2024Madeira Classical Orchestra 1964 - 2024 - First Day Cover

The Orquestra Clássica da Madeira, or Madeira Classical Orchestra, started life as the ‘Orquestra de Câmara da Academia de Música da Madeira’ (Chamber Orchestra of the Madeira Music Academy), established and run by the Academia de Música e Belas Artes da Madeira (Madeira Academy of Music and Fine Arts – AMBAM), on 13 February 1964. Created by Professor Jorge Madeira Carneiro, as director of the Music Section, it was initially educational in nature, aimed at students on the degree course in Music. It separated from AMBAM in the 1970s and later, in September 1996, thanks to Regional Government support to boost the artistic structure, it adopted the name ‘Madeira Classical Orchestra’.