Orchestre de Paris

The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris which was founded in 1967. The orchestra's music director is Christoph Eschenbach and most of its concerts are performed at the Salle Pleyel. In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture, André Malraux, and his music director, Marcel Landowski to create a new orchestra in ... more

The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris which was founded in 1967. The orchestra's music director is Christoph Eschenbach and most of its concerts are performed at the Salle Pleyel. In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture, André Malraux, and his music director, Marcel Landowski to create a new orchestra in Paris. Soon after its creation, Munch died in 1968, and Herbert von Karajan was hired as an interim music advisor from 1969 to 1971. Successive music directors include Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, and Semyon Bychkov. Christoph von Dohnanyi served as artistic advisor from 1998-2000. Since 2000, Christoph Eschenbach has been the orchestra's music director. Paavo Järvi has been selected to take his place beginning in 2010. In 1998, the Salle Pleyel, the orchestra's home and Paris's only large concert hall, was bought by a private investor... less