The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia ( Catalan : Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, OBC ; IPA: [uɾˈkestɾə siɱˈfɔnikə ðə βəɾsəˈlonəj nəsi.uˈnal də kətəˈluɲə] ) is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain . Since April 1999, the Orchestra has had its headquarters at L'Auditori . Prior to that, from its foundation to 1998, the orchestra was resident at the Palau de la Música Catalana .
11-654: In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu , founded in 1847 and devoted to opera and ballet , Barcelona has had several symphonic orchestras since 1888. From 1910 to 1924, a private-based Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona gave its concerts in the Teatre Eldorado, led by Joan Lamote de Grignon . After it, the city's principal orchestra was the Orquestra Pau Casals (1920–1936), conducted by Pau Casals , and linked to
22-533: A Consortium made up of the Government of Catalonia and Barcelona City Council was constituted. In September 2015, Kazushi Ōno became principal conductor of the OBC, with an initial contract of three years. Ōno concluded his tenure as OBC principal conductor at the close of the 2021-2022 season. In November 2021, the OBC announced the appointment of Ludovic Morlot as its next principal conductor, effective with
33-476: The Palau de la Música Catalana and at L'Auditori . The first conductor of the orchestra was Marià Obiols . The orchestra subsequently worked with guest conductors, including the composers Manuel de Falla , Alexander Glazunov , Richard Strauss , Igor Stravinsky , Ottorino Respighi , and Pietro Mascagni , but with no principal conductor or music director. The first music director was Ernest Xancó, who took up
44-838: The Vienna Boys' Choir , with which he toured Europe and America. He also conducted the Viennese Hofmusikkapelle , a court orchestra dating back to the Middle Ages. He became solo répétiteur for the Vienna State Opera and assistant conductor of the Wiener Singverein in 1963. He was music director at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen from 1977 until 1988, where his work and passion are considered to have defined an era. He
55-444: The 2022-2023 season, with an initial contract of four seasons. The OBC has made recordings for such labels as Decca , EMI , Auvidis , Koch , Claves and Naxos Records . As the city's main orchestra, the OBC has performed many world premières of musical compositions, including the following: Orquestra Simf%C3%B2nica del Gran Teatre del Liceu The Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu ( Symphony Orchestra of
66-666: The Associació Obrera de Concerts (Workers' Society for Concerts). After the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), both the orchestra and society were banned and Casals went into exile in France. In 1944, a new Barcelona civic orchestra – the current Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona – was founded with the name of Barcelona Municipal Orchestra , created by the City Council (Ajuntament de Barcelona) and promoted by
77-535: The Catalan conductor and composer Eduard Toldrà . Toldrà, through his leadership, helped to consolidate the orchestra's presence very early in the cultural life of the city. Barcelona has since had a regular cycle of symphonic concerts with the collaboration of the main national and foreign performers and with the aim to make classical music reach the greater public and especially to spread the work of Catalan composers. After Toldrà's death in 1962, Rafael Ferrer became
88-743: The Gran Teatre del Liceu ) is the opera orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona , Spain . Founded concurrently with the theatre in 1847 (actually, it continues the orchestra of the Liceu previous theatre, founded in 1837 and active since 1838), it is the oldest orchestra still working in Barcelona, and the oldest in Spain. The orchestra also performs symphony concerts at such venues as
99-577: The head of the orchestra until 1967, when Antoni Ros-Marbà succeeded him. From this moment, it received the name of Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona (City of Barcelona Orchestra, or OCB ) until the constitution of the Consortium made up of the Government of Catalonia and Barcelona City Hall, in the 1994–95 season, which gave it the current name of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia), known as OBC . In 1994–1995 season
110-524: The location for the world premieres of several works, and for the Spanish premieres of many musical works, such as the following: Uwe Mund (conductor) Uwe Mund (born March 20, 1941) is an Austrian conductor. At the age of fourteen he gave his first concert as solo pianist, and at sixteen he began his studies as a conductor and composer. Born in Vienna, he became at the age of twenty conductor of
121-414: The post in 1959 and served in that capacity until 1961. Subsequent music directors have included Uwe Mund (1987-1994), Bertrand de Billy (1999-2004), Sebastian Weigle (2004–2008), and Michael Boder (2008-2012). In October 2010, the company announced the appointment of Josep Pons as its next music director, as of September 2012, for an initial contract of 6 years. The Liceu opera house has been
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