The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra ( IPO ) is an orchestra in the Chicago area.
38-598: The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau. The Park Forest Orchestra was founded by volunteer musicians in 1954. In 1978, the orchestra re-formed into a professional chamber orchestra. In 1982, it was renamed to reflect its regional mission. Carmon DeLeone served as Music Director for 25 years beginning in 1986. DeLeone became Conductor Laureate in 2011. David Danzmayr
76-680: A component of psychotherapy, an innovative variety of digital subscription initiatives aimed at audience growth for the Cleveland Orchestra and planned presentation of three concerts by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra designed to celebrate and support neurodiversity. Created in 1948 and given annually since 1958, the Gold Baton is the League's highest honor. A broad range of recipients of have been honored for supporting and inspiring
114-589: A concert later featured on the American arts television series Great Performances during an exclusive U.S. broadcast on PBS. In early 2020, the orchestra suspended a planned tour of Europe and Abu Dhabi, and live concerts at Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic . That October, the orchestra launched the Adella App, a streaming service including historical and newly created content. Access to
152-505: A gala concert celebrating the re-opening of Severance Hall that was broadcast live on local television by Cleveland’s WVIZ . At the conclusion of Dohnányi’s contract, in 2002, he took the title of music director laureate. Franz Welser-Möst became the orchestra's seventh music director in 2002. Welser-Möst and the Musical Arts Association have extended his contract several times, with his most recent contract keeping him on
190-504: A permanent concert hall for the orchestra. Board president John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth, pledged $ 1 million(equivalent to $ 17,744,000 in 2023) toward the construction of a new hall, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place in November 1929, a few months after Mrs. Severance’s death. On February 5, 1931, the orchestra performed its inaugural concert at Severance Hall. Also that year, Lillian Baldwin created what became known as
228-530: A resource in advocacy for music education entitled "Enough" Is Not Enough . Within this writing, Rosen and Noonan present the current picture of music education in the United States, where although the arts are considered a core subject by federal law, they do not receive this treatment in American schools. They also claim those students who could be influenced the most by a health arts education, especially music, do not have reliable access to such an education in
266-513: A series of concerts in Japan. During the following season, the orchestra released its first commercial recording of an opera, George Gershwin ’s Porgy and Bess , which was also Decca’s first opera recording in the United States. Maazel left the orchestra after the 1981–82 season, to take over the directorship of the Vienna State Opera . Before his departure, however, Maazel helped to introduce
304-507: Is Franz Welser-Möst . The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918 by music-aficionado Adella Prentiss Hughes, businessman John L. Severance , Father John Powers, music critic Archie Bell, and Russian-American violinist and conductor Nikolai Sokoloff , who became the orchestra’s first music director. A former pianist, Hughes served as a local music promoter and sponsored a series of “Symphony Orchestra Concerts” designed to bring top-notch orchestral music to Cleveland. In 1915, she helped found
342-717: The Seattle Symphony and chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic , will take the reins in September. Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland , Ohio. Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes , the orchestra is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the " Big Five ". The orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall . Its current music director
380-814: The Sphinx Organization and the New World Symphony , the League of American Orchestras announced the establishment of the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) that prepares more black and Latino musicians to enter and succeed in auditions for orchestras. The NAAS was launched with a $ 2 million fund. The League provides resources for ongoing professional development. The League provides resources in its career center, including sections on seeking career guidance, finding jobs and internships, league programs and resources, and who works in orchestras and what they do. Communication to members and representing
418-559: The League leads, serves, and advocates for orchestras and the orchestral art form. The League was founded in 1942 and chartered by Congress in 1962. Leta Snow, manager of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra , convened a meeting of representatives from 40 U.S. orchestras in 1942 to discuss ways to improve orchestral music through group action. The League, then known as the American Symphony Orchestra League,
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#1733092552126456-522: The Musical Arts Association, which presented Cleveland performances of the Ballets Russes in 1916 and Richard Wagner ’s Siegfried at the Cleveland Indians ’ League Park a few months later After a great deal of planning and fundraising, The Cleveland Orchestra’s inaugural concert was performed on December 11, 1918, at Grays Armory . Three events occurred in 1921 that proved significant in
494-535: The Musical Arts Association, which gave him complete artistic control over programming, scheduling, personnel, and recording. In the 1950s and 1960s, Szell was instrumental in the achievement of several orchestra milestones: A second European tour took place in 1965, and included a significant tour of the Soviet Union , with performances in Moscow , Kiev , Tbilisi , Yerevan , Sochi , and Leningrad . Two years later,
