Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Brazilian Symphony Orchestra | |
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Orchestra | |
Native name | Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, OSB |
Founded | July 11, 1940 |
Location | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Concert hall | Cidade das Artes Theatro Municipal Sala Cecília Meireles |
Principal conductor | Pablo Castellar |
Website | www |
The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira- OSB) is a Brazilian orchestra. Founded in 1940, it is located at Avenida Rio Branco, downtown Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the country's foremost orchestras[1]
History
The creation of OSB was an idea of three teachers of the National School of Music - Djalma Soares, Antão Soares and Antônio Leopardi. Excited by the NBC Orchestra tour of Brazil, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini,[2] they sought the maestro José Siqueira to take the initiative. With the support of corporate and political personalities and with special publicity in the newspaper O Globo, OSB emerged as a corporation in 1940. The inaugural concert was on July 11, 1940, a date chosen in honor of the composer Carlos Gomes. As their first artistic director was nominated the Hungarian conductor exiled in Brazil, Eugen Szenkar.
Members
Directors
- Eugen Szenkar – 1940 — 1948
- Lamberto Baldi – 1949 — 1951
- Eleazar de Carvalho – 1952 — 1957, 1960 — 1962 e 1966 — 1969
- Alceo Bocchino – 1963 — 1965
- Isaac Karabtchevsky – 1969 — 1994
- Roberto Tibiriçá – 1995 — 1997
- Yeruham Scharovsky – 1998 — 2004
- Roberto Minczuk – 2005 — 2011
- Pablo Castellar and Fernando Bicudo - 2011 — 2012
- Pablo Castellar - 2012—
Council presidents
- Arnaldo Guinle - 1940-1948 e 1956-1962
- Adalberto de Lara Resende - 1948-1952
- Euvaldo Lodi - 1952-1956
- Luís Guimarães Filho - 1962-1964
- Murilo Miranda - 1964-1965
- Eugênio Gudin - 1966-1968
- Octavio Gouvêa de Bulhões - 1968-1986
- Mário Henrique Simonsen - 1987-1996
- Roberto Paulo Cezar de Andrade - 1997
Spallas
- Ricardo Odnoposoff - 1940-1942
- Oscar Borgeth - 1942-1945
- Henry Siegel - 1945-1946
- Santino Parpinelli - 1945-1946
- Anselmo Zlatopolski - 1947-1965
- Gian Carlo Pareschi - 1965-1966
- Francisco Corujo - 1966-1977
- Israel Terc Malziac - 1974-1977
- João Daltro de Almeida - 1978-1993
- Ricardo Cyncynates - 1981-1984
- Michel Bessler - 1977-2015
- Martin Tuksa - 2000
Most active soloists
Followed by number of concerts[3]
- Nelson Freire (piano) - 89
- Jacques Klein (piano) - 82
- Arthur Moreira Lima (piano) - 63
- Arnaldo Cohen (piano) - 42
- Noel Devos (bassoon) - 40
- Ruth Staerke (singing) - 35
- Arnaldo Estrela (piano) - 33
- Zwinglio Faustini (singing) - 30
- Anselmo Zlatopolski (violin) - 29
- João de Souza Lima (piano) - 29
- Magdalena Tagliaferro (piano) - 28
References
- ^ "The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra | The Rio Times | Brazil News". The Rio Times. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ Meyer, Donald C. (2000). "Toscanini and the Good Neighbor Policy: The NBC Symphony Orchestra's 1940 South American Tour". American Music. 18 (3): 233–256. doi:10.2307/3052429.
- ^ ALVIM CORRÊA, 2004, p.219
Bibliography
- ALVIM CORRÊA, Sérgio Nepomuceno. Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940-2000. Rio de Janeiro: FUNARTE, 2004.