Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

American symphonic orchestra, established in 1959 and based at [l=Bradley Center, Milwaukee] in Wisconsin. The [b]Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra[/b] ([b]MSO[/b]) serves as the leading orchestra for [l=Florentine Opera Company]'s productions. See also [b][a=Milwaukee Symphony Chorus][/b].

[b]MSO Music Directors[/b]
[a=Ken-David Masur] (since 2019)
[a=Edo de Waart] (2009—17)
[a=Andreas Delfs] (1997—2009)
[a=Zdeněk Mácal] (1986—1995)
[a=Lukas Foss] (1981—86)
[a=Kenneth Schermerhorn] (1968—1980)
[a6386997] (1959—1968)

Milwaukee Symphony released over 14 albums on [l=Koss Classics] and [l=Telarc], including [a=Antonín Dvořák]'s complete symphonies and many other critically-acclaimed projects. MSO gave more than 100 international and US premieres by such renowned composers as [a=Lukas Foss], [a=Philip Glass], [a=Geoffrey Gordon (2)], [a=Daron Hagen], [a=Roy Harris], [a=Erich Wolfgang Korngold], [a=Richard Rodgers], [a=Gian Carlo Menotti], [a=Jean Sibelius], [a=William Schuman] and [a=Ottorino Respighi]. In September 2005, MSO became the first American orchestra to sell new recordings on [l=iTunes].

In January 2014, after a concert at [url=https://discogs.com/label/2268310]Wisconsin Lutheran College[/url], the orchestra's concertmaster and first violin, [a=Frank Almond], was assaulted with a taser and robbed for two antique XIX-century bows and a priceless [b][i]1715 "Lipinski" Stradivarius[/b][/i] violin. (A fine example of [a=Antonio Stradivari]'s "golden period" luthiery, named after [a=Karol Lipiński] and appraised at over $5,000,000; Almond played the instrument on loan from an anonymous family member of [a=Richard Anschuetz] since 2008.) Luckily, the police arrested the culprits only a month later, and the violin was recovered intact.