STUTTGART CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SUMMARY BIOGRAPHY
Dennis Russell Davies, appointed in 1995 to the chief conductorship of this, the oldest of European chamber orchestras in succession to the Austrian Martin Sieghart, has been associated with the orchestra since 1989. This cooperation is destined to continue until at least 2009 with a projected "Haydn Decade", a cycle of all 104 Haydn Symphonies, to be performed and recorded in Stuttgart, courtesy of generous sponsorship from Daimler Benz, beginning in November 1998.
During the nineties, the ensemble
has made frequent extended tours to the USA, Canada and Japan,
with other guest appearances in Australia, South Korea and
Greece, one of the most felicitous developments recently being
the increased number of performances the orchestra has given
internationally under the directorship of its own concertmaster
Benjamin Hudson. Especially with the recording label ECM, orchestra
and chief conductor, have in these last years made several
intercontinentally lauded CD recordings featuring major works
by Giya Kancheli, Schnittke, Vasks, and Shostakovich, as well
as solo collaborations with violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist
Keith Jarrett.
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