The Granada City Orchestra (in

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: ''Orquesta Ciudad de Granada'', OCG) is a Spanish

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, c ...

based in

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. Its primary concert venue is the ''Auditorio Manuel de Falla''. The City of Granada and the provincial council of

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founded the OCG in 1988 at the initiative of Patrick Meadows and Antonio Navarro, the Director of the ''Auditorio Manuel de Falla''
Misha Rachlevsky
was the founding director and artistic director. Juan de Udeata was the orchestra's principal conductor from 1990 to 1994. Subsequent principal conductors have been

Josep Pons Josep Pons (born Josep Pons i Viladomat; 1957) is a Spanish conductor. Biography Pons was born in Puig-reig, Berguedà. He received his musical training at L'Escolania de Montserrat and continued his musical studies in Barcelona with such teac ...

(1994–2004) and

Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 3 October 1945) is a French violinist and conductor. His son is the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Biography Kantorow was born in Cannes, France, into a family of Russian-Jewish origin. From the age of 13 he studied a ...

(2004–2008). The current principal conductor is

Andrea Marcon Andrea Marcon (born 6 February 1963 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and scholar. In 1997, he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra.Kozinn, Alla"Young Italians Stand at Attention, Which Their Ensemble Attracts" ...

, since the 2012–2013 season. The OCG has recorded commercially for such labels as harmonia mundi.

Principal conductors

* Misha Rachlevsky (1988–1990) * Juan de Udaeta (1990–1994) *

(1994–2004) *

(2004–2008) * Salvador Mas Conde (2008–2012) *

(2012–present)

References

External links

The orchestra's official website
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