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James Levine, BSO Music Director (2004-2011) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 23, 1943; Died Palm Springs, California, March 9, 2021. Named Music Director Designate in October 2001, James Levine became the BSO’s fourteenth music director in the fall of 2004 – the first American-born conductor to hold that position.
Arthur Fiedler was the conductor who did the most to increase the fame of the Boston Pops over his tenure from 1930 to 1979. Film composer John Williams succeeded Fiedler as the conductor of the Pops from 1980 to 1993. Since 1995, the conductor of the Boston Pops has been Keith Lockhart. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players were launched in 1964.
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881, under Georg Henschel, who remained as conductor until 1884. For nearly twenty years, BSO concerts were held in the old Boston Music Hall; Symphony Hall, now one of the world’s most revered concert halls, opened on October 15, 1900.
Mar 10, 2024 · Sir George Henschel. (Show more) Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), American symphony orchestra based in Boston, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson. The orchestra achieved renown for its interpretations of the French repertoire under such conductors as Pierre Monteux and Charles Munch and for its championing of contemporary music.
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Feb 6, 2024 · The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s longest-serving conductor, holding the title of Music Director for 29 years (1973–2002), Maestro Ozawa died on February 6, 2024, in Tokyo. He was 88 years old. One of his generation’s most sought-after and celebrated conductors, Maestro Ozawa was born in Shenyang, China, in 1935 and from a young age studied ...
Feb 9, 2024 · Boston Symphony Orchestra. Seiji Ozawa, the conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra longer than any other music director, has died at age 88. The conductor died Feb. 6 in Tokyo due to ...
Feb 9, 2024 · Seiji Ozawa, the conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra longer than any other music director, has died at age 88. The conductor died Feb. 6 in Tokyo due to heart failure, according to a spokesperson for the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland. In his Boston career, which spanned nearly three decades, he was a both a ...
