In 1944, the first stable orchestra was founded in Catalunya, the Barcelona Municipal Orchestra, created by the City Hall and promoted by the Catalan conductor and composer Eduard Toldrà . The drive of the personality of Eduard Toldrà at the forefront of the orchestra meant that it consolidated its presence very early in the cultural life of the city. Barcelona has since had a regular cycle of symphonic concerts with the collaboration of the main national and foreign performers and with the aim to make classical music reach the greater public and especially to spread the work of Catalan composers.