532-555: The anniversary of its founding by releasing its first recording on the Columbia label. Rodzinski departed Cleveland in 1943, succeeded by Erich Leinsdorf . However, Leinsdorf's Cleveland tenure was brief, as he was drafted into the United States Armed Forces shortly after his appointment, which diminished his artistic control. Although Leinsdorf was honorably discharged from the military in September 1944, his time away from
570-447: The arts. Announced in 2016, the League's Futures Fund is underwritten by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation to advance a wide variety of innovative orchestral engagement initiatives. In 2019 there are nineteen grants from this $ 4.5 million program, whose variety is illustrated by a joint Toledo Symphony Orchestra and University of Toledo effort to study the effects of classical music as
608-478: The development of a long-standing relationship with the Salzburg Festival beginning in 1990. To celebrate The Cleveland Orchestra’s 75th anniversary, Dohnányi led performances of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at Severance Hall across the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, and a subsequent recording project of Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Die Walküre . The orchestra also began a fundraising campaign for
646-457: The drive of the League is presented through several sources, including newsletters and an award-winning magazine, Symphony . Besides the League's National Conference, the organization provides other meetings at the national, regional, and local level. The League is devoted to increasing the awareness of and access to orchestral music. By representing orchestras before Congress, the organization acts on legislative policies. The League recognizes
684-422: The growth of symphonic music on a broad level. The most-recent five awardees include a philanthropist, an arts administrator, instrumentalists and a composer. Officers for 2019–2020 are: The president and CEO is Jesse Rosen, who will retire from this position in September 2020 after 12 years as CEO and 22 total years with the League. In April 2020 the League announced that Simon Woods, former president of
722-700: The importance of music education in growing, promoting, and sustaining American orchestras. It provides information regarding El Sistema and Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation grants and the development of American youth orchestras. It has created and maintained an entire division of its operation to youth orchestras, including directors from across the country. This division, the Youth Orchestra Division or YOD, has its own separate leadership, including individuals working in music education and youth orchestra development. In addition, League CEO, Jesse Rosen, and vice president for advocacy, Heather Noonan, composed
760-503: The orchestra became the first American orchestra to be invited to three premiere festivals, in Salzburg , Lucerne , and Edinburgh , in the same summer. Szell also oversaw the opening of the orchestra's summer home, Blossom Music Center , in 1968, which provided the ensemble’s musicians with year-round employment. In 1970, after a tenure of 24 years, shortly after a tour of the Far East during
798-539: The orchestra began an annual residency at Miami's Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (later renamed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts ) in 2007. The orchestra has continued to present operas and a selection of film screenings with live musical accompaniment. On September 29, 2018, Welser-Möst led the ensemble in a gala concert at Severance Hall celebrating the orchestra’s 100th anniversary,
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#1733092552126836-515: The orchestra in December 1981. In 1982, the orchestra named Dohnányi its music director-designate in 1982. He officially became music director in 1984. During the pair of seasons between Maazel and Dohnányi, various guest conductors conducted the orchestra, including Erich Leinsdorf, who labeled himself the “bridge between the regimes.” Because of Dohnányi’s connections with Teldec , Decca/London, and Telarc , his Cleveland Orchestra tenure began with
874-478: The orchestra's early development: In 1922, the orchestra again traveled to New York for its first concert at Carnegie Hall. Later that year, the orchestra performed its first radio broadcast and, in 1924, issued its first recording — a shortened version of Tchaikovsky ’s 1812 Overture for the Brunswick label under Sokoloff’s direction. By the end of the 1920s, the Musical Arts Association began planning for
912-540: The orchestra’s landmark Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concerts in January 1980, which remain an annual tradition to this day. On May 15, 1982, Maazel conducted his final performance at Severance Hall followed by a short tour of New York and New Haven , where he led concerts featuring Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem , which had been his debut piece with the orchestra in 1972. Christoph von Dohnányi first guest-conducted
950-423: The podium had required the Musical Arts Association to employ a number of guest conductors from 1943 until 1945, including George Szell , who had impressed audiences at Severance Hall during two weeks of performances. Leinsdorf lost much of his public support and, though still under contract, submitted his resignation in December 1945. In 1946, Szell was appointed as the orchestra’s fourth music director. From
988-581: The podium until 2027, which will make him the orchestra's longest-serving music director. During his tenure, Welser-Möst has overseen many of the orchestra's residencies, outreach programs, and expansion activities. He leads the orchestra's ongoing residencies at the Musikverein in Vienna and at the Lucerne Festival, both of which began with Welser-Möst's first European tour in 2003. In addition, Welser-Möst and
