Basel Sinfonietta
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The Basel Sinfonietta is a Swiss orchestra
, founded in 1980 in Basel
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The basel sinfonietta was founded in 1980 by a group of young musicians with the goal of bringing exciting new combinations of contemporary music and works both familiar and unknown to an audience enthusiastic for unusual sounds and open to experimentation. With its unconventional, provocative approach, this large symphony orchestra has achieved a considerable international reputation. In its relatively short history, the basel sinfonietta has also carried out numerous performances with dancers, jazz musicians, cabarettists and choral groups in addition to complex projects incorporating, for instance, silent movies and multimedia. Now in its 30th season, the orchestra has presented more than 50 world premieres, many of them commissioned by the orchestra itself. The basel sinfonietta is the only Swiss orchestra to have been invited four times to participate in the famous Austrian “Salzburger Festspiele”. Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has been invited to other renowned festivals, such as Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Lucerne Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Musica Strasbourg, Festival d’Automne Paris and Kunstfest Weimar.
The basel sinfonietta works frequently with renowned conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Fabrice Bollon, Dennis R. Davies, Mark Fitz-Gerald, Jürg Henneberger, Peter Hirsch, Michael Hofstetter, Johannes Kalitzke, Karen Kamensek, Jun Märkl, Emilio Pomàrico, Kasper de Roo, Jonathan Stockhammer and Lothar Zagrosek. Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has participated in many education-projects to attract a young audience for classical music.
The members of the basel sinfonietta are professional musicians. When not taking part in the orchestra they perform as freelance performers in numerous ensembles and chamber music groups. The group manages itself, which gives its members a high degree of self-determination both in artistic and organisational matters. This in turn demands intensive interaction, which leads to a lively, fresh atmosphere in the orchestra.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, founded in 1980 in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
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The basel sinfonietta was founded in 1980 by a group of young musicians with the goal of bringing exciting new combinations of contemporary music and works both familiar and unknown to an audience enthusiastic for unusual sounds and open to experimentation. With its unconventional, provocative approach, this large symphony orchestra has achieved a considerable international reputation. In its relatively short history, the basel sinfonietta has also carried out numerous performances with dancers, jazz musicians, cabarettists and choral groups in addition to complex projects incorporating, for instance, silent movies and multimedia. Now in its 30th season, the orchestra has presented more than 50 world premieres, many of them commissioned by the orchestra itself. The basel sinfonietta is the only Swiss orchestra to have been invited four times to participate in the famous Austrian “Salzburger Festspiele”. Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has been invited to other renowned festivals, such as Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Lucerne Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Musica Strasbourg, Festival d’Automne Paris and Kunstfest Weimar.
The basel sinfonietta works frequently with renowned conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Fabrice Bollon, Dennis R. Davies, Mark Fitz-Gerald, Jürg Henneberger, Peter Hirsch, Michael Hofstetter, Johannes Kalitzke, Karen Kamensek, Jun Märkl, Emilio Pomàrico, Kasper de Roo, Jonathan Stockhammer and Lothar Zagrosek. Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has participated in many education-projects to attract a young audience for classical music.
The members of the basel sinfonietta are professional musicians. When not taking part in the orchestra they perform as freelance performers in numerous ensembles and chamber music groups. The group manages itself, which gives its members a high degree of self-determination both in artistic and organisational matters. This in turn demands intensive interaction, which leads to a lively, fresh atmosphere in the orchestra.