About Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001.

The Orchestra was founded in 1945, and played its first concert as the Atlanta Youth Symphony under the direction of Henry Sopkin, a Chicago music educator who remained its conductor until 1966.The organization soon began attracting well known soloists such as Isaac Stern and Glenn Gould. In 1967 Robert Shaw (founder of the Robert Shaw Chorale) became the Music Director. In 1970, Shaw founded a choir, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. The Orchestra played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

In 1978, the ASO became the first American orchestra to make a digital recording intended for commercial release, when it played Igor Stravinsky's Firebird suite and excerpts from Alexander Borodin's opera, Prince Igor. In 2004, the Orchestra initiated an agreement with the Deutsche Grammophon label to record several works by composer Osvaldo Golijov, while continuing its ongoing relationship with Telarc which has resulted in numerous Grammy awards.

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