National Symphony Orchestra (Dominican Republic)
The National Symphony Orchestra was officially created on August 5, 1941. Nevertheless, its history can be traced to the beginning of the 20th century, when under the initiative of Juan Bautista Alfonseca, the Octet of the Youth Casino was founded in Santo Domingo.
Film Symphony Orchestra
It was founded in June 1943 as in-house orchestra of the Barrandov Studios in Prague and was later socialised by the Czech government until 1989 when government support was canceled and the orchestra shut down due to economic reasons. In 1991 a private company "FISYO s.r.o." was found by one of the orchestra's members in order to continue the ensemble's work. To date the orchestra has recorded music for over 5000 Czech and international movies, in particular German, French, Belgian, Greek, Italian, denish, Norway, Canadian, American and Japanese films. Notable titles include Blue Velvet and The Bourne Identity, which earned the orchestra an Emmy Award. Next to its recording acitivies it still performs live in concert. Concert tours have brought the ensemble for example to the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, where it performed with chanson singer Veronique Sanson. Successful concerts also include tours to England and the USA, where it performed Jan Klusák’s film music from Erotikon, a 1929 film, directed by Czech film director Gustav Machatý. Influential conductors include in particular František Belfín and Štěpán Koníček. The orchestra has been using the name "Czech Symphony Orchestra" for their international concert performances, starting 1991.