Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
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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]
| Brazilian Symphony Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira |
| Short name | OSB |
| Founded | 11 July 1940 |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Concert hall | Cidade das Artes Theatro Municipal Sala Cecília Meireles |
| Principal conductor | Pablo Castellar |
| Website | osb.br |
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 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
Directors
- Eugen Szenkar (1940–1948)
- Lamberto Baldi (1949–1951)
- Eleazar de Carvalho (1952–1957, 1960–1962, 1966–1969)
- Alceo Bocchino (1963–1965)
- Isaac Karabtchevsky (1969–1994)
- Roberto Tibiriçá (1995–1997)
- Yeruham Scharovsky (1998–2004)
- Roberto Minczuk (2005–2011)[4][5]
- Pablo Castellar and Fernando Bicudo (2011–2012)
- Pablo Castellar (2012–present[update])
Council presidents
- Arnaldo Guinle (1940–1948, 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)
- Otávio Gouveia de Bulhões (1968–1986)
- Mário Henrique Simonsen (1987–1996)
- Roberto Paulo Cezar de Andrade (1997)
Concert masters
- 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[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)
