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The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall and has long been considered one of the best orchestras in the world. The orchestra is older than any other American symphonic institution in existence by nearly four decades; its record-setting 14,000th concert was given in December 2004.^[1] Since 2002, the Philharmonic's music director has been Lorin Maazel, whose tenure is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2008-2009 season. Starting with the 2009-2010 season, Alan Gilbert is scheduled to become the Philharmonic's next music director. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 480 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1600 Ã— 1997 pixel, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description - A photograph of Ureli Corelli Hill Source - The New York Philharmonic Archives This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... NY redirects here. ... NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... Xian Zhang (born in Dandong, China) is a Chinese-American conductor. ... Kurt Masur Conducting Mendelssohns Scottish Symphony Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. ... Ureli Corelli Hill,founder and first conducter of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic Archives Ureli Corelli Hill (1802 - September 2, 1875) was an American conductor notable for being the first president and conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Antonio Stradivari (1644? - December 18, 1737) was an Italian luthier (maker of violins and other stringed instruments), the most prominent member of that profession. ... Guarneri is the family name of a group of highly acclaimed violin makers (luthiers) from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families. ... Gasparo da SalÃ² is the name given to Gasparo di Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin-makers of which we have a historical record. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... , Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. ... The title of music director is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... Alan Gilbert is an American conductor, born in New York in 1967. ...

History

Founding and First Concert, 1842

The orchestra was founded by Ureli Corelli Hill in 1842 as the Philharmonic Society – the third Philharmonic on American soil since 1799, declaring as its purpose "the advancement of instrumental music." The first concert of the New York Philharmonic, on December 7, 1842, took place in the Apollo Rooms on lower Broadway before an audience of 600. The concert opened with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 led by American-born conductor Ureli Corelli Hill, who was also founder and first president of the Philharmonic. Two other conductors, German-born Henry Christian Timm and French-born Denis Etienne, led parts of the eclectic, three-hour program, which included chamber music and several operatic selections with a leading singer of the day, as was the custom. The musicians operated as a cooperative or "communistic" society, deciding by a majority vote such issues as who would become a member, which music would be performed and who among them would conduct. At the end of the season any proceeds were divided amongst themselves. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 408 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1500 Ã— 2205 pixel, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description - A drawing of the Apollo rooms Source - NewYork Philharominc Tag - This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 408 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1500 Ã— 2205 pixel, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description - A drawing of the Apollo rooms Source - NewYork Philharominc Tag - This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Ureli Corelli Hill,founder and first conducter of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic Archives Ureli Corelli Hill (1802 - September 2, 1875) was an American conductor notable for being the first president and conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... The coversheet to Beethovens 5th Symphony. ... Ureli Corelli Hill,founder and first conducter of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic Archives Ureli Corelli Hill (1802 - September 2, 1875) was an American conductor notable for being the first president and conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Henry Christian Timm (1811, Hamburg â€“ 1892, New York City) was a German-born American pianist, conductor, and composer. ...

Beethoven's Ninth and a New Home, 1846

After only a dozen public performances and barely four years old, the Philharmonic organized a concert to raise funds to build a new music hall. The centerpiece was the American premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 to take place at Castle Garden on the southern tip of Manhattan. About 400 instrumental and vocal performers gathered for this premiere. The chorals were translated into what would be the first English performance anywhere in the world. However, with the expensive US$2.00 ticket price and a war rally uptown, the hoped-for audience was kept away and the new hall would have to wait. Although judged by some as an odd work with all those singers kept at bay until the end, the Ninth soon became the work performed most often when a grand gesture was required. In 1865, Theodore Eisfeld conducted the Orchestra’s memorial concert for the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln but in a peculiar turn of events which was criticized in the New York press, the Philharmonic omitted the last movement, "Ode to Joy", as being inappropriate for the occasion. A portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: ), (baptized December 17, 1770[1] â€“ March 26, 1827) was a composer and one of the pillars of European classical music. ... Composer Ludwig van Beethoven The Symphony No. ... Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. ... Theodore Eisfeld was a nineteenth century conductor, and the second music director of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... To Joy (An die Freude in German, in English often familiarly called the Ode to Joy rather than To Joy) is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller, known especially for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the fourth and final movement...

