Accompanied by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the direction of Kaspar Zehnder, the young flautist Elizaveta Ivanova wins the 77th International Concours de Genève ahead of the Italian Mario Bruno and the Chinese Yuan Yu. The two shared...

Anniversary season of the ensemble “mit vier” 1992-2022 The Bernese ensemble “mit vier” celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in October 2022 with a Tuscany tour, before concluding the anniversary tour in June 2023 in Basel, Bern and Biel with works by...

A letter from 2014 from the then Prince of Wales to Kaspar Zehnder finds new relevance.With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, the Prince of Wales succeeded her on the throne of the United Kingdom as...

Together with an ensemble of friends, Kaspar Zehnder will accompany the world-renowned Czech mezzo-soprano and her husband Sir Simon Rattle (on piano) on their summer tour SOIRÉE across Europe from 27 June to 10 July 2022. The artist and her...

After ten years on the road together, concert director and principal conductor Kaspar Zehnder is saying goodbye to TOBS and the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra. He has three heartfelt pieces in his luggage, all of which are interwoven with his...

With the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra from Lithuania, the spirited Argentinean singer Analia Selis, who is also particularly committed to the tradition of the tango of her home country and the music of Astor Piazzolla, Mariano Castro (piano, arrangement) and Nicolás...

“klangantrisch” – Bernese Pre-Alps Music Festival 18. – 22.5.2022 The Festival klangantrisch took place for the first time in 2015. The idea was born at a joint private cooking event: Peter Engeloch, a long-established Riggisberger with a long family tradition...

At the end of March 2022, the third and last of a total of three exceptional CDs was released on the Schweizer Fonogramm music label: The world premiere recording of the six-part symphonic work by Swiss composer Joseph Lauber, rediscovered...

With Volume III, the Schweizer Fonogramm label publishes the last of three studio recordings of the complete symphonic works of Joseph Lauber (1864 – 1952). The Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn under its principal conductor Kaspar Zehnder has thus presented a...

Spring fever is awakening in the Czech university town of Hradec Králové not far from the Polish border – despite political uncertainty, palpable economic tensions and two drastic Corona years. Here, Kaspar Zehnder from Bern has been the principal conductor...

Kaspar Zehnder: “Bach’s music is a universe. […] His music is a synthesis of intellectually thoughtful mastery and emotional energy”. Interview with Kaspar Zehnder by Natalie Widmer (dramaturge at Theater Biel Solothurn TOBS) about the performances of the St. John...

“Even though we love Russian music and even though the programmed works clearly have a positive and pacifist message, we don’t want to play Russian music today, out of respect for our Ukrainian colleagues and friends.” “Dear audience, dear friends,...

Premiere on 17th December 2021 at the Stadttheater Biel: The Opera „Eiger“, music by Fabian Müller, one of the most important Swiss composers of our time, libretto by Tim Kron, with the Bieler Sinfonie Orchester directed by Kaspar Zehnder inspires...

Premiere on 17th December 2021 at the Stadttheater Biel: The Opera „Eiger“, music by Fabian Müller, one of the most important Swiss composers of our time, libretto by Tim Kron, with the Bieler Sinfonie Orchester directed by Kaspar Zehnder inspires...

Der Schweizer Dirigent Kaspar Zehnder präsentiert gemeinsam mit dem Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn die zweite der insgesamt drei CDs mit den vom Dirigenten selbst neu entdeckten Sinfonien des Schweizer Komponisten Josef Lauber.