Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín

What Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín does

Corporación Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín (Filarmed) is a Colombian non-profit symphonic orchestra founded in 1983 and headquartered in Medellín, operating with 51–100 employees and a resident ensemble of 60+ professional musicians. Its core offering is symphonic performance delivered through two flagship formats — paid season concerts (Conciertos de Temporada) at the Teatro Metropolitano José Gutiérrez Gómez and free community chamber concerts (Retretas) across all 15 comunas of Medellín — supported by an integrated portfolio of five social-impact programs: Coro Reconciliación (a peace-building choir for victims and signatories of the Colombian armed conflict, in partnership with ARN, JEP and ACNUR); Soy Músico (inclusion program for neurodivergent participants in the Aburrá Valley, recognized by the Kennedy Center LEAD® Award in 2024); FilU (free music education for children aged 6–17 in the Urabá banana-growing corridor); Sonidos que Cuidan (mental-health programming in the Medellín Metro); and Música sin Fronteras (decentralized performances across Antioquia).

The underlying technology stack is intentionally lean: a WordPress-based filarmed.org website with a newsletter signup and Editorial storefront, a Zigru-powered programming microsite at programacion.filarmed.org, La Tiquetera for ticketing, and donation flows via every.org and caringforcolombia.org, with Ziggurat Consulting powering corporate-services intake. In 2025 Filarmed launched Filarmed Editorial, an in-house music-publishing division distributing orchestral scores and performance rights for 43+ works by Colombian and Latin American composers (Adina Izarra, Juan David Osorio, Jorge Pinzón, Claudia Sofía Alvarez Cuba, Eliana Echeverry, Juan Antonio Cuéllar, Lucas Saboya, among others).

Filarmed's business model combines five revenue streams: per-event ticket sales (La Tiquetera with discounts for students, seniors, people with disabilities and Comfama affiliates); tiered tax-deductible individual and corporate donations (Cobre/Plata/Oro/Platino tiers via every.org); corporate sponsorships and allied partnerships (Bancolombia, Comfama, SURA, Corbeta, Mineros, MUV, iluma, Fundación Fraternidad, plus institutional backing from the Alcaldía de Medellín and Teatro Metropolitano); quote-based B2B corporate services (workshops, custom concerts, brand activations, VIP experiences); and quote-based music-publishing score and performance-rights licensing through the Editorial storefront. In 2025 Filarmed reported reaching more than 2 million people across halls, public spaces, the Medellín Metro and classrooms, and a 7.1-pesos social-value generation ratio per peso invested.

Name

Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín

Legal name

Corporación Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín

Website

https://filarmed.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Corporación Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín (Filarmed) is a Colombian non-profit symphonic orchestra operating since 1983 with 60+ professional musicians, delivering season concerts, community retretas across 15 comunas, and five social-impact programs (Coro Reconciliación, Soy Músico, FilU, Sonidos que Cuidan, Música sin Fronteras) to audiences in Medellín and Antioquia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Symphonic Concert Performance

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230), Sound Recording Studios (51224)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Music & Original Score/Composition (MPAIALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Production Music Libraries (Catalogs) (MPAIALAC)

