Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre
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Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, also known as OSPA, is a symphony orchestra based in Porto Alegre
, Brazil
. It was founded in 1950 under the direction of the Hungarian conductor Pablo Komlós. It has since January 1965 been supported by the State Government.
A Symphonic Chorus is integrated with the orchestra in some presentations.
The present conductor is Isaac Karabtchevsky
, and the orchestra today comprises around 100 professional musicians.
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, Brazil
Brazil
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. It was founded in 1950 under the direction of the Hungarian conductor Pablo Komlós. It has since January 1965 been supported by the State Government.
A Symphonic Chorus is integrated with the orchestra in some presentations.
The present conductor is Isaac Karabtchevsky
Isaac Karabtchevsky
Isaac Karabtchevsky in São Paulo) is a brazilian conductor of russian jew ancestry. He studied music and conducting in Germany, where his teachers included Wolfgang Fortner, Pierre Boulez and Carl Ueter....
, and the orchestra today comprises around 100 professional musicians.
Artistic Directors
- 1950/1978 - Pablo Komlós
- 1978/1980 - David Machado
- 1981/1987 - Eleazar de CarvalhoEleazar de CarvalhoEleazar de Carvalho was a Brazilian conductor and composer.-Biography:De Carvalho's parents were Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho and Dalila Mendonça...
- 1987/1989 - Flavio ChamisFlavio ChamisFlavio Chamis is a Brazilian composer and conductor. His CD "Especiaria" was released in Brazil by the Biscoito Fino label. The CD was nominated for a 2007 Latin Grammy Awards, and one of its songs "Deuses do Ceu" is a prize winner of the 2007 John Lennon Songwriting Contest...
- 1990/1991 - Tulio Belardi & Arlindo Teixeira
- 1991/1992 - Eleazar de CarvalhoEleazar de CarvalhoEleazar de Carvalho was a Brazilian conductor and composer.-Biography:De Carvalho's parents were Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho and Dalila Mendonça...
- 1992/1993 - David Machado
- 1995/1998 - Claudio RibeiroClaudio RibeiroCláudio Ribeiro – Conductor. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil .-Career:Cláudio Ribeiro first received a BM in Music in from the Rio Grande do Sul Federal University...
- 1999/2001 - Tiago Flores
- 2001/2002 - Ion Bressan
- 2003/2010 - Isaac KarabtchevskyIsaac KarabtchevskyIsaac Karabtchevsky in São Paulo) is a brazilian conductor of russian jew ancestry. He studied music and conducting in Germany, where his teachers included Wolfgang Fortner, Pierre Boulez and Carl Ueter....
External links
- Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre official website
- Concerts
- OSPA conducted by Manfredo Schmiedt with Yamandu CostaYamandú CostaYamandu Costa , sometimes misspelled Yamandú, is a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His main instrument is the violão de 7 cordas, the Brazilian seven-stringed nylon guitar....
(acoustic guitar) performing Aragao and Costa's Popular Fantasy for Seven Strings Guitar and Orchestra at the Farroupilha Park.