Flashcards: French orchestras

The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created twenty years ago by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset.

The Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (ONPL) is a French symphony orchestra based in Angers and Nantes.

The Orchestre de Paris (French pronunciation: ​[ɔʁkɛstʁ də paʁi]) is a French orchestra based in Paris.

The Orchestre Lamoureux (pronounced: [ɔʁ.kɛstʁ la.mu.ʁø]) officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureux in 1881.

The Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse is a French orchestra based in Toulouse.

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France.

Ensemble Matheus is a French baroque orchestra.

The Orchestra Symphonique de Paris (Symphonic Orchestra of Paris) was an orchestra principally active in Paris from 1928 to 1939.

Les Percussions de Strasbourg is a contemporary classical music percussion ensemble made up of six percussionists.

The Colonne Orchestra is a French symphony orchestra, founded in 1873 by the violinist and conductor Édouard Colonne.

The Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (ONBA) is a French symphony orchestra based in Bordeaux.

The Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828.

The Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra) is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg.

Les Musiciens du Louvre (literally The Musicians of the Louvre) is a French period instrument ensemble, formed in 1982.

The Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL) is a French orchestra based in Lyon.

The Orchestre national d'Île de France is a French symphony orchestra with its administrative base in Alfortville.

The Pasdeloup Orchestra (also referred to as Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup) is the oldest symphony orchestra in France.

La Chapelle Royale is a French ensemble of baroque music.

Les Passions is a Baroque orchestra.

The Orchestre national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon is a French orchestra founded in 2001 and associated with the Opéra national de Montpellier in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Ensemble La Fenice is a period wind band based in the town of Auxerre in the Burgundy region of France.

The Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy is a French symphony orchestra based in the city of Nancy in the province of Lorraine.

The Orchestre national de Lille is a French orchestra based in Lille.

The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is an orchestra that specializes in the performance of music from the period from roughly 1750 to the early twentieth century.