Kammerorchester Basel

The Kammerorchester Basel ("Basel Chamber Orchestra") has inherited a long tradition of small-ensemble music-making in the Swiss city of Basel, cultivating a twin focus on early music and contemporary music. The orchestra was founded in 1984 by a group of Swiss music students, using the name Serenata Basel. Their intent was to supplant the long-standing Basler Kammerorchester and, like that group, offer programs that mixed early and contemporary repertories. Johannes Schläfli was the orchestra's first and only conductor; when he departed in 1999, also the year the group took ...