Touring Programs 2025/26

Date on request

Lucienne Renaudin Vary . direction & trumpet
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

This warm sound! These multiple colors! Can this really be a trumpet? "The trumpet is my voice," says the young Frenchwoman Lucienne Renaudin Vary. The secret of her unique tone might lie...

Read more … Her Trumpet's Voice

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Thomas Zehetmair . direction & violin
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Anyone who thinks musical universal geniuses are a thing of the past will be proven wrong with Thomas Zehetmair. The universally acclaimed Mozart expert...

Read more … One for all

July 17–19, 2026

Thomas Zehetmair . direction & violin
Sven Helbig . live elektronics
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Bach as a natural constant. As non-negotiable as gravity or water. Thomas Zehetmair, recently showered with international prizes for his recording of Bach‘s solo works, ...

Read more … Element Bach

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Franziska Hölscher . violin
Susanne von Gutzeit . direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

The celebrated violinist Franziska Hölscher takes the SKO into the depths of what music can express. All emotional worlds are filled with passion - a guarantee with the SKO.

Read more … Character pieces

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André Schoch . trumpet
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

What splendor and glory even without a literal Gloria. The former solo trumpeter of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra sets the mood for Christmas with the SKO.

Read more … From Holberg‘s Time

July 3–8, 2026

Kian Soltani . violoncello & direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

World-class cellist Kian Soltani at the SKO for the first time. In this program, he plays and conducts and gives us an idea of why Italy is such a place of longing.

Read more … Italianità

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Concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Our Spotify audience has voted. We play the all-time favorite tracks live! The most listened-to pieces from SKO's extensive discography have been accessed many millions of times. Included are of course evergreens by Bach, Pachelbel and co, but also surprise stars...

Read more … Greatest Clicks

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Concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

With Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky's String Serenade, you almost have to ask who is the bigger celebrity: the work or the composer. Two signature pieces of the string orchestra literature ...

Read more … Celebrities

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Christopher Ainslie . countertenor
Nikolaus von Bülow . concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

We continue our BaRock series by fusing Kurt Cobain's grunge metal punk rock and Henry Purcell‘s baroque in a musical nirvana.

Read more … Nirvana

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Daniel Sepec . direction & violin
Bernie Mallinger . arrangements (commissioned by the SKO)

Lustfully punchy: there are couples you have to love, even if the age difference is disturbing. The main thing is that they have common themes...

Read more … Iron Maiden in love with Vivaldi

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Concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Paris as inspiration, as an unmistakable sound runs through the program. It doesn‘t always have to be Mozart. The audience will be seduced...

Read more … Souvenirs de Paris

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Susanne von Gutzeit . direction & violin
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Genius is independent from age: Mendelssohn composed his string symphonies as a teenager, Haydn his Divertimento a little older and the Recercar from the Musical Offering...

Read more … As Time goes by

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Concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

From Venice to Buenos Aires: Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla present the Four Seasons in a gripping musical setting ...

Read more … Eight Seasons

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Concertmaster direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

17 strings, that's all it takes when the SKO plays. Its string artistry and a virtuoso-romantic program make you reliably happy.

Read more … Romance in Prague

September 30 – October 4, 2025

Thomas Zehetmair . direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

It is a gigantic, electrifying project: the SKO is recording all nine Beethoven symphonies under the direction of its chief conductor Thomas Zehetmair.

Read more … The Beethoven Project

December 13–17, 2025

Ilya Gringolts . direction & violin
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Limited special repertoire? Far from it with Ilya Gringolts and the SKO. An exquisite and wonderful journey through the centuries.

Read more … Time Travel

January 7–11 & 15–16, 2026

Thomas Zehetmair . direction
Pierre-Laurent Aimard . piano
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

When the chief conductor sees Mozart as his musical center, the soloist describes the chief conductor as the leading Mozart interpreter, and the orchestra ...

Read more … Mozartiana

March 11–15, 2026

Sophie Pacini . piano & moderation
Susanne von Gutzeit . direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

In the serenades, the SKO is completely at home: 17 strings, perfectly attuned to each other. And Sophie Pacini, who not only captivates the audience...

Read more … Serenissimo

March 20–29, 2026

Julia Lezhneva . soprano
Valer Sabadus . coutertenor
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

A dream cast for music that couldn‘t be more beautiful. Works by Pärt and Vasks complete the program as a contemporary reflection of Pergolesi.

Read more … Stabat Mater

April 16 & 18, 2026

Tabea Zimmermann . direction & viola
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

The violist par excellence plays and leads a program with rousing drive. But beware: chasms open up beneath the surface.

Read more … At the boiling Point

May 8–12, 2026

Thomas Zehetmair . direction
Daniel Ottensamer . clarinet
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

“To die for“ was presumably first said after the premiere of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. A program for gourmets and harmony addicts...

Read more … Unearthly

July 11–19, 2026

Avishai Cohen Trio
Avishai Cohen . double bass & vocals
Guy Moskovich . piano
Roni Kaspi . drums
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Avishai Cohen and the SKO know and appreciate each other. His melodious, rhythmically intricate songs, his characteristic voice and the SKO‘s groove...

Read more … Two Roses