Camerata Salzburg

Name: Camerata Salzburg
Address: Bergstraße 12, Salzburg, AT, 5020
Telephone: +43662 873104

The CAMERATA Salzburg is a renowned chamber orchestra that, in addition to performances in Salzburg, regularly serves as a cultural ambassador on the major concert stages of the world - from Vienna to Hamburg, Paris to Tokyo, and Buenos Aires.

At home in Salzburg and the world for over 70 years

With its own concert series and as the resident ensemble of the Salzburg Festival and the Mozart Week, the CAMERATA shapes the music city. As its cultural ambassador, it also performs on the great international concert stages. The orchestra, with musicians from currently more than 20 nations, particularly embodies the sound of the Viennese Classic, namely the music of the famous son of its hometown, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The unique CAMERATA sound

In 1952, the Viennese conductor and musicologist Bernhard Paumgartner, active in Salzburg, founded the Camerata Academica as a body of educators and students from the Mozarteum with his vision of creating an ideal sound through the individual responsibility of each musician in the highest sense of community. The greatest influence on the development of the CAMERATA came from Sándor Végh, who served as chief conductor from 1978 to 1997. His credo of approaching each piece as in the chamber music interplay of a string quartet continues to shape the sound and playing style of the CAMERATA to this day.

Collaboration with artistic partners and international top stars of classical music

Since 2016, the CAMERATA has been performing under its own management and democratic understanding with its concertmasters and artistic leaders Gregory Ahss and Afanasy Chupin, as well as in collaboration with guest conductors depending on the repertoire. A profound collaboration connects the CAMERATA with its artistic partners, violinist Janine Jansen and tenor Julian Prégardien. In the anniversary season 2026/27, "Listen more, hate less," the CAMERATA will additionally work with artists such as Alexandre Tharaud, Finnegan Downie-Dear, Vox Luminis, Juliana Avdeeva, Mao Fujita, and Kian Soltani.

Music education programs of the CAMERATA

The CAMERATA places special emphasis on music education work. Including projects in kindergartens and schools such as "Papageno goes to school" and "CAMERATA Soundscapes," they bring the fascination of classical music closer to the younger generation. With the "Concert for ALL – really everyone!" the CAMERATA has developed a concert format for people with and without disabilities that allows for individual needs. In the CAMERATA Soundbars, music is connected with themes from technology, art, medicine, or sports that one would not expect.