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Established in 1956 by Wolfgang
Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner,
Festival Strings Lucerne is regarded to be
one of the world’s leading chamber
orchestras since decades. Highest quality,
enthusiasm, the unmistakable and “golden
sound” (Washington Post, 2003), also thanks
to the several master instruments owned by
the orchestra, as well as the long-standing
tradition sharpen the distinctive profile of
Festival Strings Lucerne. The renowned
chamber orchestra regularly performs in the
music centers of Europe and tours
extensively throughout the world: 2002 in
South Africa, 2003, 2006 and 2008 in Turkey
as well as in the North America, 2000, 2004
and 2007 in South America. Festival Strings
Lucerne appears at such prominent festivals
as those of Prague, Eisenstadt, Ludwigsburg
and Rheingau. At home, the orchestra can be
heard annually at the Lucerne Festival as
well as its own concert series (“Konzert
Reihe Luzern”). The chamber orchestra has been directed by Achim
Fiedler since 1998.
Festival Strings Lucerne strives for a
creative dialogue between early and new
music. Its broad repertoire reaches from
works for string ensemble to extended
chamber orchestra and from Baroque to
contemporary music. During the more than
50 years of Festival Strings Lucerne’s
existence, more than 100 works of such
major composers as Frank Martin, Bohuslav
Martinu, Sándor Veress, Iannis Xenakis,
Krzysztof Penderecki, Herbert Willi, Milko
Kelemen, Peter Ruzicka and Beat Furrer have
been premiered by the orchestra; most of
them commissioned for Festival Strings
Lucerne and its artistic directors.
Festival Strings Lucerne works with most
celebrated soloists as Maxim Vengerov,
Sabine Meyer, Reinhold Friedrich, James
Galway, Kolja Blacher, Leonidas Kavakos,
Mischa Maisky, Ruth Ziesak, Martin Stadtfeld,
Bernd Glemser and Alexander Lonquich. The
orchestra records for Sony Classical and
OehmsClassics. The Sony recording of Bach
piano concertos with pianist Martin Stadtfeld
has achieved the ECHO Klassik 2007 award
for the best concert recording of the year.
Festival Strings Lucerne’s CD productions
have confirmed their outstanding reputation
as a world-class ensemble with compelling
programming.
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