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Valencia Orchestra
The Valencia Orchestra ( ca-valencia, Orquestra de València, es, Orquesta de Valencia) is a symphony orchestra in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1943 as the Valencia Municipal Orchestra, and a member of the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras (AEOS), it is ''not to be confused with'' the Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana, founded in 2006. The Valencia Orchestra, which first performed abroad in 1950 under José Iturbi, has toured internationally more regularly in the last 20 years. It performs mainly at the city's Palau de la Música de València, which is ''not to be confused with'' the nearby Palau de les Arts Reina SofÃa. Principal Conductors * Joan Lamote de Grignon (1943–49) * Hans von Benda (1949–1952) * Napoleone Annovazzi * Heinz Unger * José Iturbi * Enrique GarcÃa Asensio (1964–65) * Pedro PÃrfano (1967–1970) * Luis Antonio GarcÃa Navarro (1970–74) * Lorenzo MartÃnez Palomo (1974–1980) * Benito Lauret (1980–1983) * Manuel Galduf (1983†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
València Palau De La Música
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Aragonese Christian conquest took place in 1238, and so the city became the capital of the Kingdom of Valencia. The city's population thrived in the 15th century, owing to trade with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Italian ports and other locations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
