Camerata Bern is one of Europe's leading chamber orchestras, performing music spanning from the Renaissance to newly commissioned works. It has toured throughout the world and regularly performs with elite soloists. Since its debut, the ensemble has performed without a conductor, taking cues instead from its concertmaster. Camerata Bern has kept up a steady recording schedule in the 2020s, backing concertmaster and artistic partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Thomas Kaufmann on the 2025 album Exile.
Camerata Bern was founded in 1962 by string students studying under M...