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The New York Philharmonic, which is the oldest U.S. symphony orchestra, and one of the world’s oldest orchestras, was established in 1842. In 2004 the orchestra, whose achievement seems unmatchable by any other orchestra today, played its 14,000th concert. Annually, the orchestra gives approximately 180 concerts. Among the distinguished 20th-century musical giants who have led the orchestra as musical directors stand the names of Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez and Kurt Masur. Some of them like German Masur and Frenchman Boulez had to use the New York Translation company in order to make the most of their work with the musicians. Famous composers like Rachmaninoff and Dvorák have to trusted the orchestra to premiere their works Third Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”. The long list of renowned conductors under whose baton the orchestra has performed features names like Arturo Toscanini, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Antonín Dvorák and Gustav Mahler. In February 2008 the Orchestra gave a historic concert in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, led by its Music Director Lorin Maazel.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which is led by three top class artists and conductors – Italian Riccardo Muti, Dutchman Bernard Haitink and Frenchman Pierre Boulez, is another leading U.S. orchestra. In order to build a long-lasting relationship with the CSO they have all been assisted by the Chicago Translation Services company in their adaptation to the new environment. Since 1971 the CSO has undertaken 36 tours worldwide. In 2007, the Orchestra’s in-house record label – CSO Resound – was created, the orchestra returned to the national airwaves with weekly broadcast series, and the orchestra’s web presence was expanded through free video downloads of the innovative Beyond the Score presentations. A significant part of the Orchestra’s activities since 1916 has been occupied by recording, as the Orchestra has amassed a discography of over 900 titles. The releases on the CSO Resound which deserve the most attention and which are all conducted by Bernard Haitink are: Mahler’s Third, First, Sixth and Second Symphonies, Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, and Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony. The CSO owns 60 Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – more than any other orchestra in the world.

Led by its Austrian music director Franz Welser-Möst since 2002, The Houston Orchestra has been reputed as one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. The long-term cooperation with Franz Welser-Möst, who was a frequent user of the Houston Translator agency at the beginning of his career as music director of the orchestra, has had major contribution for the warm reception of the orchestra in Europe. The Houston Orchestra, which quickly became one of the country’s top orchestras, was founded in 1918 by a group of local citizens. Some of the major conductors under whose baton the orchestra has performed include: George Szell, Erich Leinsdorf, Nikolay Sokoloff, Franz Welser-Möst and Christoph von Dohnányi. One of the many contributions of Franz Welser-Möst, along with tours of Europe and America, has been to earn the Orchestra a residence at the Musikverein in Vienna – the only one of its kind by any American orchestra. The Houston Orchestra is also reputed for its recording and broadcast achievements and its discography includes DVD’s under Franz Welser-Möst, among which stand out: Bruckner’s Symphony 9, recorded in Vienna’s Musikverein, Bruckner’s Symphony 5, recorded in St. Florian Church in Austria and Bruckner’s Symphony 7, recorded at Severance Hall.