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Established in 1956 by Wolfgang
Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner,
the Lucerne Festival
Strings
are one of
Switzerland
’s most frequently touring
orchestra. The renowned chamber
orchestra regularly performs in the
European music centers and tours
extensively throughout the world: 2002 in
South Africa, 2003, 2006 and 2007 in Turkey,
2003 and 2006 in the United States (in cities
such as Washington, Philadelphia, Houston,
Atlanta, etc.), in 2000, 2004 and 2007 in South America (major cities of Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Ecuador).
The Lucerne Festival
Strings
appear at such
prominent festivals as those of Ankara,
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, the
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and
Arts's “Ensemble in Residence”, has been directed by
Achim
Fiedler
since 1998.
The Lucerne Festival
Strings st
rive
for a
creative dialogue between early and new
music. Their broad repertoire ranges from
works for string ensemble to extended
chamber orchestra and from Baroque to
contemporary music. More than 100 works
of such major composers as Frank Martin,
Bohuslav Martinu, Sándor Veress, Iannis
Xenakis, Krzysztof Penderecki, Herbert
Willi, Milko Kelemen and
Peter Ruzicka
have
been premiered by the orchestra; most of
them commissioned for the Lucerne Festival
Strings
and their artistic directors.
The Lucerne Festival
Strings
work with
most celebrated soloists as Sabine Meyer,
Reinhold Friedrich
,
James Galway, Kolja
Blacher, Leonidas Kavakos, Mischa Maisky,
Ruth Ziesak, Bernd Glemser, Alexander
Lonquich and Mikhail Rudy.
The orchestra records for OehmsClassics
since 2003. The “Dialogue”
trilogy
(“Bach -
Honegger”, “Schubert - Webern” and
“Baroque - Minimal”) has confirmed the
outstanding reputation of the Lucerne
Festival
Strings
as a world-class ensemble
with compelling programming.
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