Orchester de Paris

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The Orchester de Paris is one of the largest and most respected orchestras with 119 permanent members. From January 2015 it has its permanent seat in the Philharmonie de Paris , where its Paris concerts also take place.

It was founded in 1967 and replaced the Orchester de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire . It was the then Minister of Culture André Malraux and the then music director Marcel Landowski who commissioned the conductor Charles Münch to form a new orchestra. In 1976 the Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris was founded, which has since performed regularly with the orchestra under the direction of the most famous conductors. From 1994 to 1996 Stéphane Lissner was Director General of the orchestra, which at that time was based at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The Orchester de Paris gives contemporary music an important place in its repertoire and also participates in opera performances, especially at the Théâtre du Châtelet. It performs regularly in many cities in France and has performed in Europe and the United States, where it is a permanent guest at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as in Latin America. A successful tour in China followed in October and November 2004 and in Germany in February 2005. It also appears at the most famous French and international festivals.

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