The Vienna Chamber Orchestra ( Wiener Kammer Orchester , or WKO ) is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus .
5-504: The WKO was founded in 1946, and its first artistic directors were Franz Litschauer, Heinrich Hollreiser , Paul Angerer , and Carlo Zecchi . When he took over the position from 1976 to 1991, Philippe Entremont started a tradition of conductors playing a dual rôle, appearing as both conductor and soloist. Entremont has continued as the Orchestra's lifetime honorary conductor, leading it on tour and in its matinée subscription series at
10-492: Is Joji Hattori . The commercial recordings of the WKO include the first complete recording of the symphonies of Joseph Haydn , conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer . This set received a very limited release and was little known at the time. This article on a classical orchestra is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Heinrich Hollreiser Heinrich Hollreiser (24 June 1913 – 24 July 2006)
15-805: The Berlin Philharmonic and Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , as well for the Hamburg , Cologne , and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestras . He also made several guest appearances in Madrid and Barcelona . After 1951, he served as principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera , conducting the Austrian premiere of Stravinsky 's The Rake's Progress . In one of his recordings with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, he
20-480: The Konzerthaus. In addition, the WKO has continued to invite dual-role artists, including Yehudi Menuhin , Heinz Holliger , Heinrich Schiff , and Ola Rudner. Heinrich Schiff was chief conductor of the WKO from 2005 to 2008, when he stepped down from the post for health reasons. Stefan Vladar was the most recent chief conductor of the WKO, from 2008 to 2018. Since 2018, the WKO's principal guest conductor
25-753: Was a German conductor . Born in Munich , he attended the State Academy of Music there and went on to serve as the conductor at the opera houses in Wiesbaden , Darmstadt , Mannheim , and Duisburg . From 1942-1945, he served as the principal conductor of the Bavarian State Opera , while serving as the music director at the Opera in Düsseldorf . From 1945-1951, he conducted concerts for
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