Philadelphia Orchestra
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The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American orchestra. It is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It does over 130 subscription concerts a year from September to May.[1] In the summer the Orchestra performs an outdoor session for a month.[2] It originally gave concerts at the Academy of Music.[3] The orchestra was founded in 1900.[1] It has performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts since 2001.
Music Directors[change | change source]
- Fritz Scheel (1900–1907)
- Karl Pohlig (1908–1912)
- Leopold Stokowski (1912–1938)
- Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980)
- Riccardo Muti (1980–1992)
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003)
- Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008)
- Charles Dutoit (2008–2012, chief conductor)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2012–present)
References[change | change source]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Philadelphia Orchestra; A Brief History". whyy.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Academy of Music programs, playbills, and scrapbooks". The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
