Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Native nameOrquestra Sinfônica Brasileira
Short nameOSB
Founded11 July 1940 (1940-07-11)
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Concert hallCidade das Artes
Theatro Municipal
Sala Cecília Meireles
Principal conductorPablo Castellar
Websiteosb.br

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]

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)

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)

References

  1. ↑ "The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra". The Rio Times. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Hosts Tribute Concert to John Williams". The Rio Times. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 Julia Dias Carneiro (2011-06-08). "Brazilian Symphony Orchestra split over auditions". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. ↑ Stella Lorenz (2011-08-04). "Lorin Maazel to conduct Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Festival". BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  6. ↑ Alvim Corrêa; Sérgio Nepomuceno (2004). Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940–2000. Rio de Janeiro: Funarte. p. 219.
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