Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Explained

Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Type:
Native Name:	Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira
Native Name Lang:	pt
Short Name:	OSB
Location:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Concert Hall:	Cidade das Artes Theatro Municipal Sala Cecília Meireles

The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Portuguese: '''Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira''', OSB|link=no|italic=no) is a Brazilian orchestra. Founded in 1940, it is located at Avenida Rio Branco, downtown Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the country's foremost orchestras,^[1] performing more than 5,000 concerts since its inauguration.^[2]

History

The creation of the OSB was an idea of three teachers of the National School of Music – Djalma Soares, Antão Soares and Antônio Leopardi. Excited by the NBC Orchestra tour of Brazil, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini,^[3] they sought maestro José Siqueira to take the initiative. With the support of corporate and political personalities and with special publicity in the newspaper O Globo, the OSB emerged as a corporation in 1940.^[4] The inaugural concert was on Thursday, 11 July 1940, a date chosen in honor of the composer Carlos Gomes, his birthday. As their first artistic director was nominated the Hungarian conductor exiled in Brazil, Eugen Szenkar.

Members

Directors

• Eugen Szenkar (1940–1948)
• (1949–1951)
• Eleazar de Carvalho (1952–1957, 1960–1962, 1966–1969)
• (1963–1965)
• Isaac Karabtchevsky (1969–1994)
• (1995–1997)
• Yeruham Scharovsky (1998–2004)
• Roberto Minczuk (2005–2011)^{[4] [5]}
• and Fernando Bicudo (2011–2012)
• Pablo Castellar (2012–)

Council presidents

• Arnaldo Guinle (1940–1948, 1956–1962)
• Adalberto de Lara Resende (1948–1952)
• Euvaldo Lodi (1952–1956)
• Luís Guimarães Filho (1962–1964)
• Murilo Miranda (1964–1965)
• Eugênio Gudin (1966–1968)
• (1968–1986)
• Mário Henrique Simonsen (1987–1996)
• Roberto Paulo Cezar de Andrade (1997)

Concert masters

• Ricardo Odnoposoff (1940–1942)
• Oscar Borgeth (1942–1945)
• Henry Siegel (1945–1946)
• Santino Parpinelli (1945–1946)
• Anselmo Zlatopolski (1947–1965)
• Gian Carlo Pareschi (1965–1966)
• Francisco Corujo (1966–1977)
• Israel Terc Malziac (1974–1977)
• João Daltro de Almeida (1978–1993)
• Ricardo Cyncynates (1981–1984)
• (1977–2015)
• Martin Tuksa (2000)

Most active soloists

Followed by number of concerts^[6]

• Nelson Freire (piano) (89)
• Jacques Klein (piano) (82)
• Arthur Moreira Lima (piano) (63)
• Arnaldo Cohen (piano) (42)
• Noel Devos (bassoon) (40)
• Ruth Staerke (singing) (35)
• Arnaldo Estrela (piano) (33)
• Zwinglio Faustini (singing) (30)
• Anselmo Zlatopolski (violin) (29)
• João de Souza Lima (piano) (29)
• Magdalena Tagliaferro (piano) (28)

Notes and References

1. News: The World Class Brazil Symphony Orchestra. 2013-07-24. The Rio Times. 2018-07-28.
2. News: Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Hosts Tribute Concert to John Williams . 2018-12-11 . The Rio Times. 2021-01-04.
3. Meyer. Donald C.. 2000. Toscanini and the Good Neighbor Policy: The NBC Symphony Orchestra's 1940 South American Tour. American Music. 18. 3. 233–256. 10.2307/3052429. 3052429.
4. News: Brazilian Symphony Orchestra split over auditions . 2011-06-08 . . Julia Dias Carneiro . 2021-01-04.
5. Web site: Lorin Maazel to conduct Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Festival . 2011-08-04 . . Stella Lorenz . 2021-01-04.
6. Book: Alvim Corrêa. Sérgio Nepomuceno. Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. 1940–2000. 219. Rio de Janeiro. Funarte. 2004.