1026-500: The promise of more recording projects. He also staged a large production of Mozart ’s The Magic Flute at Blossom Music Center in 1985, which was lauded as “the Ohio musical event of the summer” by The Columbus Dispatch . In addition, Dohnányi oversaw the hiring of Jahja Ling , who would lead the newly established Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. International touring continued under Dohnányi with visits to Asia and Europe, including
1064-677: The removal of a cancerous tumor, and announced curtailment of his performances during the remainder of 2023. In January 2024, the orchestra announced that Welser-Möst is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2026-2027 season. In addition to a vast catalog of recordings created with the ensemble's music directors, the orchestra has made many recordings with guest conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy , Oliver Knussen , Kurt Sanderling , Yoel Levi , Riccardo Chailly , George Benjamin , Roberto Carnevale , Riccardo Muti , Michael Tilson Thomas , and Louis Lane (the orchestra's longtime Associate Conductor). Past assistant conductors of
1102-528: The renovation of Severance Hall, which included the removal of the “Szell Shell,” a return of the ensemble's E.M. Skinner organ to the stage, and a facilities expansion designed to enhance the experience of concertgoers. During these renovations, the orchestra performed concerts for its hometown audiences at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square . On January 8, 2000, Dohnányi led
1140-469: The service was free to season subscribers and $ 35 per month for non-subscribers. In 2020, The Cleveland Orchestra announced they had started their own recording label, self-titled as The Cleveland Orchestra. A limited in-person return to concerts was announced for Blossom Music Center for the Summer of 2021, with a return to Severance Hall planned for October. In October 2023, Welser-Möst underwent surgery for
1178-467: The spring of 1970, which included stops in Japan , Korea , and Alaska, Szell died. Two days after Szell’s death, the orchestra played its scheduled program at Blossom Music Center with Aaron Copland taking the podium as guest conductor. Louis Lane , one of Szell’s assistant conductors, was appointed resident conductor. Pierre Boulez , who had been named the orchestra's principal guest conductor in 1969,
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1216-481: The start of his tenure, Szell's intention was to transform the orchestra into “America’s finest” symphonic ensemble and developing an orchestra that was “second to none.” He spent much of his early time in Cleveland changing personnel in an effort to find musicians who were capable of creating his ideal orchestral sound. Szell’s stringent standards and expectations for musical precision were reflected in his contract with
1254-452: The “Cleveland Plan,” an initiative designed to build upon the orchestra’s earlier children's concerts and create a program that taught classical music to young people before experiencing live performances. In 1933, Sokoloff stood down as the orchestra’s music director, succeeded by Artur Rodziński . During his decade-long Cleveland tenure, Rodzinski advocated for the inclusion of staged opera at Severance Hall. The first of these productions
1292-670: Was appointed Music Director from 2012-2016. Stilian Kirov became the Music Director in 2017. League of American Orchestras The League of American Orchestras , formerly the American Symphony Orchestra League , is a North American service organization with 700 member orchestras of all budget sizes and types, plus individual and institutional members. Based in New York City, with an office in Washington, DC,
1330-478: Was appointed musical advisor. The board selected Lorin Maazel as the orchestra’s fifth music director. His tenure began in 1972. Maazel had first conducted the orchestra at age 13 in 1943, in a concert at Public Hall. During Maazel's tenure, many critics were initially unimpressed with his musical interpretations, which they believed were too emotionally charged to follow Szell’s razor-crisp style. But soon Maazel
1368-729: Was featured during the 1933–34 season, when the orchestra performed Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde . In 1935, the orchestra presented the United States’ premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich 's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at Severance Hall and, later in the season, took the production to New York’s Metropolitan Opera . Four years later, in 1939, the orchestra established the Cleveland Summer Orchestra and began to perform 'pops' concerts at Cleveland’s Public Hall . On December 11, 1939, The Cleveland Orchestra celebrated
1406-445: Was formed shortly thereafter. One of its first actions was to lobby successfully, under the leadership of its executive secretary Helen M. Thompson, for the repeal of a federal tax on symphony concert tickets. In 1994, the American Symphony Orchestra League reported that 174 women had upper-level conducting positions with more than 850 orchestras across the US. In April 2018, along with
1444-468: Was lifted by an endorsement from Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Eugene Ormandy and the promise of a new collaboration with Decca Records on Prokofiev ’s Romeo and Juliet , which proved to be the spark Maazel needed to jumpstart his Cleveland Orchestra career. During the 1973–74 season, Maazel led the orchestra on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, joined by guest conductors Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and Erich Leinsdorf. The orchestra also played
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