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Chamber music

Leaders among themselves

Four leaders from the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present themselves as a string quartet for the ...

Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade"

My Take: Klaidi Sahatçi

Klaidi Sahatçi, 1st concertmaster of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, on his relationship with ...

Conductors' Academy

This run is marvellous!

When Arthur Honegger's "Rugby" is on the programme, the concert hall becomes a stadium. Our live ...

Season interview 2024/25

The course of the world and musical realities

Which direction is the musical compass pointing in 2024/25? Music Director Paavo Järvi and ...

Tonhalle Organ

The «Servants» of our «Queen»

The organ is the largest instrument that is heard in the concerts of the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft ...

Víkingur Ólafsson

One year, one work

This season, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has dedicated himself entirely to Johann ...

acoustic meets electronic

Music under power

Almost nothing works without electricity these days, and the Tonhalle Zurich is no exception. ...

Raphael Nussbaumer

Long-distance destination Carnegie Hall

The 17-year-old Swiss violinist Raphael Nussbaumer plays a recital. ...

Interview about listening

"And then sound emerges from the silence"

Listening is not always easy – this also applies to concerts. For Ilona Schmiel, Director of ...

Double Bach

The most beautiful rituals

First the Mass in B minor, then the "St Matthew Passion": in March, two major sacred Bach works ...

Report: Audition

Fates are decided here

They are secret, controversial and highly complex: the auditions in which new orchestra members are ...

Kosmos Kammermusik

How the big fits into the small

Chamber music with organ? Yes, that's possible. ...

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