Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- From
- Detroit, Detroit
- Since
- 1914–present
- Releases
- 112
- classical
About
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its primary performance venue is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. Jader Bignamini is the current music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Enrico Lopez-Yañez as Principal Pops Conductor, Tabita Berglund as principal guest conductor and Na'Zir McFadden as assistant conductor. Leonard Slatkin, the previous music director, is the orchestra's current music director laureate. Neeme Järvi, music director from 1990 to 2005, is the orchestra's current music director emeritus.
Members
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Robert S. Williams bassoon, principal
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Marguerite Deslippe violin
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James VanValkenburg additional, principal, viola
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Kenneth Thompkins trombone
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David LeDoux cello
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Ray Alonge French horn
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Jan Eberle oboe
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Josef Gingold violin
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David Ireland viola
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Jerome Jelinek cello
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Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy violin
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Albert Luconi clarinet
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Arno Mariotti oboe
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James Pellerite concert flute
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Charles Sirard bassoon
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Gordon Staples violin
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Warren Benson timpani
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Georges Miquelle cello
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Gilbert Beaume cello
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John Minsker cor anglais
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Salvatore Rabbio principal, timpani
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Frank Kaderabek principal, trumpet
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Dennis Smith trombone
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Paul Phillips violin
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David Krehbiel French horn
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Hart Hollman viola
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Fergus McWilliam horn
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Corbin Wagner French horn
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Alexander Hanna double bass
Discography
Albums
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España / Danse Slave / Fête Polonaise / Suite Pastorale / Gwendoline Overture
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Suite no. 1 ∙ Two Pictures
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Rhapsody!
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Pages symphoniques
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Le Sacre du printemps
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Also sprach Zarathustra / Macbeth
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The Firebird
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Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Die Frau Ohne Schatten Symphonic Fantasy
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The Miraculous Mandarin / Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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Copland: Appalachian Spring / Stravinsky: Apollon musagète
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1812 Overture / Cappriccio Italien / Romeo & Juliet / Marche Slave
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Petrushka / Le Sacre du Printemps
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Ibert: Escales / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Roussel: Symphony no. 3 / Bacchus et Ariane Suite no. 2 / Ravel: La Valse / Bolero
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Barber: Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor (Gaelic)
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El salón México / Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Dance Symphony / Fanfare for the Common Man
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Die ägyptische Helena
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French Opera Highlights
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Bizet: Carmen Suite / La Patrie Ouverture / L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2 / Thomas: Mignon & Raymond Overtures
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Debussy: La Mer / Roussel: Symphony no. 4 / Sinfonietta / Milhaud: Suite provençale
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2 / Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Debussy: Three Nocturnes / Petite Suite
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Ives: Symphony no. 1 / Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra
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Still Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
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Still: Symphony no. 2 "Song of a New Race" / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: Harlem
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Encore!
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Symphonie fantastique / Hungarian March / Trojan March / Corsair Overture / Roman Carnival Overture
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Barber: Symphony no. 2 / Adagio for Strings / Bristow: Symphony in F-sharp minor
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Fibich: Symphony no. 1 in F major / Smetana: Vyšehrad & Vltava from “Má vlast”
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Still: Symphony no. 1 "Afro-American" / Ellington: Suite from "The River"
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Debussy: La Mer / Ibéria / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
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Chadwick: Symphony no. 3 / Barber: Two Orchestral Excerpts from "Vanessa" / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
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Symphonies: No. 2 in E-flat major / No. 3 in E minor
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Transcriptions for Orchestra
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The Snow Maiden
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Ives: Symphony no. 2 / Creston: Symphony no. 2
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2 / Franck: Symphony in D minor
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Schmidt: Symphony no. 1 / Strauss: Four Interludes from Intermezzo
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Má vlast
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphonic Sketches
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Harris: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Symphony no. 3
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Suite no. 2 / The Tempest
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Thompson: Symphony no. 2 / Chadwick: Rip Van Winkle / Melpomene / Tam O’Shanter
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Schmidt: Symphony no. 4 / Strauss: Symphonic Fragment: “Josephs-Legende”
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Suite no. 3 / Francesca da Rimini
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French Favourites
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Suite no. 4 “Mozartiana” / The Seasons
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Suite no. 1 / The Storm / Fate
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Chausson / Lalo / Barraud
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Joy!
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Symphonies 1 & 2 / Overture: The School for Scandal / Adagio for Strings
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Suite from Schlagobers / München, ein Gedächtniswalzer
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Symphonies 2 & 3
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Ellington: Suite from "The River" / Harlem / Solitude / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
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Szymanowski: Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 "Chant de la nuit" / Enesco: Rhapsodie roumaine no. 1
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Fire & Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the Roof
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Symphony no. 2
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Horn Concerto
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
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Symphony no. 1 / The Isle of the Dead
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Rodeo / Dance Panels / El salón México / Danzón cubano
Live
Compilations
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The Essential Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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Doráti in Detroit: Complete Decca Recordings
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Complete Symphonies
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Slatkin Conducts Slatkin
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Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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Symphonies no. 3 / "Song Of The Night"
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Symphonie N° 3 "avec orgue" / Œuvres de Chabrier, Bizet, Lalo
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Claudio Arrau
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Paul Paray Conducts French Orchestral Music
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Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2
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Melpomene / Rip Van Winkle / Tam O’Shanter / Symphonic Sketches
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Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Three Essays for Orchestra / Excerpts from "Vanessa"
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The Orchestral Masterpieces
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Complete Symphonies
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Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Cuban Overture / Porgy-and-Bess-Suite
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony no. 5 / Haydn: Symphony no. 96
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Complete Suites
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Complete Symphonies
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Paul Paray Conducts Wagner
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Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 / Bacchus et Ariane Suite no. 2 / Sinfonietta
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Paul Paray Conducts Dances of Death
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Marches and Overtures à la Française
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Overtures
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Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 "New World" / Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 / Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
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Chabrier: España • Suite pastorale • Fête polonaise • Overture "Gwendoline" • Danse slave • Joyeuse marche • Bourrée fantasque / Roussel: Suite in F
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Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Bartok: Two Pictures
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Grofe: Grand Canyon / Copland: El Salón México / Fanfare for the Common Man / 4 Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"
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The Lady Remembers (The Statue of Liberty Suite) / Wilderness Suite
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Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
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Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Tod und Verklärung
Links
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Concerts
Conductor position
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Also known as
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Dorati
Tags
- symphony orchestra
- american orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 5e7ec05a-3473-4bd0-967a-8546525555cc
- ISNI
- 0000000109433361
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