Person
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Acting
Biography
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, the BSO performs most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at Tanglewood. Since its founding, the orchestra has had 17 music directors, including George Henschel, Serge Koussevitzky, Henri Rabaud, Erich Leinsdorf, William Steinberg and James Levine. Andris Nelsons is the current music director of the BSO. Seiji Ozawa has the title of BSO music director laureate. Bernard Haitink has held the title of conductor emeritus of the BSO. The orchestra has made gramophone recordings since 1917 and has occasionally played on soundtrack recordings for films including Schindler's List.
Known for

Schindler's List
Musician

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Charles Munch
Orchestra

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig
2025
Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 7 "Leningrader"
Orchestra
The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
Musician

The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Music

Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration
Self

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Self - Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Self - Orchestra
Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival
Themselves
Filmography
- 2025Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig
- 2018Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at TanglewoodSelf - Orchestra
- 2001Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Charles MunchOrchestra
- 1993Dvorak in Prague: A CelebrationSelf
- 1993Schindler's ListMusician
- 1976The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard BernsteinMusic
- 1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5Self - Orchestra
- 1975The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard WagnerMusician
- 1949Tanglewood Music School and Music FestivalThemselves
- —Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 7 "Leningrader"Orchestra
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