The London Philharmonic Orchestra was first established in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham. It is currently one of the major and most well known orchestras in England.
He was the first conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Bill Johnson organized the first Creole Orchestra in Los Angeles.
First concert performance on January 26, 1957, by the New York Philharmonic with the composer himself (Bernstein) conducting.
Herbert von Karajan first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic. He did this for 35 years. He was born in Salzburg, Austria and passed away in July 1989.
Harpist Anna Lelkes became the 1st official female member of prestigious Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in 1997.
Robert Peel
it is held in london
William Grant Still was the first to actually do it. The first I know of that held notable positions were Henry Lewis, director of the New Jersey Symphony for some time, and Paul Freeman, who was Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the early 1970's, and today conducts the Czech Philharmonic. I'm sure there are other examples, too.
I'm pretty sure it was the London Symphony Orchestra which did the music for the first three Indiana Jones movies. They certainly did the first one. John WILLIAMS got them to do most of his scores.
Sarah Chang is a child prodigy and a classical violinist. She first played at the age of nine with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and has since performed both solo and with many of the most prestigious orchestras worldwide.
It is held in London every year.
I think that the first live collaboration of a rock band and orchestra was the "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" by Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 1969. The Moody Blues recorded with an orchestra 2 years earlier in 1967.