orchestre, royal, chambre, wallonie, english, royal, chamber, orchestra, wallonia, belgian, chamber, orchestra, based, mons, history, editthe, orchestra, founded, 1958, violinist, lola, bobesco, leadership, entrusted, successively, concertmasters, philippe, hi. The Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie English Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia is a Belgian chamber orchestra based in Mons History EditThe Orchestra was founded in 1958 by the violinist Lola Bobesco and its leadership was entrusted successively to the concertmasters Philippe Hirschhorn Jean Pierre Wallez Georges Octors and since 2003 Augustin Dumay It regularly accompanies soloists instrumentalists and vocalists at the semi finals of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Artists who have collaborated with the Orchestra have included Jose van Dam Mstislav Rostropovitch Mischa Maisky Arthur Grumiaux Jean Pierre Rampal Paul Tortelier Philippe Hirschhorn Janos Starker Aldo Ciccolini Maria Joao Pires and Frank Braley In addition to giving numerous domestic performances notably in Wallonia specifically at its residence in Mons and in Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts the ensemble is also engaged at famous concert halls and prestigious music festivals abroad such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris the Folles Journees in Nantes Lisbon Bilbao and Tokyo and the Menton External links EditOfficial website available in French Dutch or English nbsp This article on a classical orchestra is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Belgian band or other musical ensemble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie amp oldid 1136298825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
