Ormandy
Americannoun
noun
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She said the orchestra had long put aside its reputation for a heavy string sound, developed when Eugene Ormandy was music director from 1936-80.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The tour marked the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s first visit, just after President Richard Nixon’s pathbreaking summit with Mao Zedong—a trip that Nixon, who was a friend of Eugene Ormandy, the symphony’s conductor, arranged.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2023
His Carnegie Hall debut, at which he performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, won rave reviews.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
In Minneapolis, he will head an orchestra whose past music directors include Eugene Ormandy, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Antal Dorati, Neville Marriner and Edo de Waart.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
This summer the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy will premiere a new, major composition of Rorem's, Sunday Morning.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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