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{{Infobox orchestra
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! class="topo padrao" colspan="2" id="7" style="text-align:center; background-color:transparent; font-size:120%;" |<span class="">Brazilian Symphony Orchestra</span>
| name = Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
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|- id="9"
| native_name = Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira
| id="10" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Other names
| native_name_lang = pt
| id="12" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " | Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, OSB
| short_name = OSB
|- id="14"
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| id="15" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Country
| founded = {{start date and age|1940|7|11|df=y}}
| id="17" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[[Brazil]]
| former_name =
|- id="20"
| location = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| id="21" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Activity
| concert_hall = [[Cidade das Artes]]<br />[[Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)|Theatro Municipal]]<br />[[Sala Cecília Meireles]]
| id="23" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[[1940]] - ''present''
| principal_conductor = {{ill|Pablo Castellar|pt}}
|- id="26"
| website = {{url|https://www.osb.com.br/|osb.br}}
| id="27" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Headquarters
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| id="29" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]],[[Brazil]]
|- id="34"
| id="35" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Concert rooms
| id="38" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[[Cidade das Artes]]<br />[[Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)|Theatro Municipal]]<br />[[Sala Cecília Meireles]]
|- id="43"
| id="44" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Music Director
| id="46" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |Pablo Castellar<br />
|- id="49"
| id="50" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Sponsor
| id="52" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |Rio de Janeiro city government<br />[[Brazilian Development Bank|BNDES]]<br />[[Vale (company)|Vale]]
|- id="57"
| id="58" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Associated acts
| id="60" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[[Isaac Karabtchevsky]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Zubin Mehta]], [[José Carreras|Josep Carreras]], Roberto Minczuk
|- id="67"
| id="68" scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font-weight:bold;" |Website
| id="70" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; " |[http://www.osb.com.br www.OSB.com.br]
|}
The '''Brazilian Symphony Orchestra''' (<span>''Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira- OSB)''</span> 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<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/the-world-class-brazil-symphony-orchestra/|title=The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra {{!}} The Rio Times {{!}} Brazil News|date=2013-07-24|work=The Rio Times|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>


The '''Brazilian Symphony Orchestra''' ({{lang-pt|'''Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira''', OSB|link=no|italic=no}}) 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,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/the-world-class-brazil-symphony-orchestra/|title=The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra|date=2013-07-24|work=[[The Rio Times]]|access-date=2018-07-28}}</ref> performing more than 5,000 concerts since its inauguration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/brazilian-symphony-orchestra-hosts-tribute-concert-to-john-williams/|title=Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Hosts Tribute Concert to John Williams |date=2018-12-11 |work=[[The Rio Times]]|access-date=2021-01-04}}</ref>
== 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]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meyer|first=Donald C.|date=2000|title=Toscanini and the Good Neighbor Policy: The NBC Symphony Orchestra's 1940 South American Tour|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3052429|journal=American Music|volume=18|issue=3|pages=233–256|doi=10.2307/3052429}}</ref> 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 [[Antônio Carlos Gomes|Carlos Gomes]]. As their first artistic director was nominated the Hungarian conductor exiled in Brazil, Eugen Szenkar.


== Members ==
==History==
The creation of the OSB was an idea of three teachers of the National School of Music – Djalma Soares, Antão Soares and Antônio Leopardi. Excited by the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra|NBC Orchestra]] tour of Brazil, under the direction of [[Arturo Toscanini]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meyer|first=Donald C.|date=2000|title=Toscanini and the Good Neighbor Policy: The NBC Symphony Orchestra's 1940 South American Tour|journal=[[American Music (journal)|American Music]]|volume=18|issue=3|pages=233–256|doi=10.2307/3052429|jstor=3052429}}</ref> they sought maestro José Siqueira to take the initiative. With the support of corporate and political personalities and with special publicity in the newspaper ''[[O Globo]]'', the OSB emerged as a corporation in 1940.<ref name="split">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13439324 |title=Brazilian Symphony Orchestra split over auditions |date=2011-06-08 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |author=Julia Dias Carneiro |access-date=2021-01-04}}</ref> The inaugural concert was on Thursday, 11 July 1940, a date chosen in honor of the composer [[Antônio Carlos Gomes|Carlos Gomes]], his birthday. As their first artistic director was nominated the Hungarian conductor exiled in Brazil, [[Eugen Szenkar]].
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=== 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—


