Biography:
SWISS CHAMBER SOLOISTS
At the turn of the millennium, the Swiss Chamber Soloists were founded, a chamber ensemble that brings leading performers from all parts of Switzerland together with renowned guests from abroad for demanding chamber music projects. On the initiative of the three artistic directors, Jürg Dähler (Zurich), Daniel Haefliger (Geneva) and Felix Renggli (Basel), the Swiss Chamber Concerts were created for the concerts of the ensemble, which plays in flexible formations, in 1999, the first national concert cycle for chamber music with Fixed concert series in Basel, Geneva, Lugano and Zurich. Thanks to boldly conceived programs and first-class interpretations, the concerts of the Swiss Chamber Soloists have long since become a highly regarded part of the Swiss cultural scene.
There are numerous renowned musicians such as Bruno Canino, Dénes Várion, Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Christophe Coin, Christoph Prégardien and many others who appear as guests with the ensemble.
The repertoire of the Swiss Chamber Soloists ranges from the baroque, also played on period instruments, to the modern, with many of the most recent pieces being written specifically for and dedicated to the ensemble.
The ensemble's many years of experience in dealing with contemporary music is reflected in intensive interpretations of the works of important composers such as Carter, Ferneyhough, Kurtág, Ligeti, Yun and Zender, as well as in the numerous world premieres of works by Swiss composers such as Blank, Dayer and Furrer-Münch , Gaudibert, Gubler, Haubensak, Holliger, Käser, Kelterborn, Kessler, Kyburz, Lehmann, Moser, Roth, Schnyder, Tognetti, Wyttenbach, Vassena and Zimmerlin. Best reviews, concert tours in Europe, Asia and Australia as well as CD recordings and radio recordings are evidence of the first-class reputation of this renowned Swiss ensemble.
Albums:
Happy Birthday Eliott Carter! – New Chamber Works:
