Orchestre de Paris

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The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra created in 1967, based in Paris, whose current Music Director is Christoph Eschenbach. Most concerts are currently held at the Théâtre Mogador.

[edit] History

In 1967, following the disbandment of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture, André Malraux, and his Music Director Marcel Landowski to create a new orchestra in Paris. However, Munch died in 1968. No less than Herbert von Karajan was then hired as a gap-filler Musical Advisor (1969-1971). Christoph von Dohnanyi was Artistic Advisor during another interim (1998-2000).

In 1998, the Salle Pleyel, the orchestra's home and Paris's only large concert hall, was bought by a private investor before closing, forcing the orchestra out. It started its current residence in the Théâtre Mogador in 2002. However, the Orchestre de Paris is now scheduled to return to an altered and hopefully improved Salle Pleyel in September 2006.