Competition, 1878

Leopold Damrosch, Liszt's former concertmaster at Weimar, served as conductor of the Philharmonic for the 1876-1877 season. But failing to win support from the Philharmonic's public, he left to create the rival Symphony Society of New York in 1878. Upon his death in 1885, his 23-year-old son Walter took over and continued the competition with the old Philharmonic. It was Walter who would convince Andrew Carnegie that New York needed a first-class concert hall and on May 5, 1891 both Walter and Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted at the inaugural concert of the city's new Music Hall, which in a few years would be renamed for its primary benefactor, Andrew Carnegie. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 534 pixelsFull resolution (1330 Ã— 888 pixel, file size: 89 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description - A photgrapher of Philharmonic Musicians Source - New York Philharmonic Archives Tags - This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 534 pixelsFull resolution (1330 Ã— 888 pixel, file size: 89 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description - A photgrapher of Philharmonic Musicians Source - New York Philharmonic Archives Tags - This image is in the public domain in the United States. ... Leopold Damrosch (1831 - 1885) was an orchestral conductor. ... Portrait by Henri Lehmann, 1839 Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc; pronounced , in English: list) (October 22, 1811 â€“ July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian [1] virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. ... The New York Symphony Society was an orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878. ... Walter Damrosch Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor. ... Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 â€“ August 11, 1919) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October... Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ...

The German-born, American-trained conductor Theodore Thomas, who had achieved fame and great success conducting his own orchestra, the Thomas Orchestra, in competition with the Philharmonic for over a decade, began conducting the Philharmonic in 1877 and raised it to a virtuosic level. In 1891 Thomas left New York to found the Chicago Symphony, taking with him 13 Philharmonic musicians. Theodore Thomas (October 11, 1835–January 4, 1905) was a German-American musician and conductor. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the major orchestras in the United States. ...

Another celebrated conductor, Anton Seidl, followed Thomas on the Philharmonic podium, serving until 1898. Seidl, who had served as Wagner's assistant, was a renowned conductor of the composer’s works; Seidl's romantic interpretations inspired both adulation and controversy. During his tenure, the Philharmonic enjoyed a period of unprecedented success and prosperity and performed its first world premiere written by a world-renowned composer in the United States – Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony "From the New World." Seidl’s sudden death in 1898 from food poisoning at the age of 47 was widely mourned. Twelve thousand people applied for tickets to his funeral at the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th Street and Broadway and the streets were jammed for blocks with a "surging mass" of his admirers. Anton Seidl (7 May 1850 - 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. ... AntonÃn Leopold DvoÅ™Ã¡k ( ; September 8, 1841 â€“ May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of his native Bohemiaand Moravia in symphonic, oratorial, chamber and operatic works. ... New World Symphony redirects here; for the Miami-based orchestra, see New World Symphony Orchestra. ... The Metropolitan Opera is located at Lincoln Center in New York, New York. ... Broadway may refer to: Broadway theatre, theatrical productions produced in one of thirty-nine professional New York theatres The Broadway Theatre, a theatre located on Broadway in Manhattan A street: Broadway (Manhattan) Broadway (Los Angeles) Broadway Street (Chicago) Broadway (Seattle) Broadway, New South Wales, Australia Broadway Market, London Broadway (Vancouver...

Under New Management, 1909

In 1909, to ensure the financial stability of the Philharmonic, a group of wealthy New Yorkers led by two women, Mary Seney Sheldon and Minnie Untermyer, formed the Guarantors Committee and changed the Orchestra's organization from a musician-operated cooperative to a corporate management structure. The Guarantors were responsible for bringing Gustav Mahler to the Philharmonic as principal conductor and expanding the season from 18 concerts to 54, which included a tour of New England. The Philharmonic was the only symphonic orchestra where Mahler worked as music director without any opera responsibilities, freeing him to explore the symphonic literature more deeply. In New York, he conducted several works for the first time in his career and introduced audiences to his own compositions. Under Mahler, a controversial figure both as a composer and conductor, the season expanded, musicians' salaries were guaranteed, the scope of operations broadened, and the twentieth-century orchestra was created. Gustav Mahler This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Gustav Mahler This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ...

Between 1911 and 1920, the Philharmonic's conductor was Josef Stransky, who led every single one of the orchestra's concerts during this period.^[2] Josef Stransky (1872-1936) was a Czech conductor. ...

