The Musikkollegium Winterthur was founded in 1629 and has been a professional orchestra since 1875. With its 50 musicians, it is now one of the ten leading professional orchestras in Switzerland. It performs around 40 concert programmes each season in the Stadthaus Winterthur.
Classical and early Romantic music are fixtures in the broad repertoire, which ranges from Baroque to contemporary modern. Renowned principal conductors such as Franz Welser-Möst and Heinrich Schiff have left their mark on the Musikkollegium Winterthur. As of the 2016/17 season, Thomas Zehetmair will take over the position of principal conductor.
Numerous CD recordings, some of them award-winning, testify to the Musikkollegium's high artistic standing.
By the age of 18, Schubert had already written ten string quartets, and what quartets they were! His G minor Quartet is a perfect example. True to tradition ...
29.01.2027
12:15
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Joglo on a treasure hunt
Joglo is a little monkey who lives in the jungle. He is searching for a golden ball on behalf of the rhinoceros. A tiger, an elephant and a snake accompany ...
30.01.2027
15:00
Musikkollegium Winterthur
The Firebird
The phrase ‘City of Love’ hardly does justice to the complexity of Paris as a cultural metropolis. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the city, ...
03.02.2027
19:30
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Musikkollegium Winterthur
The Firebird
The phrase ‘City of Love’ hardly does justice to the complexity of Paris as a cultural metropolis. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the city, ...
04.02.2027
19:30
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Musikkollegium Winterthur
Meet Claire Huangci & friends
These after-work concerts, lasting around an hour, are not just about experiencing music of the highest standard, but also about getting to know the ...
05.02.2027
17:30
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Beethoven & Haydn with Enrico Onofri
Once again, we have a soloist from our own ranks taking to the stage! This time it is Francesco Sica, who has been the concertmaster of the second violins ...
