National Orchestra of Belgium
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| Orchestre National de Belgique Nationaal Orkest van België |
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| Origin | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Symphony orchestra |
| Years active | 1936-present |
| Website | www.nob.be |
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| Music Director Walter Weller |
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| Founder Désiré Defauw |
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The Nationaal Orkest van België (NOB, Dutch) or Orchestre National de Belgique (ONB, French) is the oldest of two major orchestras now in Belgium, along with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège.
The Orchestra was founded in 1931 by Désiré Defauw as the Brussels Symphony Orchestra, and later reorganized in 1936 into it present form.[citation needed] With its base in the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and subsidized by the Belgian government, the ONB performs 70 concerts each season in Belgium and abroad, employing 93 musicians. It specializes in the music of the 19th and 20th centuries and film scores. In 2003, contestants in the final round of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition were accompanied by the orchestra, under the direction of Gilbert Varga.
Prior to the 1958 appointment of André Cluytens as its permanent conductor in , the orchestra worked with conductors including Karl Böhm, Désiré Defauw, Erich Kleiber, and Pierre Monteux.
[edit] Music directors
- 1958-1967 André Cluytens
- 1969-1971 Michael Gielen
- 1974-1975 André Vandernoot
- 1975-1989 Georges Octors
- 1983-1989 Mendi Rodan
- 1989-1993 Ronald Zollman
- 1994-2002 Yuri Simonov
- 2002-2007 Mikko Franck
- 2007-present Walter Weller
[edit] References
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. Cypres Records (2003). Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
[edit] External links
- Orchestre National de Belgique official website
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