Blossom Music Center

Blossom Music Center, located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra and also hosts a full summer schedule of popular music acts and symphonic performances. For symphonic concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra, American conductor Jahja Ling served as Blossom Festival Director from 2000 through the 2005 season. Leonard Slatkin was the Festival Director from 1992 through 1999.

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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - Cleveland Orchestra - Jahja Ling - Leonard Slatkin

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Blossom Music Center is named after the family of Dudley S. Blossom, who served as president of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1936 to 1938. The venue is distinctly different from others like it around the country due to the site's natural parabolic setting, the pavilion's sloping wooden roof, and the area's natural wooded surroundings. The facility designed by architect Peter van Dijk is located on 800 acres (3 km²) of natural wood inside the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, about 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Akron and 33 miles south of downtown Cleveland.

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Peter van Dijk - Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Akron - Cleveland

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Now one of the United States' premier amphitheaters, the venue has hosted many of the biggest names in popular and classical music, including Joshua Bell, Leonard Bernstein, Jimmy Buffett, Itzhak Perlman, James Taylor, Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, and Pearl Jam.

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Joshua Bell - Leonard Bernstein - Jimmy Buffett - Itzhak Perlman - James Taylor - Dave Matthews Band - Green Day - Pearl Jam

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In 2003, the venue experienced a $17 million renovation. The amphitheater seats 5,281, with space for about 13,500 more is available on the lawn.

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