Xalapa Symphony Orchestra
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The orchestra during the Festival Internacional Cervantino
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| Founded | 1929 |
| Location | Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Website | www |
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa is a Mexican orchestra located in the city of Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz. It was founded in 1929, and is considered the oldest symphony orchestra in Mexico.
The orchestra was established by Adalberto Tejeda Olivares, a patron of the arts, in his second term as Governor of the state of Veracruz. Members were recruited from the state band, and the orchestra's first performance was on 21 August 1929 in the "Teatro Lerdo" in Xalapa city.
In its first performance the orchestra comprised 19 string players, 16 woodwind players, 3 drummers, and a piano player, under the direction of first violin Juan Lomán y Bueno. In 1975, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa Symphony became part of Universidad Veracruzana .
Since 1929, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa plays with prestigious conductors and soloists like Hermann Scherchen, Fritz Reiner, Neeme Jarvi, Julian Carrillo, Jose Iturbi, Bruno Campanella, Eduardo Mata, Yoel Levi, Fabio Mechetti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pierre Fournier, Horacio Gutiérrez, Claudio Arrau, Mstislav Rostropovich, Henryk Szeryng, Emil Gilels, Ruggiero Ricci, Michael Rabin, Alfred Brendel, Plácido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Vladimir Spivakov, Grant Johannesen, Jeffery Meyer and others.
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