Age of Mergers and Outreach, 1921

When the Philharmonic merged in 1921 with the National Symphony, it also acquired the imposing conductor Willem Mengelberg. For nine years he dominated the scene, although other conductors, among them Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Igor Stravinsky, and Arturo Toscanini, led about half of each season's concerts. During this period, the Philharmonic became one of the first American orchestras to boast an outdoor symphony series when it began playing low-priced summer concerts at Lewisohn Stadium in upper Manhattan. In 1920 the orchestra hired Henry Hadley as "associate conductor" given specific responsibility for the “Americanization” of the orchestra: each of Hadley's concerts featured at least one work by an American-born composer.^[2] Willem Mengelberg (Utrecht, Netherlands on March 28, 1871 â€“ Zuort, Switzerland on March 21, 1951) was a Dutch conductor. ... Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 â€“ February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... Wilhelm FurtwÃ¤ngler (January 25, 1886 â€“ November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Ð˜Ð³Ð¾Ñ€ÑŒ Ð¤Ñ‘Ð´Ð¾Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¡Ñ‚Ñ€Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ð½ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹, Igor FÃ«doroviÄ Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 â€“ April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer, considered by many in both the West and his native land to be the most influential composer of 20th-century music. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 â€“ January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... Lewisohn Stadium was an amphitheater and athletic facility built on the campus of the City College of New York, and opened in 1915. ... Henry Hadley (born 20 December 1871, Somerville, Massachusetts, died 6 September 1937, New York City) was an American composer and conductor. ...

In 1924, the Young People's Concerts were expanded into a substantial series of children's concerts under the direction of American pianist-composer-conductor Ernest Schelling. This series became the prototype for concerts of its kind around the country and grew by popular demand to 15 concerts per season by the end of the decade. The Young Peoples Concerts was a series of performances by the New York Philharmonic, designed to open the world of music to children and to encourage youth to be more involved in music. ... Ernest (Henry) Schelling (Belvedere, New Jersey, July 26, 1876; New York City, December 8, 1939) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor. ...

The year 1928 marked the New York Philharmonic's last and most important merger: with the New York Symphony Society. The Symphony had been quite innovative in its 50 years prior to the merger. It made its first domestic tour in 1882, introduced educational concerts for young people in 1891, and gave the premieres of works such as Gershwin's Concerto in F and Holst's Egdon Heath. The merger of these two venerable institutions consolidated extraordinary financial and musical resources. At the first joint board meeting in 1928, the chairman, Clarence Mackay, expressed the opinion that "with the forces of the two Societies now united... the Philharmonic-Symphony Society could build up the greatest orchestra in this country if not in the world." The New York Symphony Society was an orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional concerto than the earlier jazz-influenced Rhapsody in Blue. ... Gustav Holst Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - May 25, 1934, London) [1] [2] was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. ... Egdon Heath is a fictitious name given to an area of moorland between Dorchester and Bournemouth in the county of Dorset, England. ...

The Maestro, 1930

Of course, the merger had ramifications for the musicians of both orchestras. Winthrop Sargeant, a violinist with the Symphony Society and later a writer for The New Yorker, recalled the merger as "a sort of surgical operation in which twenty musicians were removed from the Philharmonic and their places taken by a small surviving band of twenty legionnaires from the New York Symphony. This operation was performed by Arturo Toscanini himself. Fifty-seventh Street wallowed in panic and recrimination." Toscanini, who had guest-conducted for several seasons, became the sole conductor for the joined forces and in 1930 led the group on a European tour that brought immediate international fame to the Orchestra. In the same year nationwide radio broadcasts began and continued without interruption for 38 years. A legend in his own time, Toscanini would prove to be a tough act to follow as the country headed into war. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 557 pixelsFull resolution (1500 Ã— 1044 pixel, file size: 148 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description - A picture of THe philharmonic Orchestra going on tour Source - The New York Philharmonic Archives Tags - This image is in the public domain in the... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 557 pixelsFull resolution (1500 Ã— 1044 pixel, file size: 148 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description - A picture of THe philharmonic Orchestra going on tour Source - The New York Philharmonic Archives Tags - This image is in the public domain in the... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 â€“ January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ...

