Buenos Aires Philharmonic
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires (English: Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine orchestra based in Buenos Aires. It was founded in 1946 and is also the resident orchestra of the Teatro Colón, the main opera house in Buenos Aires. Current music director and principal conductor is Enrique Diem corner.
History
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires in 1946 as Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Municipal: founded (German Symphonic Orchestra at the City Theatre ) and gave his first concert on May 21, 1947 The first conductor was Lamberto Baldi, and was succeeded by Jaime Pahissa. . 1948 changed its name to the orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. In the same year Herbert von Karajan conducted the orchestra twice. 1953 moved to the orchestra in the Teatro Colón, and since 1958 it assumed its present name.
In the following decade, the orchestra reached international acclaim and has performed with well-known national and international soloists. Among these pianists such as Alfred Brendel, Martha Argerich, Lazar Berman, Alfred Cortot, Byron Janis, Rudolf Firkusny, Andor Foldes, Ivo Pogorelich, Nelson Freire, Bruno Gelber, Arthur Rubinstein, Jean -Yves Thibaudet, Rubén González, Friedrich Gulda, Rudolf were Buchbinder and Andras Schiff; Known as violinist Gidon Kremer, Joshua Bell, Shlomo Mintz, Alberto Lysy, Ruggiero Ricci, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Gil Shaham, Henryk Szeryng, Salvatore Accardo, Leonid Kogan and Cho - Liang Lin; Among the cellist who played with the orchestra, were Pablo Casals, Mstislav Rostropovich, Mischa Maisky, Natalie Clein, Gabetta and Yo- Yo Ma; Singers such as Marian Anderson, José Carreras, Régine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Jose Van Dam and Frederica von Stade and other artists.
Numerous conductors have worked with the orchestra, including the already mentioned Karajan, Charles Dutoit, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Sergiu Celibidache, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Thomas Beecham, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Rudolf Kempe, Clemens Krauss, Pierre Boulez, Igor Stravinsky, Malcolm Sargent, Antal Dorati, Ernest Ansermet, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Eduardo Mata, Aaron Copland, Krzysztof Penderecki, Karl Richter, Luis Antonio García Navarro, Michel Corboz, Leopold Hager, Ferdinand Leitner, Jean Fournet, Eiji Oue, Moshe Atzmon, Serge Baudo and Christof Escher.
Tours
The orchestra has been three European tours conducted: 1992, 1994 and 1996 have included tours of these stations. Germany, England, Spain, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Austria. Venues were, inter alia, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Barbican Centre in London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The musicians also frequently tours in their own country as well as in other South American countries.