the work of Peruvian composers, and it has performed works by Daniel Alomía Robles, Celso Garrido-Lecca, Roberto Carpio, Enrique Iturriaga, Armando Guevara Ochoa, Ernesto López Mindreau, Enrique Pinilla, Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Alfonso de Silva, Teodoro Valcárcel and Edgar Valcárcel, among others. Locations The orchestra's home for many years was the Teatro Municipal de Lima. The orchestra currently performs at the Gran Teatro Nacional, but it also gives educational concerts elsewhere in Lima and throughout Peru. Music Directors Theo Buchwald (1938–1960) Hans Günter Mommer (1960–1963) Armando Sánchez Málaga (1963—1965) Luis Herrera de la Fuente (1965—1967) Carmen Moral (on two separate occasions; the first woman to be a music director of an orchestra in Latin America; she has been named "Conductor Emeritus" of the orchestra) Leopoldo La Rosa José Malsio José Carlos Santos (1980—1983 and 1990—2001) Guillermina Maggiolo (September 2006–July 2009) Matteo Pagliari (since July 2009; incumbent) Bibliography Luis Antonio Meza Casas, "Música Académica", Enciclopedia Temática del Perú, vol. 16 (Lima: El Comercio S.A.) External links Official page Summary of the cultural institutions of Peru Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Peru) Musical groups established in 1938 Peruvian music