Maestro Piotr Gajewski leads the National Philharmonic at the Music Center at Strathmore. (Joshua Cogan)The National Philharmonic, a year-round regional orchestra based at Strathmore in Montgomery County, Md., is planning to close after 36 years — because it’s run out of money. The National Symphony Orchestra’s operating budget is around $36 million. By contrast, the National Philharmonic’s entire operating budget in 2010 was $2 million. The National Philharmonic began life in 1983 as the Montgomery County Chamber Orchestra, founded by Piotr Gajewski, a workmanlike conductor who remains the National Philharmonic’s artistic director.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2019 00:00 UTC