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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 Ludwigsburg Festival .
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.
He founded the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO) in 1960 and was its artistic and managing director for over 40 years. He was known internationally, touring to the U.S., Japan and South Africa. The WKO made many recordings with soloists including Maurice André, Alfred Brendel, Gidon Kremer and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
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The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO), founded in 1960 by Jörg Faerber, is one of the best known German chamber orchestras. Since 2015 the Classic Open Air Festival takes place in the city centre. With free admission and in the open air, orchestras and music groups from Heilbronn present themselves with a varied concert program.
In 2008, at the age of 26, Scaglione became the music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles and continued the role through 2011. [4] Shortly after he began his role with the orchestra, he was awarded the 2009 James Conlon Conductor Prize by the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. [ 5 ]
Roy Fox was born in Denver, Colorado, United States in 1901. [1] [2] He and his musician sister Vera were raised in Hollywood, California, [2] in a Salvation Army family.Roy began playing cornet when he was 11 years old, and by age 13 was performing in the Los Angeles Examiner's newsboys' band.
A music score of an opera, musical, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra (like oratorio or cantata) where the vocal parts are written out in full but the accompaniment is reduced to two staves and adapted for playing on piano voce Voice volante Flying volti subito (V.S.) Turn immediately (i.e. turn the page quickly).