SOUTH WEST GERMAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, PFORZHEIM Established in 1950 by Hindemith’s pupil, Friedrich Tilegant, the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim quickly won international recognition, with appearances at festivals in Salzburg, Lucerne and Leipzig and concert tours throughout the world, collaborating with great musicians such as Maurice André, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Frans Brüggen and Yehudi Menuhin. After the early death of its founder in 1968, the orchestra was directed by Paul Angerer and Vladislav Czarnecki. Its artistic director since 2002 has been Sebastian Tewinkel.
The orchestra has made over 200 recordings and today collaborates with renowned soloists including Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Cyprien Katsaris and Sabine Meyer. Performances in recent years have taken the orchestra throughout Europe, to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Schwetzinger Festival, the Prague Spring and Prague Autumn, the Flanders Festival, the Rome Euro Mediterraneo Festival and Vienna OsterKlang, with guest appearances in the United States and in Japan.
Photo courtesy of Uta Süße-Krause
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