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About Us
In
2020 the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its centenary.
Since the inaugural concert, conducted by Sir Edward Elgar in November
1920, the CBSO has grown into a 90-piece ensemble with a worldwide reputation.
If you would like to discover more about the history of the CBSO please
visit our CBSO Biography and History
pages.
As the resident orchestra of Birmingham's Symphony Hall, the CBSO performs over 75 concerts each year and is in constant demand to appear at venues around the world. The CBSO have an acclaimed family of choruses, chamber groups and youth ensembles, and an award-winning education programme that reaches upwards of 36,000 young people each year, which as a whole is one of the largest and most ambitious of its kind in Europe.
Working
with several leading labels, the Orchestra has made a number of award-winning
recordings and in June
2007, to mark the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth, it produced and released
its own recording of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.
For reference and to view highlights of the year read:
CBSO Reports
& Accounts 2008-09