Keywords

• Symphonic concert services
• Social impact programs
• Music education training
• Music publishing licensing
• Corporate cultural experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Concert ticket sales: Ticket revenue from season concerts, retretas, and special performances, distributed through La Tiquetera platform with discounts for students, seniors, and people with disabilities, plus Comfama affiliate benefits.
2. Individual and corporate donations: Donations collected via every.org and caringforcolombia.org with tiered giving levels (Cobre, Plata, Oro, Platino) and tax-deductible receipts. Funds sustain the orchestra and social programs.
3. Corporate services (B2B experiences): Tailored B2B offerings including corporate workshops, custom concerts for launches and anniversaries, creative brand and communication solutions (jingles, activations, flashmobs), and VIP client experiences designed for marketing, communications and talent teams.
4. Music publishing (score and performance rights licensing): Quote-based licensing and sale of orchestral scores, complete performance materials, and performance rights from a catalog of contemporary Latin American and Colombian composers through filarmed.org.
5. Corporate sponsorships and allied partnerships: Sponsorship and alliance revenues from allied companies (Comfama, Bancolombia) and corporate sponsors (Corbeta, Fundación Fraternidad, iluma, Mineros, MUV, SURA) supporting social programs and operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín (Filarmed) is a Colombian non-profit symphonic orchestra that delivers professional concert performances, community chamber music retretas, and a portfolio of social-impact programs using music as a tool for peacebuilding, mental health, and inclusion. Beyond performance, it operates a music education program (FilU) for children in the Urabá region, an in-house music publishing division (Filarmed Editorial) that licenses scores and performance rights of Colombian and Latin American composers, and a corporate services arm offering tailored musical experiences to businesses.

Product overview

Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín operates as a unified cultural organization rather than a multi-product software platform: its core offering is symphonic concert performance (Temporada season concerts and free community Retretas), supported by a portfolio of five social-impact programs — Coro Reconciliación, Soy Músico, Sonidos que Cuidan, Música sin Fronteras, and FilU (the Urabá Youth Orchestra) — plus the Filarmed Editorial music-publishing line (which runs the Tienda online store and supplies scores and performance rights through licensed composers such as Adina Izarra, Jorge Pinzón, and Juan David Osorio López). The corporate-services arm (Servicios Empresariales) layers bespoke workshops, custom concerts, creative brand solutions, and VIP experiences on top of the orchestra's artistic base. Customer-facing digital touchpoints include the WordPress-based filarmed.org site, the Zigru-powered programming microsite, La Tiquetera for ticketing, and every.org / caringforcolombia.org for donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coro Reconciliación: Social-impact choir uniting victims of the Colombian armed conflict and signatories of peace processes through collective singing, in collaboration with the ARN, JEP, UNHCR and the Casa de la Memoria Museum.
• Soy Músico
• Sonidos que cuidan
• Música sin Fronteras
• FilU – Orquesta Filarmónica Infantil y Juvenil de Urabá

Products and services

• Conciertos de Temporada (Season Concerts) Ticketed symphonic concert series performed by Filarmed's 60+ professional musicians at the Teatro Metropolitano José Gutiérrez Gómez, each preceded by the free pre-concert talk "Spoiler Orquesta." Sold through La Tiquetera with discounts for students, seniors, people with disabilities, and Comfama affiliates.
• Retretas (Community Chamber Concerts) Free-access chamber music performances held at community venues such as the Cámara de Comercio de El Poblado and Parque la Presidenta, designed to decentralize access to classical music across Medellín's 15 comunas and Antioquia municipalities.
• Coro Reconciliación (Reconciliation Choir) Social-impact choir uniting victims of the Colombian armed conflict and signatories of peace processes to re-signify their experiences through collective singing. Participants rehearse 11 months per year and perform at institutional events hosted by the JEP, ARN, ACNUR, and the Museo Casa de la Memoria.
• Soy Músico (Inclusion Program) Inclusion program delivering professional music training to more than 130 young neurodivergent participants and people with disabilities annually in the Aburrá Valley metropolitan area, using a methodology that combines music therapy with adapted music education. Recognized with the 2024 Kennedy Center LEAD® Award.
• Sonidos que Cuidan (Sounds that Heal) Mental health-focused program in which musicians perform in non-traditional venues such as the Medellín Metro to bring musical interventions to public audiences as a wellness practice.
• FilU – Orquesta Filarmónica Infantil y Juvenil de Urabá Free comprehensive music education program serving more than 800 families and 1,200+ children and adolescents aged 6–17 in the Urabá banana-growing corridor of Antioquia (Apartadó, Turbo, Carepa, Chigorodó), providing instrumental training, music theory, choral practice, and social-emotional development workshops.
• Música sin Fronteras (Filarmed en las Comunas) Decentralized community outreach initiative that brings the symphonic experience to barrios, parques, comunas, and municipios across Antioquia, building community and guaranteeing access to culture beyond traditional concert halls.
• Filarmed Editorial (Music Publishing Division) Music publishing division offering exclusive access to a catalog of symphonic works by Colombian and Latin American composers. Sells orchestral scores, complete performance materials, and performance rights for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, and mixed formats, featuring composers such as Adina Izarra, Jorge Pinzón, Juan David Osorio López, Claudia Sofía Alvarez Cuba, Eliana Echeverry, Juan Antonio Cuéllar, and Lucas Saboya.
• Servicios Empresariales (Business Services) Corporate engagement offering four service lines: business workshops using music as a strategic tool for organizational development; custom concerts and experiences for launches, anniversaries, and celebrations; creative brand and communication solutions (jingles, flashmobs, urban activations); and exclusive VIP experiences blending music, gastronomy, and curated interaction.
• Tienda Filarmed (Online Store) E-commerce store (43+ catalog works) where customers can request quotations and licensing for orchestral scores and performance materials from the Filarmed Editorial catalog via an embedded request form.
• Boletas / Ticketing Service Ticketing service offered via La Tiquetera for Filarmed season concerts, with discounts for students, seniors, people with disabilities, and Comfama affiliates. Includes accessibility accommodations (visual, auditory, motor) coordinated via the Filarmed contact team.

