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orchestra

[awr-kuh-struh] / ˈɔr kə strə /
NOUN
symphony
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He helped found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and won a Grammy Award in 2010 for best opera recording for Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd with the London Symphony Orchestra.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

He gleefully brought the startled players together with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, an uptown salsa and jazz band, for concerts at Lincoln Center and Washington Heights.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Throughout, she's accompanied by the 22-piece Heritage Orchestra, conducted by Yudania Gómez Heredia from a crucifix-shaped stage in the middle of the arena floor.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

He convinced Meredith Monk to write for orchestra and enticed everyone from Sarah Vaughan to the Mahavishnu Orchestra onto the symphony stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The cellist, denied first chair in the Cleveland Orchestra, left the city in a cloud of bitterness.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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