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Württembergisches Kammerorchester

Band, DE
Classical
A.k.a. Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

From Wikipedia: The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (German: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, WKO) is a renowned German Chamber Orchestra, located in Heilbronn, Baden Württemberg, Germany. The orchestra was founded in 1960 by Jörg Faerber and has performed with artists such as Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maurice André, James Galway, Hilary Hahn, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Quasthoff and Tabea Zimmermann. The WKO has recorded more than 500 classical works for the labels Deutsche Grammophon (DGG) and Teldec. The orchestra is regularly heard at major festivals like Salzburg Festival, Vienna Music Summer, Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzingen Festival and Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Since 2002 Ruben Gazarian (de) has been artistic director of the orchestra.

Members

	Anton Stingl fl, g 1908-2000 DE
	Jörg Faerber *1929 DE
	Martin Galling hps, p *1935 DE
	Günther Passin ob 1937-2014 AT
	Fabian Menzel ob *1961 DE
	Susanne Lautenbacher vn *1932 DE
	Werner Keltsch vn DE
	Wilhelm Melcher vn 1940-2005 DE
	Peter Buck vc *1937 DE
	Norbert Schmitt dr DE
	Wolfgang Läubin tr *1965 DE
	Bernhard Läubin tr *1959 DE
	Hannes Läubin tr *1958 DE
	Arthur Balogh b RO
	Willy Schnell ob DE
	Paul Grund man
	Dietmar Keller ob DE
	Georg Egger vn IT
	Martha Schuster org, hps
	Gabriele Zimmermann
	Hedda Rothweiler ob
	Hans-Joachim Erhard org, hps DE
	Artur Rumetsch man
	Rudolf Breitschmid vn
	Christof Roos org
	Hans Georg Fischer vn *1965 DE
	David Schultheiss vn *1979 DE
	Stefan Trauer vc *1957 DE
	Claus Zimmermann cb, b
	Christoph Carl bsn
	Radboud Oomens vn
	Alfred Boesen vn