In the collection
3 records
Played with
Jörg Faerber
3 records together
Georg Friedrich Händel
2 records together
Mainzer Kammerorchester
1 record together
Günter Kehr
1 record together
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester
1 record together
Paul Angerer
1 record together
Helmuth Rilling
1 record together
Musici Di San Marco
1 record together
Süddeutsche Philharmonie
1 record together
Rudolf Knoll
1 record together
Hugo Steurer
1 record together
Sylvia Capova
1 record together
About
The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (German: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, WKO) is a renowned German Chamber Orchestra, located in Heilbronn, Baden Württemberg, Germany.
The orchestra was founded in 1960 by Jörg Faerber and has performed with artists such as Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maurice André, James Galway, Hilary Hahn, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Quasthoff and Tabea Zimmermann. The WKO has recorded more than 500 classical works for the labels Deutsche Grammophon (DGG) and Teldec. The orchestra is regularly heard at major festivals like Salzburg Festival, Vienna Music Summer, Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzingen Festival and Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.
Since 2002 Ruben Gazarian has been artistic director of the orchestra, followed in 2018 by Case Scaglione and in 2024 by Risto Joost.