Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra is composed of professors with extensive experience that have played in the most prestigious orchestras of Spain and Europe, performing classical repertoires with the highest quality. It belongs to Excelentia Foundation of Madrid.
Outstanding masters, such as Roberto Abbado, Julian Rachlin, Grzegorz Nowak, Michail Jurowski, Jean- Jacques Kantorow, Thomas Sanderling, Kynan Johns, János Kovács, Alexander Polyanichko, Henrik Schaefer, among others, have conducted the orchestra.
In addition, distinguished soloists, such as Krystian Zimerman, Nicola Benedetti, Vadim Gluzman, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, Alexei Volodin, Gabriela Montero, Boris Andrianov, Vesko Eschkenazy, Renaud Capuçon, Maxim Rysanov, Radovan Vlatkovic, Leticia Moreno, Eric Le Sage, Clara Jumi Kang, among other eminent international soloists, have performed with the Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia.
The Orchestra regularly invites concertinos from leading orchestras around the world, such as the Royal Contergebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam or the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, to mention some.
Has performed on major stages, including the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao and the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Miguel Delibes Auditorium in Valladolid, the Zaragoza Auditorium, the Auditori de Barcelona, among many other selected venues.
Now a celebrated symphony orchestra at home and overseas, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra emerged from a group of devout enthusiasts of classical music with the shared vision of championing spiritual excellence through music and upholding the musical traditions of their native Armenia. Reputed to have finely distinct quality of sound and emotionally charged performance style, the orchestra has long become an awaited guest in leading concert halls around the world.
The orchestra performs over 50 concerts in Armenia and across the world annually. The rich and diverse repertoire of the orchestra covers multiple genres and performance formats, ranging from symphonies to ballet and opera music to symphonic arrangements of popular and cinematic music or jazz interpretations of classical music. Along with recurrent debut performances of great masterpieces from the world heritage of classical music, the orchestra places a considerable importance in exposing contemporary and young composers as well, featuring new works in its mainstream programming throughout concert seasons.
Together with its Founding Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Sergey Smbatyan, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra has established four annual classical music festivals, hosting in Armenia a multitude of internationally renowned virtuoso performers and conductors over years, including artists such as Gil Shaham, Mischa Maisky, Steven Isserlis, Maxim Vengerov, Mikhail Pletnev, Gautier Capuçon, Sergey Khachatryan, Andreas Ottensamer, Ning Feng, Jօseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson, Dmitry Yablonsky, Hannu Lintu, John Malkovich and many others. The orchestra treasures years of friendship and cooperation with remarkable contemporary composers such as Arvo Pärt, Tigran Mansuryan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Giya Kancheli, Sir Karl Jenkins and Qigang Chen.