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Cali Philharmonic Orchestra
The Cali Philharmonic Orchestra in Spanish ''Orquesta Filarmónica de Cali'' (OFC), is a Colombian orchestra based in based in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is the only professional orchestra in the southwest of Colombia and the smallest in the country, considered one of the oldest symphonic groups with a long history of more than 80 years and one of the most prestigious symphonic groups together with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Colombia and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín. History Principal conductors * Antonio María Valencia * León J. Simar * Luis Carlos Figeroa Sierra * Gustavo Yepes * Agustin Cullell * Dimitri Manolov * François Dolmetsch * Paul Dury * Ricardo Jaramillo * Eduardo Carrizosa * Irwin Hoffman * Adrián Chamorro * Jorge Mario Uribe * Francesco Belli Tours See also Since February 2012, the Orchestra is being directed by Irwin Hoffman. * List of symphony orchestras Notes References External links Cali Philharmonic Orches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous after Bogotá and Medellín. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar. As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games. Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
