Orchestre National de France

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The Orchestre National de France (French National Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (French National Radio Broadcasting Orchestra) and Orchestre National de l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF).

Since 1944, the orchestra has been based in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, where it occasionally plays in the pit for opera productions. Some concerts are also held in the Olivier Messiaen Auditorium in the Maison de Radio France (formerly known as Maison de la Radio).

Radio France records all its concerts.

In 1954, the orchestra, conducted by Hermann Scherchen, premièred Edgard Varèse's Déserts.

[edit] Music directors

In September 2008, Daniele Gatti is scheduled to become music directed as Masur steps down.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matthew Westphal. "Daniele Gatti to Succeed Kurt Masur at Orchestre National de France", Playbill Arts, 23. Juli 2007. Retrieved on 2008-05-05. 

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Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (1934) · Manuel Rosenthal (1944) · Roger Désormière (1947) · André Cluytens (1951) · Maurice Le Roux (1960) · Charles Münch (1962) · Jean Martinon (1968) · Sergiu Celibidache (1973) · Lorin Maazel (1987) · Charles Dutoit (1991) · Kurt Masur (2002)
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