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The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) is a major Quebec orchestra. As its name suggests, it is based in Montreal. The orchestra's home venue is Montreal's Place des Arts. During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...
Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ...
{{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ...
View of the Place des Arts esplanade. ...
There have been a number of organisations with this name, including one formed in 1897 which lasted ten years, and another formed in 1930 which lasted eleven. The current orchestra, however, traces its roots back to 1935, when Wilfrid Pelletier formed an ensemble called Les Concerts Symphoniques. It changed to its current name in 1954.
Principal conductors of the orchestra have included Otto Klemperer (1950-53), Zubin Mehta (1961-67) and Charles Dutoit (1978-2002). A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...
Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 – July 6, 1973) was a German-born conductor and composer. ...
Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936 in Bombay, India) is an internationally renowned conductor of European classical music. ...
Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ...
In the early 1960s, when the Orchestra was preparing to move to new facilities at Place des Arts, patron and prominent Montreal philanthropist, John Wilson McConnell purchased the 1727 Laub-Petschnikoff Stradivarius violin for Calvin Sieb, the Symphony's concertmaster and violinist. View of the Place des Arts esplanade. ...
John Wilson McConnell (July 1, 1877 - November 6, 1963) was an Anglo-Quebecer businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...
The Laub-Petschnikoff Stradivarius is a violin constructed in 1722 by the famous luthier Stradivari. ...
One of the violins in the Stradivarius collection of the Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain. ...
In March 2003, the orchestra announced that Kent Nagano will be its new principal conductor starting in 2006 with a contract running to 2012. He gave his first concert in Montreal on March 30 2005. Nagano will be the musical adviser to principal guest conductor Jacques Lacombe for the next two years. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for March, 2003. ...
2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The orchestra won a Grammy award in 1996 for their recording of Hector Berlioz' Les Troyens. It has also won a number of Juno Awards. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...
Portrait of Berlioz by Signol, 1832 Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ...
Les Troyens is a French opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. ...
The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ...
On May 10, 2005, the musicians went on strike after months of negotiations in which the union accepted concessions to the expired contract. The musicians walked off playing When The Saints Go Marching In.
See also This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from Quebec. ...
Being a modern cosmopolitan society, today, all types of music can be found in the Canadian province of Quebec. ...
As a North American society and the only society on the continent with a French-speaking majority, the culture of the province of Quebec, Canada shows many unique features. ...
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