 In 1971, the orchestra became affiliated with the Department of Fine Arts of the State of Jalisco.The current name was adopted in 1988/ International soloists such as Paul Badura-Skoda, Claudio Arrau, Jörg Demus, Henryck Szeryng, Nicanor Zabaleta, Plácido Domingo, Kurt Rydl and Alfred Brendel have performed with the organization.Today the orchestra is under the direction of Marco Parisotto.