http://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de/inhalte/index.php?menu=401 |title=Die Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg |year=2012 |publisher=Staatstheater-nuernberg.de |access-date=11 February 2012 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507092830/http://staatstheater-nuernberg.de/inhalte/index.php?menu=401 |archive-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Besides opera performances, it also presents its own subscription concert series in the [[Meistersingerhalle]]. [[Christof Perick]] was the principal conductor of the orchestra between 2006 and 2011. [[Marcus Bosch]] heads the orchestra since September 2011.

The [[Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra]] (''Nürnberger Symphoniker'') performs around 100 concerts a year to a combined annual audience of more than 180,000.<ref name="Symphony">{{cite web |url=http://www.kulturfreunde-bayreuth.de/info_konzert_10.htm |title=Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, audience and concerts stats. |year=2011 |access-date=3 March 2011 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321191012/http://www.kulturfreunde-bayreuth.de/info_konzert_10.htm |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The regular subscription concert series are mostly performed in the ''Meistersingerhalle'' but other venues are used as well, including the new concert hall of the ''Kongresshalle'' and the ''Serenadenhof''. [[Alexander Shelley]] has been the principal conductor of the orchestra since 2009.

The Nuremberg International Chamber Music Festival (''Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg'') takes place in early September each year, and in 2011 celebrated its tenth anniversary. Concerts take place around the city; opening and closing events are held in the medieval ''Burg''. The [[Bardentreffen]], an annual folk festival in Nuremberg, has been deemed the largest [[world music]] festival in Germany and takes place since 1976. 2014 the Bardentreffen starred 368 artists from 31 nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frankenfernsehen.tv/krieg-und-frieden-liedermacher-pippo-pollina-eroeffnet-bardentreffen-56711/ |title="Krieg und Frieden" – Pippo Pollina eröffnet Bardentreffen |date=2 August 2014 |publisher=Frankenfernsehen.tv |access-date=12 January 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203115056/http://www.frankenfernsehen.tv/krieg-und-frieden-liedermacher-pippo-pollina-eroeffnet-bardentreffen-56711/ |url-status=live }}</ref>