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
editThe 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
editDirectors
edit- 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
edit- 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
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 (1977–2015)
- Martin Tuksa (2000)
Most active soloists
editFollowed 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- ^ "The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra". The Rio Times. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Hosts Tribute Concert to John Williams". The Rio Times. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Julia Dias Carneiro (2011-06-08). "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra split over auditions". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Stella Lorenz (2011-08-04). "Lorin Maazel to conduct Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Festival". BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Alvim Corrêa; Sérgio Nepomuceno (2004). Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940–2000. Rio de Janeiro: Funarte. p. 219.
