The Cleveland Orchestra: Brahms & Shostakovich

Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". The orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Music Center. Its current music director is Franz Welser-Möst.