Orchestre de Paris

In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, the French Minister of Culture, André Malraux, and his director of music, Marcel Landowski, engaged conductor Charles Munch to create a new orchestra in Paris.Holoman, D. Kern, Charles Munch. Oxford University Press ({{ISBN|978-0-19-977270-4}}), p. 211 (2012). Soon after its creation, Munch died in 1968, and Herbert von Karajan was hired as an interim music advisor from 1969 to 1971. Successive music directors include Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, and Semyon Bychkov. Christoph von Dohnányi served as artistic advisor from 1998 to 2000.

During his tenure, Barenboim saw a need for a permanent chorus for the orchestra, and engaged the English chorus master Arthur Oldham to create the Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris in 1976. Oldham remained with the Chorus till his retirement in 2002. From 2002 to 2011, Didier Bouture and Geoffroy Jourdain shared direction of the Chorus, which is now run by Lionel Sow.

Christoph Eschenbach was music director from 2000 to 2010. He conducted recordings of music of Luciano Berio,{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/05/classicalmusicandopera.shopping3 | title=Berio: Stanze; Rendering, Henschel/ French Army Chorus/ Orchestre de Paris/ Eschenbach | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=5 August 2005 | access-date=17 April 2010}} Marc-André Dalbavie,{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/01/classicalmusicandopera.shopping | title=Dalbavie: Color; Violin Concerto; Ciaccona, Chijiiwa/ Orchestre de Paris/ Eschenbach | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=1 April 2005 | access-date=17 April 2010 | archive-date=2 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012439/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/01/classicalmusicandopera.shopping | url-status=live }} and Albert Roussel{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/05/classicalmusicandopera.art6 | title=Roussel: Symphony No 2; Bacchus et Ariane, Orchestre de Paris/ Eschenbach | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=5 May 2006 | access-date=17 April 2010 | archive-date=2 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012352/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/05/classicalmusicandopera.art6 | url-status=live }}{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/18/classicalmusicandopera6 | title=Roussel: Symphony No 3; Le Festin de l'Araignée, Orchestre de Paris/ Eschenbach | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=18 April 2008 | access-date=17 April 2010}} with the orchestra. In May 2007, Paavo Järvi was named the orchestra's sixth music director, effective from the 2010–11 season.{{Cite news | url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6577.html | title=Paavo Järvi to Succeed Christoph Eschenbach at Helm of Orchestre de Paris | publisher=Playbill Arts | author=Westphal, Matthew | date=31 May 2007 | access-date=1 June 2007 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054300/http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6577.html | url-status=live }} Järvi is scheduled to conclude his tenure with the Orchestre de Paris at the conclusion of his current contract, at the end of the summer of 2016.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/arts/international/philharmonie-de-paris-prepares-to-open-amid-controversy.html | title=France’s New Music Temple | work=New York Times | author=George Loomis | date=28 August 2014 | access-date=30 August 2014 | archive-date=25 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725205103/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/arts/international/philharmonie-de-paris-prepares-to-open-amid-controversy.html | url-status=live }} In June 2015, the orchestra announced the appointments of Daniel Harding as its 9th principal conductor, and of Thomas Hengelbrock as principal guest conductor, effective September 2016.{{cite press release | url=http://api.orchestredeparis.soleilnoir.typhon.net/medias/pdfs/1.43401590803E+12.pdf | title=Daniel Harding nouveau directeur musical de l'Orchestre de Paris et Thomas Hengelbrock chef associé à partir de la saison 2016–2017 | publisher=Orchestre de Paris | date=11 June 2015 | access-date=12 June 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613172840/http://api.orchestredeparis.soleilnoir.typhon.net/medias/pdfs/1.43401590803E+12.pdf | archive-date=13 June 2015 | df=dmy-all }} In January 2018, the Orchestre de Paris announced that Harding is to stand down as its principal conductor, following the close of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/daniel-harding-quitte-l-orchestre-de-paris-58737 | title=Daniel Harding quitte l'Orchestre de Paris | work=France Musique | date=2018-01-30 | access-date=2018-02-01 | archive-date=2 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202130538/https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/daniel-harding-quitte-l-orchestre-de-paris-58737 | url-status=live }}