==Members==
=== Council presidents ===
{{div col}}
* 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'' ===
===Directors===
* [[Eugen Szenkar]] (1940–1948)
* Ricardo Odnoposoff - 1940-1942
* {{ill|Lamberto Baldi|de||es||pt}} (1949–1951)
* Oscar Borgeth - 1942-1945
* [[Eleazar de Carvalho]] (1952–1957, 1960–1962, 1966–1969)
* Henry Siegel - 1945-1946
* {{ill|Alceo Bocchino|pt}} (1963–1965)
* Santino Parpinelli - 1945-1946
* [[Isaac Karabtchevsky]] (1969–1994)
* Anselmo Zlatopolski - 1947-1965
* {{ill|Roberto Tibiriçá|pt}} (1995–1997)
* Gian Carlo Pareschi - 1965-1966
* {{ill|Yeruham Scharovsky|es||fr}} (1998–2004)
* Francisco Corujo - 1966-1977
* [[Roberto Minczuk]] (2005–2011)<ref name="split"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classical-music.com/news/lorin-maazel-conduct-brazilian-symphony-orchestra-beethoven-festival/ |title=Lorin Maazel to conduct Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Festival |date=2011-08-04 |work=[[BBC Music Magazine]] |author=Stella Lorenz |access-date=2021-01-04}}</ref>
* Israel Terc Malziac - 1974-1977
* {{ill|Pablo Castellar|pt}} and Fernando Bicudo (2011–2012)
* João Daltro de Almeida - 1978-1993
* Pablo Castellar (2012–{{as of|2013|alt=present}})
* Ricardo Cyncynates - 1981-1984
* [[Michel Bessler]] - 1977-2015
* Martin Tuksa - 2000


===Council presidents===
=== Most active soloists ===
* Arnaldo Guinle (1940–1948, 1956–1962)
Followed by number of concerts<ref>ALVIM CORRÊA, 2004, p.219</ref>
* Adalberto de Lara Resende (1948–1952)
* [[Nelson Freire]] (piano) - 89
* Euvaldo Lodi (1952–1956)
* Jacques Klein (piano) - 82
* Luís Guimarães Filho (1962–1964)
* [[Arthur Moreira Lima]] (piano) - 63
* Murilo Miranda (1964–1965)
* [[Arnaldo Cohen]] (piano) - 42
* [[Eugênio Gudin]] (1966–1968)
* Noel Devos (bassoon) - 40
* {{ill|Otávio Gouveia de Bulhões|es||pt}} (1968–1986)
* Ruth Staerke (singing) - 35
* [[Mário Henrique Simonsen]] (1987–1996)
* Arnaldo Estrela (piano) - 33
* Roberto Paulo Cezar de Andrade (1997)
* Zwinglio Faustini (singing) - 30

* Anselmo Zlatopolski (violin) - 29
===Concert masters===
* João de Souza Lima (piano) - 29
* Ricardo Odnoposoff (1940–1942)
* [[Magdalena Tagliaferro]] (piano) - 28
* 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)
* {{ill|Michel Bessler|pt}} (1977–2015)
* Martin Tuksa (2000)

===Most active soloists===
Followed by number of concerts<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alvim Corrêa|author2=Sérgio Nepomuceno|title=Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940–2000|page=219|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Funarte|year=2004}}</ref>
* [[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)
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==External links==
== Bibliography ==
* {{official|https://www.osb.com.br/}}


{{Portal bar|Classical music|Brazil}}
* ALVIM CORRÊA, Sérgio Nepomuceno. ''Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940-2000.'' Rio de Janeiro: FUNARTE, 2004.
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[[Category:Symphony orchestras]]
== External links ==
[http://www.osb.com.br Official site]
[[Category:1940 establishments in Brazil]]
[[Category:1940 establishments in Brazil]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1940]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:Brazilian orchestras]]
[[Category:Brazilian orchestras]]
[[Category:Culture in Rio de Janeiro (city)]]

Latest revision as of 14:12, 18 October 2023

Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Native nameOrquestra Sinfônica Brasileira
Short nameOSB
Founded11 July 1940; 83 years ago (1940-07-11)
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Concert hallCidade das Artes
Theatro Municipal
Sala Cecília Meireles
Principal conductorPablo Castellar [pt]
Websiteosb.br

The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Portuguese: 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] performing more than 5,000 concerts since its inauguration.[2]

History[edit]

The creation of the 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,[3] they sought maestro José Siqueira to take the initiative. With the support of corporate and political personalities and with special publicity in the newspaper O Globo, the OSB emerged as a corporation in 1940.[4] The inaugural concert was on Thursday, 11 July 1940, a date chosen in honor of the composer Carlos Gomes, his birthday. As their first artistic director was nominated the Hungarian conductor exiled in Brazil, Eugen Szenkar.

Members[edit]

Directors[edit]

Council presidents[edit]

Concert masters[edit]

  • 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 [pt] (1977–2015)
  • Martin Tuksa (2000)

Most active soloists[edit]

Followed by number of concerts[6]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ "The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra". The Rio Times. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  2. ^ "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Hosts Tribute Concert to John Williams". The Rio Times. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. ^ 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. JSTOR 3052429.
  4. ^ a b Julia Dias Carneiro (2011-06-08). "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra split over auditions". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. ^ Stella Lorenz (2011-08-04). "Lorin Maazel to conduct Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Festival". BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  6. ^ Alvim Corrêa; Sérgio Nepomuceno (2004). Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940–2000. Rio de Janeiro: Funarte. p. 219.

External links[edit]

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