The War Years, 1940

After an unsuccessful attempt to hire the German conductor, Wilhelm Furtwangler, the English conductor John Barbirolli and Pole, Artur Rodzinski, were joint replacements for Toscanini in 1936. The following year Barbirolli was given the full conductorship, a post he held until the spring of 1941. In 1943, Rodzinski, who had conducted the Orchestra's centennial concert at Carnegie Hall in the preceding year, was appointed Musical Director. He had also been conducting on the Sunday afternoon radio broadcast when CBS listeners around the country heard the announcer break in on Arthur Rubinstein's performance of Brahms's Second Piano Concerto to update them about the attack on Pearl Harbor. (The initial word of the attack was forwarded by CBS News Correspondent John Charles Daly on his own show before the Philharmonic broadcast.) Soon after the United States entered World War II, Aaron Copland wrote Lincoln Portrait at the request of conductor Andre Kostelanetz as a tribute to and expression of the "magnificent spirit of our country." Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. ... Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ... Artur Rodzinski (January 1, 1892 - November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... For the 19th century Russian pianist and composer, see Anton Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Arthur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 â€“ December 20, 1982) was a Polish pianist who is widely considered as one of the greatest piano virtuosos of the 20th Century. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Piano Concerto No. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ... John Charles Daly on Whats My Line? John Charles Daly (full given name John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly, generally known as John Daly, February 20, 1914 â€“ February 24, 1991), a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, was a journalist, game show host, radio personality, actor, and author. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 â€“ December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... Lincoln Portrait is an orchestral work written by American composer Aaron Copland. ... Andre Kostelanetz (December 22, 1901 - January 13, 1980) was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music. ...

The Telegenic Age, 1950

Leopold Stokowski and Dimitri Mitropoulos were appointed co-principal conductors in 1949, with Mitropoulos becoming Musical Director in 1951. Mitropoulos, known for championing new composers and obscure operas-in-concert pioneered in other ways; adding live Philharmonic performances between movies at the Roxy Theatre and taking Edward R. Murrow and the See it Now television audience on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Orchestra. In 1957, Mitropoulos and Leonard Bernstein served together as Principal Conductors until, in the course of the season, Bernstein was appointed Music Director, becoming the first American-born-and-trained conductor to head the Philharmonic. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 762 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1800 Ã— 1417 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I hold the copyright of this image Description - Leonard Bernstein with television camera Author - Bert Bial Source - New York Philharmonic Archives File history Legend: (cur) = this... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 762 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1800 Ã— 1417 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I hold the copyright of this image Description - Leonard Bernstein with television camera Author - Bert Bial Source - New York Philharmonic Archives File history Legend: (cur) = this... Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. ... Dimitris Mitropoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος) (March 1, 1896 – November 2, 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer who spent most of his career in the United States. ... April 8, 1956: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow talking to reporters during a stop in Wiesbaden, Germany. ...

Leonard Bernstein who had made his headline-grabbing debut with the Philharmonic in 1943 was Music Director for 11 seasons, a time of significant change and growth. Two television series were initiated on CBS: the Young People's Concerts and "Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic." The former program, launched in 1958, made television history, winning every award in the field of educational television. Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 â€“ October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... The Young Peoples Concerts was a series of performances by the New York Philharmonic, designed to open the world of music to children and to encourage youth to be more involved in music. ...

Modern Music, 1962

Bernstein, a life-long advocate of living composers, oversaw the beginning of the Orchestra's largest commissioning project, resulting in the creation of 109 new works for orchestra. In September 1962, the Philharmonic commissioned Aaron Copland to write a new work, Connotations for Orchestra, for the opening concert of the new Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The move to Lincoln Center brought about an expansion of concerts into the spring and summer. Among the many series that have taken place during the off-season have been the French-American and Stravinsky Festivals (1960s), Pierre Boulez's "Rug Concerts" in the 1970s, and composer, Jacob Druckman's Horizon's Festivals in the 1980s. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ...

In 1971 Pierre Boulez became the first Frenchman to hold the post of Philharmonic Music Director. Boulez's years with the Orchestra were notable for expanded repertoire and innovative concert approaches, such as the "Prospective Encounters" which explored new works along with the composer in alternative venues. During his tenure, the Philharmonic inaugurated the "Live From Lincoln Center" television series in 1976, and the Orchestra continues to appear on the Emmy Award-winning program to the present day. Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjÉ›Ê.buËˆlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ...

Ambassadors Abroad

Zubin Mehta, one of the youngest of the new generation of internationally known conductors, became Music Director in 1978. Throughout his career Mehta has shown a strong commitment to contemporary music. During his tenure as Music Director, 52 pieces were presented for the first time. In 1980 the Philharmonic, always known as a touring orchestra embarked on a European tour marking the 50th anniversary of Toscanini’s trip to Europe this time led by Mehta. Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. ...

Kurt Masur, who had been conducting the Philharmonic frequently since his debut in 1981, became Music Director in 1991. In addition to bringing the Orchestra to new virtuosic heights, the highlights of his tenure included a series of free Memorial Day Concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and annual concert tours abroad that included the orchestra's first trip to mainland China. His tenure concluded in 2002, and he was named Music Director Emeritus of the Philharmonic. Kurt Masur Conducting Mendelssohns Scottish Symphony Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. ...

