Laco

Laco is a Norwegian holding company that has investments within seafood, shipping and other marine activities. The main subsidiaries are Austevoll Havfiske, Bravo Tug, DOF Holding, Mogstein and Møgster Management. Through this the company controls DOF, Geo and Austevoll Seafood.

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Laco (disambiguation)

Laco is a Norwegian holding company with investments in marine activities.

Laco or LACO may also be:

People with the given name or surname Laco include:

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) is a 40-member American chamber orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, considered by music critic Jim Svejda as "America's finest chamber orchestra".Jeffrey Kahane is the Music Director.

History

LACO was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the local film and record studios' most gifted musicians to perform the classical music repertoire for a chamber orchestra of about 40-45 members. The orchestra’s artistic founder, cellist James Arkatov, envisioned an ensemble which would allow conservatory-trained players to balance studio work and teaching with artistic collaboration. With the financial backing of philanthropist Richard Colburn and management from attorney Joseph Troy (the orchestra’s first president), LACO presented its first performance in the fall of 1969. The LACO's first music director was Neville Marriner, and Marriner used the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields as a guiding model for the ensemble. As David Mermelstein wrote, "The idea was to create a group that would play works written expressly for chamber orchestra, many of them from the baroque era--music that the [Los Angeles] Philharmonic either wasn't interested in or suited to. The ensemble was never meant to compete with the Philharmonic; there was even a time when LACO's supporters hoped to see it take up permanent residence at the Music Center."