Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American orchestra. It is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It does over 130 subscription concerts a year from September to May. In the summer the Orchestra performs an outdoor session for a month. It originally gave concerts at the Academy of Music. The orchestra was founded in 1900. It has performed at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts since 2001.

Discography
Studio albums
 David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (1978)

Music Directors
 Fritz Scheel (1900–1907)
 Karl Pohlig (1908–1912)
 Leopold Stokowski (1912–1938)
 Eugene Ormandy (1936–1980)
 Riccardo Muti (1980–1992)
 Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993–2003)
 Christoph Eschenbach (2003–2008)
 Charles Dutoit (2008–2012, chief conductor)
 Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2012–present)

References

Category:American orchestras
Category:Music in Philadelphia
Category:1900 establishments in the United States