Concert by The US National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) September 2, 2008

Time: 2008/9/2-2008/9/3
Venue: The National Centre for the Performing Arts-Music Hall
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Founded in1931, the National Symphony Orchestra has been committed to bothartistic excellence and music education throughout its history. In1986, it became the artistic affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts, the nation’s center for the performing arts,where it has presented a concert season annually since the Centeropened in 1971. The National Symphony Orchestra regularly participatesin events of national and international importance, includingperformances for state occasions, presidential inaugurations andofficial holiday celebrations. Through its tours of four continents andperformances for heads of state, the National Symphony also fills animportant international role.

The National Symphony Orchestra has a strong commitment to the development of America’sartistic resources. Through the John and June Hechinger CommissioningFund for New Orchestral Works, the Orchestra has commissioned more than50 works, including cycles of fanfares and encores, which, taken as awhole, are representative of the diverse influences in Americancomposition today. The National Symphony has long been distinguishedfor its nurturing of young American conductors; a commitment whichescalated with the creation of the National Conducting Institute in2000, of which Music Director Leonard Slatkin is founder and director.Established in 1992, the National Symphony Orchestra AmericanResidencies for the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts encompasses sharing all elementsof classical symphonic music with a specific region of the UnitedStates, exploring the diversity of musical influences, and giving theregion a musical voice in the nation’s center for the performing artsthrough exchanges, training programs, and commissions. Since itsinception, the program has taken the Orchestra to 17 states across thecountry.

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