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The Cali Philharmonic Orchestra in Spanish ''Orquesta Filarmónica de Cali'' (OFC), is a Colombian orchestra based in based in
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 ...
, Valle del Cauca,
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It is the only professional orchestra in the southwest of
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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 Orchestra
official site {{authority control University of Valle Colombian orchestras Musical groups established in 2002 Colombian culture 2002 establishments in Colombia