Oregon Symphony
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The Oregon Symphony is an American orchestra based in Portland, Oregon. Its home venue is the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Portland's Cultural District.
The orchestra was founded as the Portland Symphony Society in 1896, becoming the first orchestra in the Western United States. In August 1967, the name was changed to the Oregon Symphony.
[edit] Music Directors
- Carl Denton (1918-1925)
- Willem van Hoogstraten (1925-1938)
- concert seasons suspended (1938-1947)
- Werner Janssen (1947-1949)
- James Sample (1949-1953)
- Theodore Bloomfield (1955-1959)
- Piero Bellugi (1959-1961)
- Jacques Singer (1962-1972)
- Lawrence Leighton Smith (1973-1980)
- James DePreist (1980-2003)
- Carlos Kalmar (2003-present)