Quantifiable outcome

• +400,000 people directly benefited by Filarmed social programs and free-access concerts
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship allied partner, core allied partner, major corporate sponsor, flagship public-sector supporter, flagship venue partner, secondary venue/acknowledgment partner, minor acknowledgment partner, flagship program partner, major international program partner, core cultural partner, flagship international award/inclusion partner, secondary fundraising partner, core fundraising platform partner, flagship ticketing partner, core digital platform partner and core digital/web partner.

• Comfamaflagship allied partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as an "Aliado" (Ally) of Filarmed on the home page, indicating a strategic alliance. Comfama affiliates receive special ticket pricing, exclusive presales, and benefits on concerts purchased through La Tiquetera, making it a flagship allied partner in audience development.
• Bancolombiacore allied partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as an "Aliado" of Filarmed, indicating a strategic alliance with one of Colombia's largest banks to support cultural and social programs.
• SURAmajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" (Sponsor) on the Filarmed home page, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's programs.
• Corbetamajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" of Filarmed, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's programs.
• Fundación Fraternidadmajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" of Filarmed, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's social and cultural programs.
• ilumamajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" of Filarmed, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's social and cultural programs.
• Minerosmajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" of Filarmed, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's programs.
• MUVmajor corporate sponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a "Patrocinador" of Filarmed, providing corporate sponsorship to the orchestra's programs.
• Alcaldía de Medellínflagship public-sector supporterStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporting institution ("Apoya") of Filarmed, providing institutional backing from the municipal government of Medellín to the orchestra's cultural and social agenda.
• Teatro Metropolitano (de Medellín)flagship venue partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporting institution ("Apoya") of Filarmed and serves as the principal venue for Filarmed's season concerts (e.g., Temporada VI, Concierto de Temporada VII, Antología de la Zarzuela).
• Cámara de Comercio de Medellínsecondary venue/acknowledgment partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed in Filarmed's "Agradecimientos" section and hosts the orchestra's free retretas in its El Poblado auditorium (e.g., Retreta Cámara de Comercio 3).
• Frisbyminor acknowledgment partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed in Filarmed's "Agradecimientos" section as an acknowledging partner that supports the orchestra's activities.
• Agencia para la Reincorporación y la Normalización (ARN)flagship program partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Filarmed on the Coro Reconciliación, supporting peace signatories' participation and inviting the choir to institutional events tied to reincorporation in Colombia.
• Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP)flagship program partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Filarmed on the Coro Reconciliación, supporting events tied to transitional justice and inviting the choir to participate in peace-building activities.
• ACNUR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)major international program partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHas invited the Coro Reconciliación to institutional events related to peacebuilding, historical memory, victims of the armed conflict, and the peace process in Colombia.
• Museo Casa de la Memoria de Medellíncore cultural partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural institution that has invited the Coro Reconciliación to participate in events tied to historical memory and victims of the armed conflict.
• Kennedy Center (Access:VSA)flagship international award/inclusion partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded Filarmed the LEAD® Award for Emerging Leaders in Accessibility in the Arts in 2024 — the first granted to a cultural organization outside the United States — recognizing the Soy Músico inclusion program and positioning Medellín as a Latin American leader in cultural social programs.
