The Miami Philharmonic Orchestra was an American symphony orchestra based in Miami, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. The orchestra was also known as the Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra.

Fabien Sevitzky

Fabien Sevitzky

Fabien Sevitzky was a Russian-born American conductor. He was the nephew of Serge Koussevitsky....

 was the first music director of the orchestra, after his 1959 move to Miami and through his sudden death in 1967. Alain Lombard

Alain Lombard

Alain Lombard is a French conductor.-Career:Lombard attended the Conservatoire de Paris, where his studied violin with Line Talleul and conducting with Gaston Poulet. He subsequently secured an appointment at the Opéra National de Lyon in 1961, and later became principal conductor from 1961 to 1965...

 was the orchestra's next music director, from 1967 to 1975. Lombard left the orchestra after disputes with the philanthropist Maurice Gusman, who had been instrumental in establishing Lombard's initial career with the orchestra.

The orchestra later changed its name to the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra (not to be confused with a later orchestra

Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

The Florida Philharmonic Orchestra was a symphony orchestra based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and serving the South Florida metropolitan area...

founded in 1985 sharing the same name.) The orchestra folded in 1982 following extensive labor disputes.