Les Orpheistes Festival Orchestra

an international orchestra of outstanding musicians

The violin virtuoso Mario Hossen with some of his former students, who have in the meantime emerged as prize winners themselves from both national and international competitions, form the solid core of the orchestra under the artistic direction of Mario Hossen. LES ORPHEÏSTES has repeatedly proved its high quality and capability in concerts, on tours and with CD recordings.

Since its establishment, Swiss conductor Joel Mathias Jenny has worked frequently with the orchestra. Many famous musicians have been heard as part of LES ORPEÏSTES – the violinists Gérard Poulet, Takashi Shimizu, Dong Suk Kang, Sandor Javorkai; the violists Gérard Caussé and Wolfgang Klos; the cellists Anton Nikulescu, Wolfgang Panhofer and Dominique de Williencour; the pianists Milena Mollova, Adrian Oetiker, Brigitte Meyer. Boiko Zvetanov is connected with the orchestra as a Singer/Tenor, while Hansjörg Schellenberger (oboe) and Philipp Bernold (flute) have repeatedly conducted performances in the dual roles of soloist/conductor. Borislav Ivanov, François Pierre Descamps, Ji Park and Nayden Todorov deserve mentioning among the conductors.

Various CD recordings bear witness to the high musical and technical standard of the LES ORPHEISTES orchestra in works by Bach, Mozart, Stamitz, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.