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Bruckner's 9th Symphony
Nine Facts about Bruckner's Unfinished Symphony
Anton Bruckner had a hard time as a composer – especially in Vienna, where he lived from ...
Toshio Hosokawa
The Elemental Power of Cherry Blossoms
Toshio Hosokawa is the most important Japanese composer of our time. But long before he became ...
Episode 1
«Tram for Two» with Paavo Järvi and Emmanuel Pahud
How does our Music Director Paavo Järvi get around in Zurich? In the tram, of course. In the new ...
Podcast
Intro mit Frank Strobel zu «Nosferatu»
Filmmusik-Experte Frank Strobel präsentiert diesmal mit dem Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich den ...
Film Symphony: Nosferatu
New Sounds for the Most Sinister of the Undead
There are around 100 film scores for Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's cult film "Nosferatu - A Symphony ...
Question no. 13
How do you Compose a Family?
The answer is here – and in concert with Franz Welser-Möst. ...
Tour blog
European tour: A theft and much applause
Vienna, Luxembourg, Paris, Basel: this was the tour of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. ...
Question no. 12
What to do When Your Instagram Account is Hacked?
Now we also have our true crime story – including a ransom note. Here is the diary. ...
Probe-Abonnent*innen im Gespräch (3)
«Man merkt, dass die Chemie stimmt»
Dritte Runde für unsere 566 Probe-Abonnent*innen: Nach dem tonhalleCRUSH haben wir ...
Rachmaninoff in Switzerland
Between Steinway and Motorboat
The composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff lived in Hertenstein on Lake Lucerne for five years. ...
Rachmaninoff cycle
When Two Find Each Other Again
Until the separation of the two orchestras in 1985, the Tonhalle Zürich and the Opernhaus Zürich ...
Interview with Philip Traugott
A Harmonious, Luxurious Whole
The renovated Tonhalle is considered one of the best concert halls in the world because of its ...

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