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Ilya Gringolts is the soloist is Sergei Taneyev's Concert Suite, the composer's only concertante work for violin.

If there had been an audience, they would have toasted the concert with the Kölsch beers the composer loved best.

The Vienna Philharmonic's harpist inaugurates the new instrument at Musikkollegium Winterthur, putting it through its pace in Mozart and Debussy.

The renowned IOS is geared to young singers of fine merit and talent. It recently premiered a new production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia near Zurich.

Members of the GöteborgsOperans dance company, along with members of choreographer Sidu Larbi Cherkaoui’s own Eastman ensemble, recently danced a joint venture of an extraordinary kind in Winterthur. 

In the nearby city of Winterthur, Zurich’s fine International Opera Studio (IOS) recently premiered two short operas by Maurice Ravel, a flashy L’Heure espagnole and a lyrical L’Enfant et les sortilèges.

For the opening concert of the 2015-2016 season, the Musikkollegium Winterthur drew together an unusual mix of repertoire: Felix Mendelssohn and Fazil Say.

Der junge Wilde an der Trompete findet mit dem ehrwürdigen Schweizer Stadtorchester einen gut gelaunten Partner.