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Classical Music

Philadelphia is one of the classiest music places anywhere, as the stars embedded in the sidewalk outside the Academy of Music reveal. Marian Anderson, Leopold Stokowski, Rudolf Serkin, Eugene Ormandy, Mario Lanza and Paul Anka used to live here, and sopranos Benita Valente, Anna Moffo and mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson still do.

The home of the Philadelphia Orchestra is also home to a major opera company, two chamber orchestras, the largest chamber music series anywhere in the U.S., one of the world's most competitive music schools and a 21st-century performing arts center. Philadelphia's universities and its geographic placement bolster Philadelphia's music community. Many artists who perform in New York City live and teach here.

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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

Philadelphia's best-known chamber orchestra

Relâche Ensemble

Philadelphia’s pioneer chamber ensemble for new music