In June 2019, Klaus Mäkelä first guest-conducted the orchestra. In June 2020, the orchestra announced the appointment of Mäkelä as its next music director, effective with the 2022–2023 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons. The original intention had been for Mäkelä to hold the post of musical advisor from 2020 to 2022.{{cite press release | url=http://www.orchestredeparis.com/fr/actualites/193/klaus-makela-prochain-directeur-musical-de-lorchestre-de-paris | title=Klaus Mäkelä, prochain Directeur musical de l'Orchestre de Paris | publisher=Orchestre de Paris | date=18 June 2020 | access-date=2020-06-18 | archive-date=21 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621110249/http://www.orchestredeparis.com/fr/actualites/193/klaus-makela-prochain-directeur-musical-de-lorchestre-de-paris | url-status=live }} However, Mäkelä assumed the role of music director in September 2021, one year earlier than originally planned.{{cite press release | url=https://www.harrisonparrott.com/news/2021-11-15/new-seasons-in-oslo-and-paris | title=New Seasons in Oslo and Paris | publisher=HarrisonParrott | date=15 November 2021 | accessdate=2022-01-04 | archive-date=19 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819122759/https://www.harrisonparrott.com/news/2021-11-15/new-seasons-in-oslo-and-paris | url-status=live }} The orchestra and Mäkelä have recorded commercially for the Decca label.{{cite news | title=5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/music/classical-music-albums-april.html | work=The New York Times | author=David Allen | date=2023-04-27 | access-date=2024-04-02 | archive-date=22 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322130205/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/music/classical-music-albums-april.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news | title=Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’Après-midi d'un Faune album review – flat and muted | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/21/klaus-makela-stravinsky-petrushka-debussy-jeux-prelude-lapres-midi-faune-album-review | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2024-03-21 | access-date=2024-04-02 | archive-date=19 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819122838/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/21/klaus-makela-stravinsky-petrushka-debussy-jeux-prelude-lapres-midi-faune-album-review | url-status=live }} In April 2024, Mäkelä stated his intention to conclude his Orchestre de Paris tenure at the close of the 2026–2027 season.{{cite news | title=Klaus Mäkelä, 28-Year-Old Finnish Conductor, to Lead Chicago Symphony | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/arts/music/klaus-makela-28-to-lead-chicago-symphony-orchestra.html | author=Javier C. Hernández | date=2024-04-02 | access-date=2024-04-02}}

In 1998, Crédit Lyonnais, which had control of the Salle Pleyel, sold the hall to the French businessman Hubert Martigny. The Salle Pleyel was closed in 2002, which left the orchestra without a resident hall. The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Théâtre du Châtelet both presented the orchestra during the 2001–02 season. By the fall of 2002, the orchestra had secured the Théâtre Mogador, where it played its next four seasons. In 2003, the French government secured a new arrangement whereby Martigny would pay for renovations to the Salle Pleyel, and rent the hall to the Cité de la Musique, which would then be scheduled to purchase the hall in the year 2056. After renovations, the Salle Pleyel reopened in September 2006 and became once more the Orchestre de Paris's home base.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/music/23pley.html | title=After Much Retuning, a Concert Hall Is Reborn | work=The New York Times | author=Alan Riding | date=23 September 2006 | access-date=17 April 2010 | archive-date=17 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195717/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/music/23pley.html | url-status=live }} The orchestra took up residence at the new Philharmonie de Paris, near the Cité de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette,{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/arts/design/14hall.html | title=Building a Paris Hall Around Its Audience | work=The New York Times | author=Alan Riding | date=14 April 2007 | access-date=17 April 2010 | archive-date=5 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605052121/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/arts/design/14hall.html | url-status=live }} after the opening of the hall ceremony which took place on 14 January 2015.

• Charles Munch (1967–1968)
• Sir Georg Solti (1972–1975)
• Daniel Barenboim (1975–1989)
• Semyon Bychkov (1989–1998)
• Christoph Eschenbach (2000–2010)
• Paavo Järvi (2010–2016)
• Daniel Harding (2016–2019)
• Klaus Mäkelä (2021–present)

• Herbert von Karajan (musical advisor, 1969–1971)
• Christoph von Dohnányi (artistic advisor, 1998–2000)

The Orchestre de Paris found itself in an unusual situation in 1989, when its performance of Ravel's Boléro became a hit on the Dutch pop chart. The recording, made in 1982 under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, was released as a CD-single to coincide with the success of the song "No more boleros" by the Dutch pop singer Gerard Joling, which included parts of the Ravel work. With its playing time of 17 minutes, the Orchestre de Paris single remains the longest recording ever in the Dutch Top 40.

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