Sinfonia da Camera

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Sinfonia da Camera
Chamber orchestra
Founded1984 (1984)
Location Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Concert hall Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Music director Ian Hobson

Sinfonia da Camera is a professional chamber orchestra in Central Illinois. It was founded in 1984 by Ian Hobson, a noted pianist who in 1981 was awarded the First Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition. [1] The orchestra is composed of musicians throughout the Midwest and brings music to audiences in Central Illinois and elsewhere. In addition to performing the standard repertoire from baroque to modern music, Ian Hobson and Sinfonia da Camera frequently present compositions by composers that are performed less often and a world premiere by a contemporary composer or a newly made orchestration of an earlier work.

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History

The orchestra was formed in September 1984 and performed two concerts that season in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois and at Lake Land College in Mattoon. [2] During succeeding years the number of concerts increased, and has included either six or seven concerts at Krannert Center each year starting with the 1989–1990 season. [3]

Fifteen recordings are listed by ArkivMusic for Sinfonia da Camera. [4] A live recording of Sinfonia da Camera's October 6, 2014, concert featuring music by Pulitzer-Prize winner George Walker was released on Albany Records in 2016. [5] [6] The four volumes of the Ignaz Moscheles cycle were released in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2012. [7] Each volume was positively reviewed in American Record Guide, for example, volume 2 [8] and volume 3. [9] In 2011 the Albany label released a Sinfonia recording of another American composer, William Schuman, during his centenary year. [10] [11]

Selected season performances

2000-2001 Season

2001-2002 Season

2005-2006 Season

2006-2007 Season

2007-2008 Season

2008-2009 Season

2015-2016 Season [37]

2016-2017 Season

About the Orchestra

In addition to the approximately fifty contracted players [41] and the Music Director, Sinfonia da Camera employs area musicians on an as-needed basis. The orchestra typically performs six subscription concerts each season and has recorded twelve concerts. Recordings of recent concerts are broadcast on "Prairie Performances" on select Fridays by WILL-FM Radio. [42]

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