The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century is one of the most prominent early music orchestras in the world. The musicians play internationally in leading (chamber) music ensembles and meet several times a year for performances of iconic and lesser-known repertoire. In...
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Laila Salome Fischer – Mezzosoprano
The mezzo-soprano Laila Salome Fischer made her debut in 2021 under the baton of Jordi Savall at the Beethovenfest Bonn and the Festival Berlioz in France in Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Further concerts followed at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Teatro del Liceu...
Max Volbers – Ensemble leader
As a recorder player, harpsichordist and increasingly as an ensemble leader, Max Volbers is one of the most versatile young musicians in the field of early music. In the spirit of the sound worlds of the 17th and 18th centuries, in which musicians mastered several...
Reinhard Goebel – Conductor
Reinhard Goebel is a living legend of early music and a rousing conductor of modern orchestras and chamber orchestras. He discovered his love of the baroque violin at an early age and has never ceased to meticulously scrutinize bowing and articulation down to the last...
Olivia Vermeulen – Mezzosoprano
Praised for the “exceptional wealth of colours” of her voice (Opernwelt) and her singing of “exquisite, inexhaustible sweetness” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Olivia Vermeulen has established herself as one of the leading vocal artists in today’s classical music...
Elisabeth Breuer – Soprano
Elisabeth Breuer has established herself as a sought-after interpreter of the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart, particularly in the concert repertoire, and sings in many renowned concert halls throughout Europe. On the opera stage, the Austrian soprano prefers...
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A WORLD AWAY "WORLD NOISE"
Julia Schröder – violin & concert master
"There's a musician at work who is in love with every note she plays and improvises, which leaves nothing routine, only experienced with her fellow musicians and acting technically and artistically at the highest level." Writes the Basler Zeitung about the violinist...
Enrico Onofri – Conductor
Principal conductor of the Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma, principal guest conductor of the Haydn Philharmonie in Eisenstadt, associated conductor of the Orchestre National d’Auvergne, from 2022 Associated Conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester, music director and...
LGT Young Soloists – Orchestra
The award-winning string ensemble LGT Young Soloists (sponsored by LGT Private Banking) is made up of highly gifted young soloists aged 14 to 23 and brings together musicians from more than 15 nations. Unique throughout the world, the project gives high-carat young...