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Fact Sheet
Number of seasons: 64 (founded in 1959)
Number of musicians: 24
Artistic Partners: 4, consisting of British Baroque specialists Richard Egarr, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy and German violist Tabea Zimmermann.
Number of concerts per year: More than 80
Locations: Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul; University of Minnesota’s Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis; Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie; Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ, Saint Paul; Temple Israel, Minneapolis; Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley; St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi; Capri Theater, Minneapolis
Concertmaster: Steven Copes
Number of recordings: 68, including the 2017 Grammy® Award-winning recording of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden with violinist and Artistic Partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Number of works commissioned: 196. The SPCO has also performed the premiere of 53 additional compositions. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has received 17 ASCAP awards for adventurous programming of contemporary music.
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The SPCO performs at the Ordway Concert Hall in the 2024.25 season
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The SPCO performs at the Ordway Concert Hall in the 2024.25 season
Credit: © 2024 Claire Loes for The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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The SPCO stands for applause at the Ordway Concert Hall in the 2024.25 season
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Artistic Partner Abel Selaocoe performs with the SPCO in the 2024.25 season at the Ordway
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Artistic Partner Tabea Zimmermann opens the SPCO’s 2024.25 season at the Ordway
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Artistic Partner Gábor Takács-Nagy closes the SPCO’s 2023.24 season at the Ordway
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Artistic Partner Richard Egarr with the SPCO in the 2023.24 season at the Ordway
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The SPCO performs the 2022.23 Annual Musician Appreciation Concert at the Ordway
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The SPCO performs the 2022.23 Annual Musician Appreciation Concert at the Ordway Concert Hall
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The SPCO performs the 2022.23 Annual Musician Appreciation Concert at the Ordway Concert Hall
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SPCO violinist Eunice Kim performs at the 2022.23 Annual Musician Appreciation Concert
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The SPCO opens its 2022.23 season at the Ordway Concert Hall
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The SPCO makes its debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival in June 2021
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The SPCO makes its debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival in June 2021
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The SPCO makes its debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival in June 2021
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The SPCO makes its debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival in June 2021
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