Created in 1960, the Liège Royal Philharmonic (OPRL) is the only professional symphonic formation in French-speaking Belgium. Supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the City of Liège, the Province of Liège, the OPRL performs in Liège, in the prestigious setting of the Salle Philharmonique (1887), throughout the country (in Brussels, Namur, Charleroi, Ostend, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Vith, Tournai, Turnhout, Val-Dieu, etc.), in major venues and festivals in Europe (Amsterdam, Paris, Besançon, Vienna, Spain, Switzerland, etc.), as well as in Japan, in the United States and South America.