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Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn

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The Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (German: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn) is one of the renowned German Chamber Orchestras, located in Heilbronn (Baden Württemberg, Germany).

The Orchestra was founded by Prof. Jörg Faerber (*1929) in 1960 and performed with artists like Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maurice André, James Galway, Hilary Hahn, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Quasthoff, Tabea Zimmermann and many more. The WKO recorded for the labels Deutsche Grammophon (DGG) and Teldec more than 500 classical works.

The orchestra is regularly heard at major festivals like Salzburg Festival, Vienna Music Summer, International Festival of Music Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.

Since 2002 Ruben Gazarian is artistic director of the orchestra.[1][2]

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