Orquestra de Sao Paulo

Founded in 1953, this Brazilian state orchestra has undergone a highly successful reconstruction process led by the Artistic Director John Neschling. The orchestra interprets traditional symphonic repertoire and works by Brazilian composers, touring in South America and abroad. The Orquestra de São Paulo’s (OSESP)home is one of the most innovative architectural structures in the Americas, the Sala São Paulo. Its debut North American tour in fall 2002 took them coast-to-coast on an 18-city tour and was well received by critics and audiences alike. In November 2006, the orchestra will return to the US for a 14-city concert tour of the East Coast with cellist Antonio Meneses.

Composer and conductor John Neschling has amassed an impressive resume both during his tenure with OSESP and prior to taking the position of Music Director in São Paulo, Brazil. Neschling composed the score to the Academy Award – winning film Kiss of the Spider Woman, and he has worked with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and soloists, as well as having recorded an arsenal of award-winning discs.

"Neschling...takes the music at face value, emphasizing contrasts and letting his orchestra show off its many strengths - excellent horns and brass; rich strings with a notably firm viola section; woodwinds pure in tone. Its Brahms was spacious and dramatic and unleashed a muscular, fierce climax. A powerful show." Pierre Ruhe
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 14, 2002

"In the one work on the program in which the orchestra's performance could be easily measured against the international standard - the Brahms Second Symphony - both the quality of the ensemble's sound and the level of energy it brought to its playing were extremely high" Allan Kozinn
- The New York Times, November 13, 2002

"The orchestra played throughout with impressive energy and precision." Chris Pasles
- Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2003
 

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