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{{Infobox orchestra
| name = Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| name = Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| image =
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| background = classical_ensemble
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| alias =
| location = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| founded = 1991
| origin = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States]]
| genre = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| occupation = [[Symphony orchestra]]
| years_active = 1991-''present''
| associated_acts =
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| website = [http://www.lpomusic.com www.lpomusic.com]
| website = {{URL|www.lpomusic.com}}
|concert_hall=[[Orpheum Theater (New Orleans)|Orpheum Theater]]|music_director=Matthew Kraemer}}
| current_members = '''Music Director'''<br>[[Carlos Miguel Prieto]]<br>'''Conductor in Residence'''<br>Rebecca Miller
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The '''Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra''' (LPO) is an American [[orchestra]] based in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. It is the only full-time, professional orchestra in the [[Gulf South]].<ref name="nool">{{cite web
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The '''Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra''' (LPO) is an [[United States|American]] [[orchestra]] based in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. It is the only full-time, professional orchestra in the [[Gulf South]].<ref name="nool">{{cite web
| title=Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| title=Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| work=NewOrleansOnline.com
| work=NewOrleansOnline.com
| url=http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/arts/lpo.html
| url=http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/arts/lpo.html
| accessdate=2006-05-01}}</ref> The music director is Carlos Miguel Prieto.
| accessdate=2006-05-01}}</ref> The orchestra performs at the [[Orpheum Theater (New Orleans)|Orpheum Theater]].

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in September 1991 by musicians from the former New Orleans Symphony. The LPO performs a full 36 week concert season featuring an array of Classics, Casual Classics, Family, Education, and Outreach concerts, as well as Special Events. The members of the LPO are home-based in New Orleans and serve the Gulf South region.
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra's music director is Matthew Kraemer. The LPO performs a full 36-week concert season featuring an array of Classics, Casual Classics, Family, Education, and Outreach concerts, as well as Special Events. The members of the LPO are home-based in New Orleans and serve the Gulf South region.
<ref>{{cite web
<ref>{{cite web
| title=Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| title=Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
| work=Playbill Arts
| work=Playbill Arts
| url=http://www.playbillarts.com/events/event_detail/10196.html
| url=http://www.playbillarts.com/events/event_detail/10196.html
| accessdate=2006-05-01}}</ref> LPO is the only musician-owned and operated professional symphony in the United States.<ref name="nool" />
| accessdate=2006-05-01}}</ref> LPO is the longest-standing musician-governed and collaboratively operated professional symphony in the United States.<ref name="nool"/>


==History==
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Its first music director was Klauspeter Seibel (1936–2011). Mr. Seibel retired in 2005 from the LPO. Mr. Seibel's work with LPO was widely praised in eulogies of his death in [[Hamburg, Germany]], on January 8, 2011.<ref>Seibel had been born in [[Offenbach, Germany]], on July 5, 1936. {{cite news |first = Theodore P.|last = Mahne| title = Klauspeter Seibel, the first music director of the LPO, dies | date = 2011-01-10 | url = http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2011/01/klauspeter_seibel_the_first_mu.html | work = [[Times-Picayune]] | accessdate = 2011-01-10|page = A1}} {{cite news |first = Theodore P.|last = Mahne|date = 2011-01-12|accessdate = 2011-01-12|newspaper = Times-Picayune|pages = C1-C2|title = The maestro: Former LPO conductor Klauspeter Seibel is remembered for talent, focus and love of the city|url = http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-16/129481321698040.xml&coll=1}}</ref>
[[File:PalmerParkConcert11Oct2008CrowdC.jpg|thumb|LPO concert in Palmer Park, 2008.]]
The LPO was founded in September 1991 upon the demise that year of the '''New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra''', as it was called, by musicians from that ensemble; music director [[Maxim Shostakovich]] did not continue, however.

