Tonhalle Zurich Schedule

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Gerd Albrecht thought of new ways to introduce music to wider audiences, including concerts for children and families and had a considerable role in enhancing the orchestra's role in the musical life of Zà¼rich.

Some of the recordings are now available through Naxos Records on CD.Recently soloists in Zà¼rich under David Zinman's baton have included Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Gustav Rivinius, Heinrich Schiff, Truls Mà¸rk, Alfred Brendel, Krystian Zimerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, Leif Ove Andsnes, Pinchas Zukerman, Gil Shaham and Christian Tetzlaff as well as some of the orchestra's own principals, several of whom are internationally recognized players in their own right, such as Simon Fuchs (oboe), Florenz Jenny (bassoon), Sabine Morel (flute), Gilad Karni (viola), Michel Rouilly (viola), and Thomas Grossenbacher (cello).

Regular guest conductors have included Ernest Ansermet, Wilhelm Furtwà¤ngler, Otto Klemperer, Georg Solti and, more recently, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Frans Brà¼ggen, Mstislav Rostropovich and Herbert Blomstedt.In 1947, Franz Lehár recorded a number of high fidelity 78-rpm discs of his music with the orchestra for Decca Records.

With Zinman, the orchestra has made many recordings, including a cycle of Beethoven and Schumann symphonies and works by Richard Strauss.Under Friedrich Hegar, its first conductor, it began to have a great influence on music in and around Zà¼rich.

Tonhalle Orchester Zà¼rich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zà¼rich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle (new concert hall) in 1895.The Tonhalle Orchestra is conducted by David Zinman, in whose period as music director since 1995, it has come to international attention with a large and growing repertoire of recordings.

The orchestra of just over 100 musicians now plays all over the world; it has twice performed widely-broadcast BBC Promenade Concerts at Royal Albert Hall.