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Bachs Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 1

My Take: Julia Becker

In Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, concertmaster Julia Becker plays the solo part. She tells us ...

Baroque Repetoire

Old Works on New Instruments

How does historically informed performance practice work in the symphony orchestra? A search for ...

Tonhalle Zürich

«This is Where we'll Hang the Tonhalle Gate»

For 85 years, the gate to the old Tonhalle was lost. Now it is back in its former glory – in ...

Richard Kessler

With Warm Greetings from the Tonhalle

Richard Kessler is a violist in the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. And he is a meticulous collector of ...

Festive Matinee

Kabardian Encounters

The festive matinee on Easter Monday takes us east. Mattia Zappa, cellist in the Tonhalle-Orchester ...

Portrait

Escaping narrow worlds with the violin

Klaidi Sahatçi has been one of the concertmasters at the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich for the past ...

Question no. 15

Why Does Yuja Wang Wear High Heels?

The pianist does not only wear high heels for fashion reasons. ...

Report

From Board to Sound

The Steinway concert pianos used in the Tonhalle Zürich were built in Hamburg. We visited the ...

Focus Artist: Fazıl Say

The Unpredictable

No one from the top league of pianists divides the audience as much as the exceptional Turkish ...

Interview

«Success has Enormous Significance in South Korea»

The award-winning South Korean string quartet Novus String Quartet will soon be giving a guest ...

Question no. 13

Who Celebrates his 80th Birthday at 83?

Christoph Eschenbach, once chief conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, returns for two ...

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 ...

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