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The LPO's first music director was [[Klauspeter Seibel]] (1936–2011), until his retirement in 2005. His work was widely praised in eulogies of his death in [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]], [[Germany]], on January 8, 2011.<ref>Seibel had been born in [[Offenbach, Germany]], on July 5, 1936. {{cite news |first = Theodore P.|last = Mahne| title = Klauspeter Seibel, the first music director of the LPO, dies | date = 2011-01-10 | url = http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2011/01/klauspeter_seibel_the_first_mu.html | work = [[Times-Picayune]] | accessdate = 2011-01-10|page = A1}} {{cite news |first = Theodore P.|last = Mahne|date = 2011-01-12|accessdate = 2011-01-12|newspaper = Times-Picayune|pages = C1–C2|title = The maestro: Former LPO conductor Klauspeter Seibel is remembered for talent, focus and love of the city|url = http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-16/129481321698040.xml&coll=1}}</ref>


[[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005 caused the LPO's musicians to evacuate. Their venue, the [[Orpheum Theater (New Orleans)|Orpheum Theater]], flooded.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news
[[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005 caused the LPO's musicians to evacuate. Their venue, the [[Orpheum Theater (New Orleans)|Orpheum Theater]], flooded.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news
| first=Daniel J.
| first=Daniel J.
| last=Wakin
| last=Wakin
| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/arts/music/06orch.html?ei=5070&en=a3f8f4c090f15321&ex=1146628800&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1146510218-tckusMtMp+kV2VFdW+CmhA
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| title=Many helping hands offered to Louisiana orchestra's players
| title=Many helping hands offered to Louisiana orchestra's players
| work=New York Times
| work=New York Times
| date=2005-09-06
| date=2005-09-06
| accessdate=2006-05-01
| accessdate=2006-05-01
}}</ref> Members of the orchestra began performing at alternate locations in 2006.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> Members of the orchestra began performing at alternate locations in 2006. One of these locations was [http://www.nola.gov/parks-and-parkways/parks-squares/palmer-park/ Palmer Park.]
| url=http://www.thehullabaloo.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/31/442ce4155edcc
| title=Celebrate Newcomb, Tulane College and Architect's Week
| work=Tulane Hullabaloo
| date=2006-03-31
| accessdate=2006-05-01
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


The Orpheum Theater reopened in August 2015. Its inaugural gala took place on September 17: a concert by the LPO. The orchestra has since established itself as anchor tenant of the venue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_fdc7f0c1-be00-53de-88dd-d31a44fd9a44.html|title=LPO sets 2015-16 season opener at restored Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, Sept. 17|date=February 2, 2015|accessdate=May 13, 2015|publisher=nola.com/Times-Picayune}}</ref> The LPO also performs at the [[Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts|Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts]] for films and large productions.
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See also [[:de:Klauspeter Seibel|Klauspeter Seibel]].

The LPO also serves as the orchestra for [[New Orleans Opera Association]] and Delta Festival Ballet that began in 1976 (as New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra) for a co-presentation of [[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|Sleeping Beauty]].

On February 17, 2023, the LPO announced their next Music Director, Matthew Kraemer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra names new musical director |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-philharmonic-orchestra-names-new-musical-director |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Kraemer began his tenure as the orchestra's third Music Director on July 1, 2023.

In recent years, the LPO has really begun to turn its focus on collaborations with local artists. In January 2022, the orchestra performed with [[Tank and the Bangas|Tank and The Bangas]] on a full concert at the Orpheum Theater.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-11 |title=Tank and the Bangas with the LPO |url=https://neworleanslocal.com/tank-and-the-bangas-with-the-lpo/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=New Orleans Local News and Events |language=en-US}}</ref> The orchestra followed that performance with a collaboration with the [[Lost Bayou Ramblers]] on January 15, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |[email protected] |date=2022-12-12 |title=The Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra |url=https://neworleanslocal.com/event/the-lost-bayou-ramblers-with-the-louisiana-philharmonic-orchestra/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=New Orleans Local News and Events |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2023, the orchestra brought together local [[Bounce music|bounce]] legend [[Big Freedia]] to perform with the orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Freedia Collaborates with Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for First Performance with a Live Orchestra |url=https://www.bet.com/article/0v3eow/big-freedia-collaborates-with-louisiana-philharmonic-orchestra-for-first-performance-with-a-live-orchestra |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=BET |language=en}}</ref> This was the first time that a bounce artist performed with an orchestra.

