Lucerne Festival Strings

The Lucerne Festival Strings is one of Switzerland's most frequently touring chamber orchestras. The orchestra was founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner; the latter directed it until 1998. Achim Fiedler has been the Artistic Director since 1998. Managing Director is Hans-Christoph Mauruschat. In recent years, the CD label Sony Classical and OehmsClassics have released CD recordings of the ensemble.

This article is about the chamber orchestra. For the symphony orchestra, see Lucerne Festival Orchestra.



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