On Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne_Festival_Strings |
Alternative Spellings | Festival Strings Lucerne |
Creation | 1956 |
City | Lucerne, Switzerland |
Country | Switzerland |
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The orchestra was founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner as part of the Lucerne International Music Festival (today: Lucerne Festival); the latter directed it until 1998. His successor as artistic director was Achim Fiedler who held the position from 1998 to summer 2012.The Australian-Swiss violinist Daniel Dodds has been artistic director since the 2012/2013 season. Managing Director is Hans-Christoph Mauruschat. In recent years, the CD label Sony Classical and Oehms Classics have released CD recordings of the ensemble. wikipedia