The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is a professional
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 ...
in
Knoxville
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
,
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
.
The orchestra was established in 1935 and is the oldest continuing orchestra in the
southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States. It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern por ...
.
[Roy C. Brewer]
Symphony Orchestras
''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
''Tennessee Encyclopedia'' is a reference book on the U.S. state of Tennessee that was published in book form in 1998 and has also been available online since 2002. Contents include history, geography, culture, and biography.
The original print ed ...
'', December 25, 2009; last updated February 28, 2011; accessed June 28, 2011 The founding conductor was Bertha Walburn Clark, who led the group until 1946. Other former conductors were Lamar Stringfield (1946-1947 season),
David Van Vactor
David Van Vactor (May 8, 1906 – March 24, 1994) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
He was born in Plymouth, Indiana, and received Bachelor of Music (1928) and Master of Music (1935) degrees from Northwestern Universit ...
(1947 to 1972),
Arpad Joó
Árpád Joó (8 June 1948 – 4 July 2014) was a Hungarian American conductor and concert pianist.
Early life
Maestro Joó (pronounced: Yo) was born in Budapest in 1948. His grandmother was an eminent pupil of István Thomán, at the Franz Lis ...
(1973-1978),
Zoltán Rozsnyai (1978-1985), Kirk Trevor (1985-2003), and Lucas Richman (2003-2015).
[ The KSO has been led by Aram Demirjian since 2016.]
See also
*Knoxville Opera The Knoxville Opera is an American opera company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1978 as the Knoxville Civic Opera by Edward Zambara, who served as Artistic Director until 1981. The company changed its name and became an entirely p ...
References
External links
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra official site
Musical groups established in 1935
Culture of Knoxville, Tennessee
American orchestras
Tourist attractions in Knoxville, Tennessee
Performing arts in Tennessee
Musical groups from Knoxville, Tennessee
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