The Salle Wagram is a historic auditorium in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built in 1865. It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since March 2, 1981.
6-570: First built in 1812 as the Bal Dourlans, the huge ballroom was designed by Adrien Alphonse Fleuret, and has been the setting for international congresses, political conferences, fashion exhibitions and dance competitions. From the 1950s the hall was much used as a classical recording venue, including a Beethoven symphony cycle with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Carl Schuricht , Stravinsky ballets with
12-651: The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra) for the newly created Orchestre de Paris , which gave its first concert on 14 November 1967 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées . The chief conductors of the orchestra were: No principal conductor was appointed during the orchestra's final years 1960–1967. Notable premieres given by the orchestra include Berlioz 's Symphonie fantastique , Saint-Saëns 's Cello Concerto No. 1 , and Franck 's Symphony in D minor . The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra also made
18-576: The center-stage of French musical life throughout the 19th and most of the 20th centuries. A major tour of the US took place in 1918, appearing in 52 cities. Later that year it made the first of its many recordings. In 1967, financial difficulties, along with irregular work for the players and poor pay led to a decision by the French government to form a new orchestra. Following auditions chaired by Charles Munch , 108 musicians were chosen (of whom 50 were from
24-658: The home of the Orchestre Colonne . 48°52′36″N 2°17′49″E / 48.8767°N 2.2969°E / 48.8767; 2.2969 This article about a French building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paris Conservatoire Orchestra The Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini. Administered by
30-574: The philharmonic association of the Conservatoire de Paris , the orchestra consisted of professors of the Conservatoire and their pupils. It was formed by François-Antoine Habeneck in pioneering fashion, aiming to present Beethoven's symphonies, but over time it became more conservative in its programming. Its long existence kept the tradition of playing taught at the Conservatoire prominent in French musical life. The orchestra occupied
36-648: The same orchestra under Pierre Monteux , the complete Carmen with Maria Callas and Nicolai Gedda , and in the 1990s for many Poulenc recordings with the French National Orchestra under Charles Dutoit . In August 2000 La Traviata from Paris had the orchestra and conductor, Zubin Mehta in the Salle Wagram, while singers were on location around Paris. From 2016 the hall, then equipped for 800 spectators for orchestral concerts, became
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