Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (Boston Symphony, BSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is considered one of the great symphony orchestras of the United States (Big Five). The orchestra regularly goes on tour and released a number of recordings.

The BSO was founded in 1881 on the initiative of Henry Lee Higginson, the first concert was held under the direction of George Henschel on 22 October 1881. From 1973 to 2001, Seiji Ozawa was music director of the orchestra; those 27 years is the longest time that could cooperate each a principal conductor throughout with this orchestra. Since 2001, James Levine conductor of the BSO, since 2004 he is also his musical director.

The program of the BSO covers all styles ranging from classical and pre- classical to modern. Alone with Ozawa came the orchestra on more than 140 recordings of 55 composers to 10 labels - and on tours to Europe, China, Japan, South America and across the USA.

Béla Bartók composed his Concerto for Orchestra in 1943 for the BSO.

1988 celebrated the 70th anniversary of the BSO Leonard Bernstein at the Konzerthaus of Tanglewood (Massachusetts ) with a program for which the orchestra received an Emmy " for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts ".

From the orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra went as side projects (since 1885) and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players (since 1924) produced.

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