The Las Vegas Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra, based in

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. lvphil.org. Retrieved on 2013-11-24. Since October 2012, the Las Vegas Philharmonic has been based at the

Smith Center for the Performing Arts The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is located in Downtown Las Vegas's 61-acre Symphony Park and is a five-acre performing arts center consisting of three theaters in two buildings; groundbreaking for the $470 million project was May 26, 20 ...

. Before then, it was based at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the campus of the

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. Nine guest conductors led the orchestra through the 2012-2013 season, each auditioning for the position of principal conductor. Las Vegas Philharmonic is sometimes referred to as Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra.

Principal conductors

* 1998–2007 Harold Leighton Weller * 2007-2014

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* 2014–present Donato Cabrera

External links

Official website

References

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