The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is located in Buffalo, New York, near D'Youville College. They perform regularly around the world, and enjoy the patronage of the Knox family, former owners of the Buffalo Sabres and patrons of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. When the orchestra is in Buffalo, their performances are held in Kleinhans Music Hall. Nickname: City of Good Neighbors, Queen City, City of Light Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Mayor Byron Brown Area    - City 136. ... DYouville College is a private, coeducational, four-year college located on the west side of Buffalo, New York. ... The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. ... The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art in the western New York Region. ... Kleinhans Music Hall, home of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, was founded by Edward Kleinhans and endowed in the name of his wife, Mary Seaton Kleinhans, and his mother, Mary Livingston Kleinhans. ...

The orchestra was founded by Cameron Baird, Frederick Slee, and Samuel Capen in 1934. (Baird's and Slee's names now grace the two buildings which house the music school at the University at Buffalo, while the university's main administration building is named after Capen.) The BPO first performed during the 1935-1936 season under music director Lajos Shuk, and moved to Kleinhans when it opened in 1940. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as the State University of New York at Buffalo or SUNY-Buffalo and abbreviated as UB) is located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The orchestra has had a history of impressive music directors, including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Semyon Bychkov. During Foss's tenure, the BPO was considered the world leader in performance of 20th century symphonic music. The current music director is JoAnn Falletta, the orchestra's first female music director. One of JoAnn's greatest accomplishments is the hiring of Kate Holzemer in the viola section. Other celebrated conductors who have led the orchestra include Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Sir Neville Mariner, and Henry Mancini. Doc Severinsen was the resident pops conductor in the 1990s. Marvin Hamlisch is the current pops conductor and is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Chorus Line. William Steinberg (originally Hans Wilhelm Steinberg) (August 1, 1899 – May 16, 1978) was a German Jewish conductor. ... Josef Alois Krips (born 8 April 1902 in Vienna, died 13 October 1974 in Geneva) was an Austrian conductor and violinist. ... Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany) is an American composer and conductor. ... Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944), nicknamed MTT, is an American conductor, pianist and composer. ... Semyon Bychkov (born November 30, 1952 in Leningrad (now St Petersburg)) is a Russian conductor. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (pronounced Bern-styne)[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed by Diaghilevs Ballets Russes (Russian Ballet): LOiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1910), Petrushka (1911... Sir Neville Marriner (born April 15, 1924) is a conductor and violinist. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ... Carl Hilding Doc Severinsen (born July 7, 1927 in Arlington, Oregon) is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, most known for leading the Tonight Show Band in the Johnny Carson era. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is a successful composer of film scores. ... A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. ...

Notable soloists who have performed with the BPO include Itzhak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Artur Rubinstein, Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma. Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945 in Jaffa) is an Israeli virtuoso violinist and teacher. ... Cliburn playing in the final round of the First International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr. ... Arthur Rubinstein photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Artur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 – December 20, Polish pianist best known for his performances of Chopin and his championing of Spanish music. ... Renée Fleming The American soprano Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1957) is a leading opera singer. ... Yo-Yo Ma (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born October 7, 1955) is a Chinese American cellist, considered one of the finest practitioners of the cello in the world. ...

The orchestra has recorded extensively. Under Steinberg, the BPO performed a cricitally-acclaimed recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony. Under Falletta's directorship, the BPO's recording program has focused on American composers, including Frederick Converse and Charles Tomlinson Griffes. Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (Russian: , Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... Frederick Shepherd Converse (b. ... Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Elmira, New York September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920 in New York City} was an American composer. ...

External link

• Official site
• Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks