PRODUCERS OF THE JOANN FALLETTA INTERNATIONAL GUITAR CONCERTO COMPETITION
The world-renowned Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1935. Since 1940, the Orchestra’s permanent home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, a National Historic Site with an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the United States.
As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the BPO has toured widely across the United States and Canada, including concerts at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Hall, Montreal’s Place des Arts, and twenty-two appearances in Carnegie Hall. The BPO also made two national tours under famed Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler, as well as a highly successful European tour under Semyon Bychkov. Currently, the Orchestra presents more than one hundred Classics, Pops and Youth Concerts each year in Western New York. During the tenure of current music director JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has rekindled its distinguished history of PBS broadcasts and recordings, including the release of eight new CDs of a highly diverse repertoire on the NAXOS and Beau Fleuve labels.
WNED is the home of lifelong learning for Western New York and Southern Ontario. Since we signed on in March of 1959 as a PBS affiliate, our mission has been to produce and provide programs and services that entertain, enrich, enlighten, and educate our communities. As stewards of public support from people like you, we strive to carry out that mission in a fiscally responsible manner. The television and radio stations of WNED attract a weekly cumulative audience of more than two million viewers, listeners, and learners in the Buffalo/Niagara region. For the best television on television, turn to WNED and ThinkBright TV for nature, science & technology, how-to, music, comedy, drama, public affairs, and children's programming. To enjoy our 24-hour classical music service, tune to Classical 94.5/WNED (89.7 in Jamestown), and for round-the-clock news and information, keep your dial at WNED- AM 970.