• Caring for Colombiasecondary fundraising partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerCaring for Colombia hosts the Reconciliation Choir project page (caringforcolombia.org/project/reconciliation-choir) as a channel to channel donations from international donors to Filarmed's Coro Reconciliación.
• Every.orgcore fundraising platform partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerEvery.org powers Filarmed's donation flow (including dedicated pages for the Soy Músico program and FilU), enabling online donations with tax-deductible receipts.
• La Tiqueteraflagship ticketing partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLa Tiquetera is the official ticketing platform for Filarmed season concerts, handling online sales for events such as Temporada VI and Concierto de Temporada VII.
• Zigrucore digital platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationZigru provides Filarmed's official programming microsite (programacion.filarmed.org), powering the calendar of upcoming presentations, event detail pages, and ticketing links.
• Ziggurat Consultingcore digital/web partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerZiggurat Consulting designed Filarmed's web platform (Diseño Web) and powers the corporate services forms (filarmed.elziggurat.com), newsletter and donation flows.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires: Resident orchestra of the Teatro Colón; comparable as a major Latin American metropolitan philharmonic with social programming, ticketed season concerts and free community retretas, anchored by a flagship venue partnership.
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile: Chile's national symphony based at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago; comparable as a state-supported Latin American symphony running a subscription season, community outreach, and youth education programs in a single domestic market.
• Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México: Mexico's national symphony operated under UNAM; comparable as a large Latin American symphony combining a regular concert season, educational outreach and corporate sponsorship within a single national market.
• Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de São Paulo (OSESP): Major Brazilian state symphony with parallel education/outreach programming (including the Instituto Clemente Gomes); comparable as a Latin American orchestra combining high-level symphonic performance with formalized social-impact education programs and corporate sponsorship.
• Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia: Colombia's flagship national symphonic ensemble based in Bogotá; directly comparable as a Colombian symphony orchestra running season concerts, social outreach and national-touring programming, though with a more traditional repertoire focus and broader geographic remit.
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá: Bogotá's municipal philharmonic; the closest Colombian analog to Filarmed in structure (municipal-supported symphonic ensemble with social programs and free community concerts), differing mainly in geography and a more conventional educational rather than peace-and-inclusion program mix.
• Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (El Sistema): Venezuela's flagship youth-driven symphony and the founding model of Latin America's social-impact orchestral movement; comparable through its integration of intensive youth music education with professional symphonic performance and global touring.

Emerging players

• Britten-Pears Foundation: UK-based charity running orchestral training, arts-and-health programs and creative learning alongside professional performance; comparable as a non-profit cultural organization that fuses elite musical performance with social/therapeutic outcomes through a diversified revenue model.

Broad incumbents

• LA Philharmonic: One of the world's leading orchestras and a benchmark for symphony-based social programs (e.g., YOLA, Community Partners); comparable as a global incumbent with a deep community-music-education footprint and large corporate sponsor base, though at far greater scale.
• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.): Kennedy Center resident orchestra and the institution behind the LEAD® Award Filarmed received; comparable as an internationally recognized symphony with explicit inclusion/accessibility programming and corporate partner diversification.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/filarmed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/filarmed

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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