Founded in 1954, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) has become an inseparable part of São Paulo and Brazilian culture. The orchestra has toured internationally, and also runs a large educational and outreach programme.
Its discography contains over 80 recordings, and the ensemble performs over a hundred concerts every season for nearly 10,000 subscribers at its own concert hall, Sala São Paulo.
In 2012, Marin Alsop was named principal conductor, and was appointed music director the following year. During her tenure, the orchestra made its fourth European tour, appeared at major European festivals, and in 2019, toured China and Hong Kong, becoming the first Latin American professional orchestra to perform there. In 2020, Marin Alsop became conductor of honour, and was succeeded by Thierry Fischer.
In 2018, Osesp began recording a series of albums for Naxos dedicated to Brazilian composers, and in the same year its recording of the symphonies of Villa-Lobos (Naxos 8.506039), conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky, won CONCERTO magazine’s Grand Prize and the Prêmio da Música Brasileira.
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