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Contrasts
Schumann meets Wagner
They knew each other. They appreciated each other. But they still didn't understand each other. ...
Portrait Philippe Jordan
He knows what he (doesn't) want
Conductor Philippe Jordan, an internationally highly successful Zurich native, will soon be leading ...
Mahler cycle
"A new universe"
In February, Paavo Järvi starts a new cycle of Mahler's symphonies with the Tonhalle-Orchester ...
Portrait Alice Sara Ott
"Just as if I were stepping on new snow"
Alice Sara Ott eagerly awaits the score that Bryce Dessner is writing for her. It is the first ...
Bryce Dessner
Traveller in the multiverse
Bryce Dessner moves with supreme ease between at least two worlds: on the indie rock stages as a ...
Visit to the hearing lab
Our ear: Like a piano with thousands of keys
We usually go to them when it's already too late, when our ears hurt, when they're stuffed with ...
Music can heal
"You feel safe in this sound"
Concerts can be emotionally moving, making music is good for you. No wonder, music therapy has a ...
Music can make you ill
Instruments are not wellness devices
The fact that playing music at a high level can lead to health problems is still a sensitive issue. ...
Episode 8
«Tram for Two» with Paavo Järvi and Gianandrea Noseda
For the eighth episode of «Tram for Two», Paavo Järvi invited the Italian conductor Gianandrea ...
Concert recording: Bruckner's Symphony No. 6
The composer himself described this symphony as his "cheekiest". ...
Work portrait
Experimental Lament
Haydn's symphony "Lamentatione" is performed less frequently than other of his works. Yet it ...
Ihr Engagement
Valuable Friendships
The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich has been able to count on the support of the Freundeskreis (formerly ...

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