Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra. 400,000 people attend its live performances each year and it is often broadcast over CBC Radio 2. The TSO was founded in 1922 and performed in Massey Hall from 1923 to 1982. Currently TSO performances are held in in Roy Thomson Hall. The Orchestra maintains a strong international presence, built by a history of touring, including its triumphant European tour in the spring of 2000, and reinforced by acclaimed recordings available in music...

The National Arts Centre Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra in Ottawa, Canada's capital. The orchestra is a classically-sized ensemble currently conducted by Pinchas Zukerman. Since 1998, Pinchas Zukerman has been the Music Director. Mario Bernardi C.C. is the Conductor Laureate, Boris Brott, O.C., is the Principal Youth and Family Conductor, and Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor.The NACO gives a series of subscription concerts at the National Arts Centre each season (over 100...

The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (German: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) is an orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany. It was founded in 1945 by American occupation authorities. Like many broadcast orchestra in Germany, it has a reputation for performing contemporary music. As of 2003, Roger Norrington is its Principal Conductor, and Georges Prêtre its Laureate Conductor.

The CBC Radio Orchestra is the orchestra of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is based in Vancouver. Until the early 1980s CBC had a number of orchestras located in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax but due to federal government budget cuts they were eliminated and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra was promoted to national status. It changed names in 2000 to reflect its status as the CBC's only broadcast orchestra. The last radio orchestra in North America,the CBC has announced that it...

The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Lausanne Chamber Orchestra) was founded in 1942 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The conductors so far have been:

The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1882 and is Russia 's oldest symphony orchestra. It was initially known as the "Imperial Music Choir" and performed privately for the court of Alexander III of Russia. By the 1900s it had started to give public performances. Richard Strauss conducted the orchestra in 1912. After the Russian Revolution the orchestra was taken over by its members, who changed the name to the "State Philharmonic Orchestra of Petrograd". In the 1920s the...

The Russian National Orchestra has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. Of the orchestra's 1996 debut at the BBC Proms in London, the Evening Standard wrote, "They played with such captivating beauty that the audience gave an involuntary sigh of pleasure." More recently, they were described as "a living symbol of the best in Russian art" (Miami Herald) and "as close to perfect as one could hope for" (Trinity Mirror). The first Russian orchestra to...

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra. Formed in 1986 by a group of players, it does not have a principal conductor, but rather is led artistically by a board of musicians elected by the musicians themselves. The current Principal Artists are Sir Simon Rattle CBE, Vladimir Jurowski and Ivan Fischer. Other conductors to have worked with the OAE at its invitation include Sir Charles Mackerras, Philippe Herreweghe, Gustav Leonhardt, Mark Elder,...

İzmir State Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra located in İzmir. Its principal conductor is Rengim Gökmen.

\tFirst conductor of Orchestra was composer Mr.Hasan Adıgüzelzade from Azerbaijan, who carried on this function until 1998. In the same year state artist Mr.Hikmet Şimşek took on the task of artistical advisor and Mr.Orhan Şallıel the task of conductor, so the structure of orchestra was renewed. In 1999 the Orchestra is connected to Ministry of Culture and got a new name “Bursa Region State Symphony Orchestra”. It was for the first time in Turkey, that an orchestra got the designation “Region”...

The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) is funded by the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas). The 105-member symphony orchestra is made up of musicians from 22 countries. On 17th August 1998, MPO performed its inaugural performance under the direction of Music Director Kees Bakels at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Matthias Bamert joined the MPO as its new Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor in 2005. The orchestra's motto "Hear And You Will See" is a reflection...

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) is Scotland's national chamber orchestra, based in Edinburgh. The SCO was formed in 1974. It performs throughout Scotland, but is based at Edinburgh's Queens Hall. Every year the orchestra provides music for the firework display during the final concert of the Edinburgh International Festival. The SCO's work in contemporary music has included collaborations with Gordon Crosse, John McLeod and with Peter Maxwell Davies, notably the series of Strathclyde...

The Queensland Orchestra is an Australia orchestra based in Brisbane, Queensland. The orchestra was created in 2001 through the merger of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the Queensland Philharmonic, a small chamber orchestra. The orchestra is funded by private corporations, the state government and the Australian federal government through the Australia Council. Most of the orchestra's performances take place in Brisbane at three venues: In addition, the orchestra tours other parts of...

Dokuz Eylul University Symphony Orchestra was founded in 2001 by Dokuz Eylul University in İzmir. Web page of Dokuz Eylul Symphony Orchestra

The Adelaide Youth Orchestra is an 80 member symphony orchestra designed to showcase the best young instrumentalists in Adelaide, South Australia. The youth orchestra itself comprises members aged between 14 and 25 years. Two further ensembles fall under the AdYO banner - The Adelaide Youth Sinfonia (AdSi), catering mainly for middle school aged musicians and the Adelaide Youth Strings (AYS), for string players aged 8 to 12. AdYO performs a series of concerts during each year, including a...