The Orchestre de Paris gives over one hundred concerts each season and during international tours. The orchestra’s first music director, Charles Munch, was succeeded by Herbert von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach and Paavo Järvi. Daniel Harding has been music director of the Orchestre de Paris since 2016, the ninth person to have held this position, with Thomas Hengelbrock joining him as associate conductor.
The orchestra is rooted in the French musical tradition and favours 19th- and 20th-century repertoire as well as contemporary music. The Orchestre de Paris, with its 119 musicians, has been financed by the French Ministry of Culture and the City of Paris since its creation in 1967.
Photo: Christophe Abramovitz
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