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The Royal Scottish National Orchestra was formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra and became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950. It was awarded Royal Patronage in 1991. Throughout its history, the orchestra has played an important part in Scotland’s musical life, including performing at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in 2004. Many renowned conductors have contributed to its success, including Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Bryden Thomson, conductor laureate Neeme Järvi, conductor emeritus Walter Weller, conductor emeritus Alexander Lazarev and Stéphane Denève. The 2012/2013 season marks the appointment of the British-Canadian musician and conductor Peter Oundjian as music director and Danish conductor Thomas Sondergard begins his tenure as principal guest conductor. The orchestra has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving the Diapason d’Or de l’année for Symphonic Music (Denève/Roussel 2007) and eight GRAMMY® Award nominations over the last decade. Over 200 releases are available, including the complete symphonies of Sibelius (Gibson), Prokofiev (Järvi), Nielsen and Martinů (Thomson), Roussel (Denève) and the major orchestral works of Debussy (Denève). The RSNO is one of Scotland’s National Performing Companies, supported by the Scottish government.
For more information, please see www.rsno.org.uk.
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