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Boston Symphony Orchestra currently has 2 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York, , United States.
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About Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hometown
Boston, MA, United States
Formed
1881
Genre
Classical
One of America’s most respected symphonies, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has a massive legacy that goes back to 1881, when it was first bankrolled by business magnate and philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson, with George Henschel as its first conductor. The longest-serving and most influential director/conductor of the orchestra’s first half century was Serge Koussevitzky, from 1924 to 1949. He initiated the practices of performing for live radio broadcast and maintaining an outdoor summer residency at Tanglewood in the Berkshires (both of which continue to this day) and oversaw commissions and premieres by important modern composers including Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Gershwin. His successor, Charles Münch, installed the first female principal in a top-tier American symphony, flautist Doriot Anthony Dwyer, in 1952. The BSO’s long, rich history of recordings began in 1917 and includes classic performances of works by Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Sibelius, and many more, as well as film soundtracks including Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List.
Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra include, or have included, William Steinberg, Seiji Ozawa, James Levine, Andris Nelsons, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf, Billy Hill, Pierre Monteux, Harold Wright, Harold Farberman, Jules Eskin, Alexander Velinzon, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Max Fiedler, Martin Hoherman, Yizhak Schotten, Joseph de Pasquale, James Sommerville, George Henschel, Ann Hobson Pilot, Lucia Lin, Jascha Silberstein, Tamara Smirnova, Burton Fine, Jessica Zhou, Arthur Nikisch, Charles Schlueter, Henri Rabaud, Michael Zaretsky, Sergey Koussevitzky, Norman Carol, Richard Sebring, Malcolm Lowe, Sato Knudsen, William R. Hudgins, Ronald Barron, Karl Muck, 刘德海, Georges Miquelle, Robert Sheena, Joseph Singer, Adam Esbensen, Gustav Strube, and Mark Ludwig.
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