""It is with sadness that the Board of Directors of Portland Chamber Orchestra announces that the ensemble's 79th season will be its last," the orchestra announced Monday on its home page. "The board's decision includes cancelling the remaining two concerts for the season. The state of Oregon has been notified of the dissolution. "The board thanks all who have supported the PCO and its mission - an intimate symphony with infinite imagination - especially the patrons and musicians who have conrtibuted their time and talents to this goal.""
""Boris Sirpo, an acclaimed conductor and composer born in Russia who had an esteemed career in Finland before World War II, started PCO with students from Lewis & Clark College," Andrew Jankowski reported in Willamette Week. "During Sirpo's lifetime, PCO toured Europe performing for nobility.""
"Yaacov "Yaki" Bergman, who also led the Siletz Bay Music Festival and the Walla Walla Symphony, was the orchestra's artistic director and conductor for many years before he died in September 2023. Deanna Tham, who has also conducted with the Oregon Symphony and others nationally, has been the orchestra's most recent artistic leader."
Portland Chamber Orchestra announced that its 79th season will be its last, with the board cancelling the remaining two concerts and notifying the state of Oregon of dissolution. The board expressed gratitude to patrons and musicians and described the PCO as "an intimate symphony with infinite imagination." The ensemble began in 1946 and is believed to be the oldest continually operating chamber orchestra in the United States. Boris Sirpo founded the orchestra with students from Lewis & Clark College and led European tours during his lifetime. Yaacov "Yaki" Bergman served as longtime artistic director until his death in September 2023, and Deanna Tham served most recently. The orchestra performed standard repertoire, world premieres by Oregon composers, klezmer music, Indigenous-themed concerts, and multidisciplinary performances including dance and visual elements.
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