The Minnesota Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra that was founded by Emil Oberhoffer in 1903 under the name Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The first performance took place on November 5, 1903. In 1968, the name changed into Minnesota Orchestra, and in 1974 the orchestra moved from the University of Minnesota to Minneapolis to the Orchestra Hall in the center of the Northrop Memorial Auditorium. city. The current first conductor is Osmo Vänskä. conductors
Oberhoffer was the first chief conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, from 1903 to 1922. Then followed: Recordings
The orchestra made its first recordings in 1924, followed by a number of notable recordings, such as Mahler's second symphony with Eugene Ormandy. In the 1940s, Columbia contracted the orchestra and made a beautiful series of recordings with Ormandy's successor, Dimitris Mitropoulos. In 1954, the orchestra with Antal Doráti made the first complete recordings of the Tsjikovsky ballets: the Swan Lake, the Doornroosje and the Nutcracker. In 2006, the orchestra began recording the complete symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven for the Swedish BIS label. The Ninth Recording with the Minnesota Chorale, was nominated in 2007 for a Grammy Award.
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