Eugene Ormandy

Join us for a special two-week series on The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert as we celebrate the ensemble's 125th anniversary. We'll explore the evolution of “the Philadelphia Sound” across the tenure of its eight music directors.

Eugene Ormandy spent more than 40 years at the helm of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and it can be easy to take his legacy for granted. But a major new boxed set renews his claim to artistic excellence.

During the Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976 in the People's Republic of China, Western classical music all but disappeared from Chinese cultural life.…

A 1962 record of holiday music by The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Temple University Concert choir "went gold" in 1963 and continues to be sold today.…

A mysterious, homemade 1940 recording, now public, shines a new light on the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, who famously never allowed recordings or…

Samuel Jones, an award-winning composer whose works are performed by major orchestras and choral groups around the United States, recently visited…

You're in for a big treat today! We're designating a whole day of programming to our own Philadelphians - from 6 am to 6 pm. Throughout the day during…

It was on March 18, 1927 that The Philadelphia Orchestra played the first performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4 at the Academy of…

It’s been more than 50 years since The Philadelphia Orchestra recorded one of its best-selling albums - The Glorious Sound of Christmas with Eugene…

On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday May 3rd, 5-6 pm... In addition to being one of Hungary’s great 20th-century composers, Leó Weiner…