Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
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| Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | |
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| Also known as | OSI |
| Born | 1933 Lugano, Switzerland |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | Symphony Orchestra |
| Website | OSI Web site |
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| Principal Conductor (post currently vacant) Principal Guest Conductor Mikhail Pletnev Honorary Conductor Alain Lombard |
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The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI; literal translation, Orchestra of Italian Switzerland) is a Swiss orchestra based in Lugano. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the Auditorio RSI.
The precursor ensemble of the OSI, consisting of approximately 30 musicians, was founded in 1933 under the auspices of the Italian Swiss Radio. In 1935, the orchestra acquired the name Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana[1], giving its first concert on 2 January 1935. Later, with the advent of television, the orchestra's name evolved to Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana (Radio Television Orchestra of Italian Switzerland). The orchestra took on its current name in 1991.
For the orchestra, Richard Strauss composed his Duet-Concertino in F major, op. 147. Other composers who directed their compositions with the OSI included Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Frank Martin, Paul Hindemith, Luciano Berio, Darius Milhaud, Hans Werner Henze and Igor Stravinsky. The orchestra has participated in the Settimane Musicali in Ascona (since 1946), the Concerti of Lugano (from 1953 to 1976) and the Primavera Concertistica of Lugano (since 1982).
Leopoldo Casella was the first principal conductor of the orchestra, beginning his affiliation with the ensemble back to the precursor ensemble in 1933. Casella continued to work with the orchestra until 1968. The most recent principal conductor was Alain Lombard, from 1999 to 2005. Lombard now has the title of honorary conductor of the orchestra. Since 2008, the orchestra's current principal guest conductor is Mikhail Pletnev.
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[edit] Principal Conductors
- Leopoldo Casella (1933-1938)
- Otmar Nussio (1938-1968)
- Marc Andreae (permanent conductor, 1969-1990)
- Nicholas Carthy (1993-1996)
- Serge Baudo (1997-2000)
- Alain Lombard (1999-2005)
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[edit] References
- ^ Potts, Joseph E. (November 1955). "European Radio Orchestras. III". The Musical Times 96 (1353): 584-586. http://www.jstor.org/stable/937470. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