A Third Century, 2000

In September 2002, 60 years after making his debut with the Orchestra at the age of 12 at Lewisohn Stadium, Lorin Maazel became Music Director of the Philharmonic. In his first subscription week he led the world premiere of John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls commissioned in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. In keeping with the longstanding Philharmonic tradition, he has pledged to challenge audiences through the commissioning and performance of new music, while continuing to present the revered classics. Maazel is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the Philharmonic's music director at the end of the 2008-2009 season. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 532 pixelsFull resolution (2000 Ã— 1331 pixel, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 532 pixelsFull resolution (2000 Ã— 1331 pixel, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... For the Alaska-based postminimalist composer, see John Luther Adams. ... On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack is a composition by composer John Coolidge Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11â€”pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

In 2003, there was a proposal to merge the New York Philharmonic with Carnegie Hall, but this proposal did not come to fruition.^[3] Currently, Avery Fisher Hall is scheduled to undergo renovations starting in 2010. On December 18, 2004, the New York Philharmonic performed its 14,000th concert, a milestone unmatched by any other symphony orchestra in the world, setting a Guinness World Record. Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

In April 2007, the Philharmonic announced that it would add a new position, of "principal conductor", to the orchestra, as well a composer-in-residence position, a "director for a mini-festival", and an artist-in-residence.^[4] On July 18, 2007, the Philharmonic named Alan Gilbert as its next music director, effective with the 2009-2010 season, to succeed Lorin Maazel. In addition, the same announcement stated that Riccardo Muti would guest-conduct from 6-8 weeks per season and conduct the orchestra on tours, in an equivalent of a "principal guest conductor" without a formal title with the orchestra. It was also reported that the orchestra would retreat from the earlier announced plan of a division of labor between a music director and a "principal conductor".^[5] Alan Gilbert is an American conductor, born in New York in 1967. ... Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941, in Naples) is an Italian conductor best known for being the Music Director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he held from 1986 to 2005, and of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. ...

The current Assistant Conductor of the orchestra is Xian Zhang.^[6] The concertmaster of the orchestra is Glenn Dicterow. Glenn Dicterow Glenn Dicterow (born December 23, 1948), is an American violinist and is currently concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

List of Music Directors

Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... Kurt Masur Conducting Mendelssohns Scottish Symphony Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. ... Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjÉ›Ê.buËˆlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 â€“ October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Dimitris Mitropoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος) (March 1, 1896 – November 2, 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer who spent most of his career in the United States. ... Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. ... Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 â€“ February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... Artur Rodzinski (January 1, 1892 - November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. ... Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 â€“ January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... Willem Mengelberg (Utrecht, Netherlands on March 28, 1871 â€“ Zuort, Switzerland on March 21, 1951) was a Dutch conductor. ... Josef Stransky (1872-1936) was a Czech conductor. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Vasily Ilyich Safonov (Васи́лий Ильи́ч Сафо́нов) (February 6, 1852 - February 27, 1918); Russian composer. ... Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor. ... Emil Paur (born 1855 in Czernowitz, Austria, now Ukraine, died 1932 in Mistek, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) was an Austrian conductor. ... Anton Seidl (7 May 1850 - 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. ... Theodore Thomas (born October 11, 1835, in Esens, East Friesland (now Germany) â€“ died January 4, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois) was a German-American violinist and conductor. ... Leopold Damrosch (1831 - 1885) was an orchestral conductor. ... Carl Bergmann was a nineteenth century conductor and third music director the and the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Theodore Eisfeld was a nineteenth century conductor, and the second music director of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Ureli Corelli Hill,founder and first conducter of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic Archives Ureli Corelli Hill (1802 - September 2, 1875) was an American conductor notable for being the first president and conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. ...

Awards and Recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance The 7th Grammy Awards were held in 1965. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 â€“ October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Kaddish is the third symphony of Leonard Bernstein. ... The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. ... BÃ©la BartÃ³k in 1927 BÃ©la Viktor JÃ¡nos BartÃ³k (March 25, 1881 â€“ September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. ... The Concerto for Orchestra Sz. ... The 20th Grammy Awards were held in 1978, and were broadcast live on American television. ... The 33rd Grammy Awards were held on February 20, 1991. ... Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 â€“ May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. ... The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ... For the Alaska-based postminimalist composer, see John Luther Adams. ... On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack is a composition by composer John Coolidge Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September... The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. ...