== Music Directors ==
[[Klauspeter Seibel]] (1991-2005)

[[Carlos Miguel Prieto]] (2005-2023)

Matthew Kraemer (2023–Present)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=Matthew Kraemer named conductor of Louisiana Philharmonic |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-classical-music-idina-menzel-louisiana-indiana-ddf8769b8b58702964b7174bb11bacf9 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[:de:Klauspeter Seibel|Klauspeter Seibel]] in the German Wikipedia.
*[[Jeannette Knoll]]


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.lpomusic.com/ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra]
* [http://www.lpomusic.com/ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra]
* [http://www.orpheumneworleans.com/ Orpheum Theater, New Orleans]
* [https://orpheumnola.com/ Orpheum Theater, New Orleans]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V12aRYT8Zk Uniquely New Orleans - The Classical Tradition and Jazz on YouTube]

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Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra
Founded1991
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
Concert hallOrpheum Theater
Music directorMatthew Kraemer
Websitewww.lpomusic.com

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is an American orchestra based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only full-time, professional orchestra in the Gulf South.[1] The orchestra performs at the Orpheum Theater.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra's music director is Matthew Kraemer. The LPO performs a full 36-week concert season featuring an array of Classics, Casual Classics, Family, Education, and Outreach concerts, as well as Special Events. The members of the LPO are home-based in New Orleans and serve the Gulf South region. [2] LPO is the longest-standing musician-governed and collaboratively operated professional symphony in the United States.[1]

History

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LPO concert in Palmer Park, 2008.

The LPO was founded in September 1991 upon the demise that year of the New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, as it was called, by musicians from that ensemble; music director Maxim Shostakovich did not continue, however.

The LPO's first music director was Klauspeter Seibel (1936–2011), until his retirement in 2005. His work was widely praised in eulogies of his death in Hamburg, Germany, on January 8, 2011.[3]

Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 caused the LPO's musicians to evacuate. Their venue, the Orpheum Theater, flooded.[4] Members of the orchestra began performing at alternate locations in 2006. One of these locations was Palmer Park.

The Orpheum Theater reopened in August 2015. Its inaugural gala took place on September 17: a concert by the LPO. The orchestra has since established itself as anchor tenant of the venue.[5] The LPO also performs at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts for films and large productions.

The LPO also serves as the orchestra for New Orleans Opera Association and Delta Festival Ballet that began in 1976 (as New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra) for a co-presentation of Sleeping Beauty.

On February 17, 2023, the LPO announced their next Music Director, Matthew Kraemer.[6] Kraemer began his tenure as the orchestra's third Music Director on July 1, 2023.

In recent years, the LPO has really begun to turn its focus on collaborations with local artists. In January 2022, the orchestra performed with Tank and The Bangas on a full concert at the Orpheum Theater.[7] The orchestra followed that performance with a collaboration with the Lost Bayou Ramblers on January 15, 2023.[8] In April 2023, the orchestra brought together local bounce legend Big Freedia to perform with the orchestra.[9] This was the first time that a bounce artist performed with an orchestra.

Music Directors

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Klauspeter Seibel (1991-2005)

Carlos Miguel Prieto (2005-2023)

Matthew Kraemer (2023–Present)[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra". NewOrleansOnline.com. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
  2. ^ "Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
  3. ^ Seibel had been born in Offenbach, Germany, on July 5, 1936. Mahne, Theodore P. (2011-01-10). "Klauspeter Seibel, the first music director of the LPO, dies". Times-Picayune. p. A1. Retrieved 2011-01-10. Mahne, Theodore P. (2011-01-12). "The maestro: Former LPO conductor Klauspeter Seibel is remembered for talent, focus and love of the city". Times-Picayune. pp. C1–C2. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  4. ^ Wakin, Daniel J. (2005-09-06). "Many helping hands offered to Louisiana orchestra's players". New York Times. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
  5. ^ "LPO sets 2015-16 season opener at restored Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, Sept. 17". nola.com/Times-Picayune. February 2, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra names new musical director". Associated Press. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  7. ^ "Tank and the Bangas with the LPO". New Orleans Local News and Events. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  8. ^ [email protected] (2022-12-12). "The Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra". New Orleans Local News and Events. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  9. ^ "Big Freedia Collaborates with Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for First Performance with a Live Orchestra". BET. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  10. ^ "Matthew Kraemer named conductor of Louisiana Philharmonic". AP News. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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