Orchestre de Paris

The Orchestre de Paris, with its 119 permanent members of one of the largest and most respected orchestra. From September 2006, it has its permanent seat at the Salle Pleyel, where his Paris concerts.

It was founded in 1967 and replaced the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. It was the then Minister of Culture André Malraux and the then music director Marcel Landowski, which commissioned the conductor Charles Münch, to form a new orchestra. 1976, the Choeur de l' Orchestre de Paris was founded, who appears regularly since then with the orchestra under the baton of famous conductors. In the years 1994 to 1996 Stéphane Lissner, director general of the orchestra, which at that time had its seat at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The Orchestre de Paris admits of contemporary music an important place in his repertoire and is also involved in opera performances, in particular at the Théâtre du Châtelet. It plays regularly in many cities in France and also occurs in Europe and in the United States, where it is a regular guest at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as in Latin America. In October and November 2004 a successful tour followed in China and in February 2005 in Germany. It also occurs in the famous French and international festivals.

Conductors

  • Paavo Järvi (since 2010)
  • Christoph Eschenbach (2000-2010)
  • Christoph von Dohnányi (1998-2000) ( Conseiller musical)
  • Semyon Bychkov (1989-1998)
  • Daniel Barenboim (1975-1989)
  • Sir Georg Solti (1972-1975)
  • Herbert von Karajan (1969-1971) ( Conseiller musical)
  • Charles Munch (1967-1968)
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