Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

[2] LPO is the longest-standing musician-governed and collaboratively operated professional symphony in the United States.

[1] The LPO was founded in September 1991 upon the demise that year of the New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, as it was called, by musicians from that ensemble; music director Maxim Shostakovich did not continue, however.

In recent years, the LPO has really begun to turn its focus on collaborations with local artists.

In January 2022, the orchestra performed with Tank and The Bangas on a full concert at the Orpheum Theater.

On February 27, 2018, the LPO made its Carnegie Hall debut in Stern Auditorium on the Perelman Stage.

[10] In partnership with The Historic New Orleans Collection, the LPO annually offers a live concert broadcast online that highlights the cultural heritage of Louisiana and the Gulf South.

It is estimated this concert, along with its corresponding education materials, impacts more than 50,000 middle-school students across the state of Louisiana.

A significant portion of the orchestra’s programming is dedicated to the music education needs of children in the Greater New Orleans area.

Students attending YPCs have the opportunity to learn to play the recorder or violin through the LPO’s partnership with the Link Up program at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.