| Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra | |
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| Native Name: | Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Location: | 5141 Periférico Sur, Tlalpan, Mexico City |
| Founded: | 1978 |
| Concert Hall: | Silvestre Revueltas Hall, Ollín Yoliztli Cultural Center |
| Principal Conductor: | Scott Yoo |
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (Spanish; Castilian: '''Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México'''|italic=no) is an orchestra of international rank founded and underwritten by the government of Mexico. The home venue is the Silvestre Revueltas Hall at the in Tlalpan, Mexico City, which opened in 1979.
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1978 by the National Government of Mexico through an initiative by Carmen Romano, wife of then President of Mexico José López Portillo. The Philharmonic was part of a plan to make fine arts education accessible to youths. The government launched classical music workshops and formed professional orchestras, including the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. was the founding conductor. The Philharmonic's venue name, ollín yoliztli, means "life movement" or "life force" in Náhuatl.
Guest conductors have included Leonard Bernstein, Eduardo Mata, and Enrique Diemecke. Guest soloists have included Martha Argerich, Narciso Yepes, Nicanor Zabaleta, Renata Scotto, Birgit Nilsson, Claudio Arrau, János Starker, Isaac Stern, Plácido Domingo, and . Artistic directors are appointed by the Secretary of Culture of Mexico City.
Artistic directors
Principal guest conductors
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Musicians
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra has made over 100 recordings, most of them of works by Mexican composers. The Philharmonic is reputed to be the most prolifically recorded orchestra of music by Mexican composers. In 1981, it won the Academie du Disque Francais Grand Prize for its recording of Mexican Ballets by Blas Galindo, José Pablo Moncayo, and Carlos Chávez. Fernando Lozano Rodríguez was the conductor. The jury stated that the Philharmonic was the best in Latin America.
In 2001, the Mexico City Philharmonic was nominated for Best Classical Recording in the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards. The Mexican Union and Theater Critics Philharmonic Mexico City and Music as the best of the year, calling it "The Best Orchestra of Mexico, 2000".June 2023.