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Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is generally ranked among the finest Canadian orchestras. It has a substantial recording catalog, much of it on internationally prominent labels outside Canada. In 1906, conductor Frank Welsman established an ensemble called the Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, renamed the Toronto Symphony Orchestra two years later. The group presented concerts in Toronto's Massey Music Hall and soon began attracting the likes of composer/performers Rachmaninov and Elgar, the latter appearing in 1911 to lead the orchestra in his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. World War I dented the orchestra's membership, and it disbanded after the 1918 armistice. In 1922, a new Toronto Symphony Orchestra was formed by local musicians and conductor Luigi von Kunits. Named the New Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble gave its first concert in Massey Hall in April of 1923. In 1927, the orchestra assumed the Toronto Symphony Orchestra name. Two years later, it began weekly concert broadcasts on the national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network; those continue today on the Symphony Hall program, along with performances by other orchestras. Ernest MacMillan succeeded von Kunits upon the latter's death in 1931. A native Canadian, he remained conductor until 1956 and is still the group's longest-serving conductor. MacMillan led the orchestra's first recordings, one of which, devoted to Holst's The Planets, appeared on the RCA label. Walter Süsskind succeeded MacMillan in 1956. Süsskind was ahead of the curve in programming avant-garde composers such as Luciano Berio. Conductor Seiji Ozawa, then 30, was appointed music director in 1965. Tours abroad -- to England and France (1966) and Japan (1969) -- brought the orchestra exposure and acclaim and did the same for the fast-rising Ozawa. Karel Ancerl was appointed music director in 1969. He led hugely successful Beethoven and Brahms festivals in 1970 and 1971, respectively. Ancerl died in 1973, and various conductors held the podium until Andrew Davis was appointed music director in 1975. Davis led the orchestra on multiple tours and several critically acclaimed recordings, including one for Columbia Records of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen Suite and Taras Bulba. Since 1982, the Toronto Symphony has presented its concerts in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. The orchestra's recordings have often appeared on major international labels, including Angel, Sony Classical, and, often in the 2010s, Chandos. When Davis stepped down in 1988, Gunther Herbig succeeded him, serving for five years. Jukka-Pekka Saraste was appointed music director in 1994 and left at the end of the 2001-2002 season. He and the orchestra recorded for the Finlandia label, issuing an album with excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Ballet and Suite from The Love for Three Oranges. Peter Oundjian served as the orchestra's music director from 2004 to 2018, steering the group through financial problems. He was succeeded in 2020 by conductor Gustavo Gimeno; despite a pandemic-time hiatus in 2020 and 2021, Gimeno's contract was extended until 2030, and he led the orchestra in a 2024 Harmonia Mundi recording of Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphonie.
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