Camerata Zürich

Camerata Zürich is among the leading chamber orchestras in Switzerland and has placed special emphasis on creating a body of contemporary Swiss music. The group also performs traditional repertory from Switzerland and beyond in its concerts. Camerata Zürich was formed in 1957 by conductor Räto Tschupp and his wife, Els Tschupp-van Gastel. Their aim was to create a space in concert halls for new Swiss compositions, and over the years, the group has commissioned more than 100 of them. Räto Tschupp remained chief conductor until his death in 2002; Igor Karsko became music director in 2019. The group's recording catalog stretches well back into the LP era; one of its first albums was devoted to the Elegie, Op. 36, of Othmar Schoeck. In 2021, the Camerata Zürich made its first with Karsko as conductor, recording an orchestral arrangement of Janáček's On an Overgrown Path.