Grammy Award for Best Album for Children The 32nd Grammy Awards were held in 1990. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... The Symphony No. ... The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. ... BÃ©la BartÃ³k in 1927 BÃ©la Viktor JÃ¡nos BartÃ³k (March 25, 1881 â€“ September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. ... The Concerto for Orchestra Sz. ... The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 â€“ December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. ... Daphnis et ChloÃ© is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. ... The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ... For the Alaska-based postminimalist composer, see John Luther Adams. ... On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack is a composition by composer John Coolidge Adams commissioned by The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers (and an anonymous but well known New York family) shortly after the September... The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children has been awarded since 1959. ...

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej SergejeviÄ Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891â€“March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... 1947 coloring book cover. ... The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. ... Charles Camille Saint-SaÃ«ns () (9 October 1835 â€“ 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. ... Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-SaÃ«ns. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... The classical tv series Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra was created by famed world-renowned orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, in 1960. ... The 6th Grammy Awards were held in 1964. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 â€“ October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... The Young Peoples Concerts was a series of performances by the New York Philharmonic, designed to open the world of music to children and to encourage youth to be more involved in music. ... The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) has been awarded since 1959. ...

Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance The 21st Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej VasileviÄ Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) â€“ 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the last great champions of the Romantic style of European classical music. ... The beginning of the opening theme of the The Piano Concerto No. ... The 24th Grammy Awards were held in 1982, and were broadcast live on American television. ... The Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1959. ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 â€“ 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... (Twilight of the Gods â€“ see Notes) is the last of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. ... Die WalkÃ¼re (The Valkyrie) is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. ... The Wesendonck Lieder is a song-cycle composed by Richard Wagner while he was working on Die WalkÃ¼re. ... The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been awarded since 1961. ...

Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical The 12th Grammy Awards were held in 1970. ... Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 â€“ May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. ... The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1959. ...

The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 â€“ December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. ... Daphnis et ChloÃ© is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. ... The 21st Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Edgard Victor Achille Charles VarÃ¨se (December 22, 1883 â€“ November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer. ... Ionisation (1929 - 1931) is a musical composition by Edgard VarÃ¨se written for thirteen percussionists playing the following instruments: 3 Bass Drums, 2 Side Drums, 2 Snare Drums, Tarole, 2 Bongos, Tambourine, Tambour militaire, crash cymbal, suspended cymbals, 3 tam-tams, gong, 2 anvils, 2 trinagles, sleigh bells, chimes, celesta... The 24th Grammy Awards were held in 1982, and were broadcast live on American television. ...

Notes

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References

OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ... OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ... OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ...

External links

Categories: 1842 establishments | American orchestras | New York City culture The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Ureli Corelli Hill,founder and first conducter of the New York Philharmonic New York Philharmonic Archives Ureli Corelli Hill (1802 - September 2, 1875) was an American conductor notable for being the first president and conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Theodore Eisfeld was a nineteenth century conductor, and the second music director of the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Carl Bergmann was a nineteenth century conductor and third music director the and the New York Philharmonic Society. ... Leopold Damrosch (1831 - 1885) was an orchestral conductor. ... Theodore Thomas (born October 11, 1835, in Esens, East Friesland (now Germany) â€“ died January 4, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois) was a German-American violinist and conductor. ... Anton Seidl (7 May 1850 - 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. ... Emil Paur (born 1855 in Czernowitz, Austria, now Ukraine, died 1932 in Mistek, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) was an Austrian conductor. ... Walter Damrosch Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor. ... Vasily Ilyich Safonov (Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸ÌÐ»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð»ÑŒÐ¸ÌÑ‡ Ð¡Ð°Ñ„Ð¾ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²) (February 6, 1852 - February 27, 1918); Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Josef Stransky (1872-1936) was a Czech conductor. ... Willem Mengelberg (Utrecht, Netherlands on March 28, 1871 â€“ Zuort, Switzerland on March 21, 1951) was a Dutch conductor. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 â€“ January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ... Artur RodziÅ„ski (January 1, 1892 - November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. ... Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 â€“ February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... Leopold Stokowski (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. ... Dimitris Mitropoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος) (March 1, 1896 – November 2, 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer who spent most of his career in the United States. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 â€“ October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjÉ›Ê.buËˆlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. ... Kurt Masur Conducting Mendelssohns Scottish Symphony Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ...

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