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The Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (''Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León'', OSCyL for short) is a Spanish
In 2007 it acquired a purpose-built hall, the Auditorio Miguel Delibes.
symphony orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ce ...
based in Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...
, the city which serves as the ''de facto'' capital of the Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
region.
History
It was created in 1991 following the disappearance of the Orquesta Ciudad de Valladolid.
In 2007 it acquired a purpose-built hall, the Auditorio Miguel Delibes.
Conductors
Jesús López Cobos
Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor.
Early life and career
López Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy. La ...
(1940-2018) was the Director Emeritus.
British conductor Andrew Gourlay
Andrew Gourlay (born 1982) is a British conductor.
Born in Jamaica, Gourlay was subsequently raised in the Bahamas, the Philippines, Japan and the United Kingdom. He is of Russian ancestry.''Andrew Gourlay'' in ''Scherzo'' no.348, February 201 ...
held the position of Chief Conductor from 2015 to 2020.
Jaime Martin served as principal guest conductor.
2011–12 staff
* Violins I: Wioletta Zabek (CM), Krzysztof Wisniewski (S), Elizabeth Moore (SA), Cristina Alecu, Irene Ferrer, Irina Filimon, Pawel Hutnik, Vladimir Ljubimov, Eduard Marashi, Renata Michalek, Daniela Moraru, Dorel Murgu, Monika Pisczelok, Nikos Pittas, Piotr Witkowski. * Violins II: Jennifer Moreau (S), Jordi Moreno (S), Benjamin Payen (SA), Rosario Agüera, Malgorzata Baczewska, Csilla Biro, Anneleen van den Broeck, Julián Gil, Hugo Ladoire, Iuliana Murgu, Blanca Sanchís, Gregory Steyer, Joanna Zagrodzka. * Violas: Nestor Pou (S), Marc Charpentier (SA), Michal Ferens, Ciprian Filimon, Harold Hill, Doru Jijian, Julian Samuel, âula Santos, Luis Thau, Jokin Urtasun * Cello: Marius Díaz (S), Aldo Mata (SA), Montserrat Aldomá, Mary Helen Blossom, Etienne Cardoze, Pilar Cerveró, Jordi Creus, Marie Delbousquet, Frederik Friessen, Carlos Navarro * Double basses: Miroslaw Kasperek (S), Joaquín Clemente (SA), Nigel Benson, Federico Esteve, Juan Carlos Fernández, Emad Khan, Nebojsa Slavic ---- * Flutes: Dianne Winsor (S), Pablo Sagredo (SA), José Lanuza (p) * Oboes: Sebastián Gimeno (S), Jorge Andrés Pinzón (SA), Juan Manuel Urbán (eh) * Clarinets: Isaac Rodríguez (S), Laura Tárrage (SA), Vicente Perpiñá (bc) * Bassoons: Salvador Alberola (S), Igor Melero (SA), Fernando Arminio (cb) ---- * Horns: José Miguel Asensi (S), Carlos Balaguer (SA), Emilio Climent, José Manuel González * Trumpets: Roberto Bodí (S), Emilio Ramada (SA), Miguel Oller * Trombones: Philippe Stefani (S), Robert Blossom (SA), Sean Engel (bt) * Tuba: José M. Redondo (S) ---- * Timpani: Juan A. Martín (S) * Percussion: Ricardo López (S), Tomás Martín (SA), Ricardo Moreno * Harp: Marianne ten Vorde (S)Discography
Both Bragado and Posada conducted the orchestra in recordings forNaxos
Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abr ...
.
Gourlay oversaw the launch in 2019 of the orchestra's in-house label, releasing its first disc of music by Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...
, followed by Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...
's Symphony no.10.
References
External links
* https://www.oscyl.com/ Official Website Spanish orchestras Musical groups established in 1991 1991 establishments in Spain {{orchestra-stub