The Camerata Salzburg is an Austrian chamber orchestra based in Salzburg, Austria. The Camerata's principal concert venue is the Mozarteum University.
Bernhard Paumgartner founded the ensemble in 1952 as the Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, comprising his fellow teachers and students from the Mozarteum. He served as its director and de facto principal conductor until his death in 1971. Antonio Janigro became the new leader of the Camerata in 1974, the same year when the first abonnement series of concerts were performed in Salzburg. Sándor Végh then served as principal conductor of the Camerata from 1978 until his death in 1997. Roger Norrington became principal conductor of the Camerata in 1997, and held the post until 2006. During his tenure, Norrington placed greater emphasis on historically informed performance practices. [1] Leonidas Kavakos was principal guest artist of the Camerata from 2001 through 2006, and artistic director from 2007 [2] until his resignation in July 2009, citing "instability in the orchestra's management". [3] In June 2011, Louis Langrée was named the sixth principal conductor of the Camerata, effective September 2011, with an initial contract of 5 seasons. [4] Langrée was the most recent conductor to hold the title of principal conductor of the ensemble, and stood down from the post in 2016. The musicians of the orchestra now make artistic decisions for the ensemble without a principal conductor.
The Camerata Salzburg has made commercial recordings for such labels as Decca, Warner Classics [5] and Sony Classical. [6] [7]
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington is an English conductor. He is known for historically informed performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music.
Sándor Végh was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century.
Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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The Mozart Medal is an award administered by the Mozarteum International Foundation. It derives its name from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The medal is available in three metal types: gold, silver, bronze.
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