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Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestral institution. It regularly performs its concerts in the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States of America.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's origins can be traced back to the year 1900, May 22, when a 40 member ensemble performed under the direction of German born conductor Hans Kreissig. Kreissig then led the Orchestra for five seasons and also helped to finance the organization.

The ensuing years marked the orchestra"s year of rapid growth and incline and raised popularity. It began its progress into a major American orchestra under the leadership of such eminent conductors as Walter J. Fried, Carl Venth, Paul Van Katwiik and Jacques Singer.

In the year 1945, the Dallas Symphony made progress through leaps and bounds under the direction of Conductor Antal Dorati. Dorati transformed the ensemble into a fully professional, first rate orchestra that won national attention through a series of RCA recordings, expanded repertoire, more concerts and several national network radio broadcasts.

Dorati was succeeded by American Walter Hendl, music director during the years 1949 to 1958. Hendl's successors included such major musical figures as Paul Kletzki, Sir Georg Solti, Donald Johanos, Anshel Brusilow, Max Rudolf and Louis Lane.

In the year 1977, Mexican born Eduardo Mata was appointed music director and conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He had the longest tenure as music director in the Orchestra's history and was named conductor emeritus of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

His tenure is marked by important milestones such as recording contracts with RCA and Dorian, two Carnegie Hall performances, a performance at the Kennedy Center, a 15 concert European tour, three concerts in Mexico City and three concerts in Singapore.

During Mata's tenure, in addition to excelling creatively, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra saw the dedication of its permanent home, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

In December of the year 1992, the Dallas Symphony Association named a young American, Andrew Litton, to succeed Mata as music director and conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Litton was an ambitious American who embarked on an ambitious program to significantly raise the Orchestra's international standing and repute.

He launched the Dallas Symphony's first television venture, the Amazing Music family concert series, made numerous recordings with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra including Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Gramophone magazine's Editor's Choice Award winning Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos, had several performances at Carnegie Hall, three European tours and a summer residency at the "Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival".

Following Litton's departure, Jaap van Zweden was named as the Orchetra"s new music director in February of the year 2007. The 2008 - 2009 season marks van Zweden's first season as music director, which includes two world premieres and works by contemporary and classic composers.

Jaap van Zweden also holds other titled positions as well, including music director of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Kamer Filharmonie beginning the year 2005 and extending up to the year 2013.