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The orchestra performs its classical concerts at Whitney Hall, a large concert hall inside The Kentucky Center . Pop concerts with guest stars are performed at The Louisville Palace . Other programs are presented at The Brown Theater. Among other things, the orchestra is internationally recognized for its performance of contemporary music by emerging classical composers. The Louisville Orchestra has performed for many prestigious events including "A Festival for the Arts" at the White House , the Inter-American Music Festival at the Kennedy Center , "Great Orchestras of the World" at Carnegie Hall , and toured Mexico City. In 2001, the Louisville Orchestra received the Leonard Bernstein Award for Excellence in Educational Programming, presend annually by ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League to one orchestra in North America. The Louisville Orchestra has earned nineteen ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Most recently the Orchestra was awarded large grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the National Endowment For The Arts , both for the purpose of producing, manufacturing, and marketing the Orchestra's historic First Editions Recordings collections. MUSIC DIRECTORS OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA Robert Whitney (1937-1967) Jorge Mester (1967-1979) Akira Endo (1980-1982) Lawrence Leighton Smith (1983-1994) Max Bragado-Darman (1994-1998) Uriel Segal (1998-2004) Jorge Mester (2006-present) Raymond Leppard served as Artistic Advisor (2004-2006) SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS Listening
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