Its primary concert venue is the Auditorio Manuel de Falla.
The City of Granada and the provincial council of Andalusia founded the OCG in 1988 at the initiative of Patrick Meadows and Antonio Navarro, the Director of the Auditorio Manuel de Falla.
Subsequent principal conductors have been Josep Pons (1994–2004), Jean-Jacques Kantorow (2004–2008) and Andrea Marcon, a specialist in baroque music.
Lucas Macías Navarro is the current artistic director.
[1] The OCG has recorded commercially for such labels as harmonia mundi.