About us/contact
Sponsoring association
The association "Tribute to the Chamber Orchestra Alexander Schaichet", is a tax-exempt association. Its purpose is to organize, carry out and finance the anniversary celebrations in 2020 commemorating the first Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland by Alexander Schaichet and research the musical heritage of Alexander and Irma Schaichet.
President of the association is Dr. Kurt Meier, attorney at law, Lutherstrasse 36, 8004 Zurich, kurt.meier@mffh.ch
Responsibility for the anniversary project 2020: Irene Forster and Anne-Maj Lüthy Bimmler.
Patronage
The patronage of the anniversary celebrations in 2020 includes:
Dr. Ursula Gut-Winterberger (former executive councilor), Moritz Leuenberger (former federal councilor), Michael Eidenbenz (director of the department of music at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK), Esther Kartagener (pianist), Josef Estermann (former president of the Zurich city council), Karen Roth-Krauthammer (president of Omanut), Bruno Spoerri (musician), Nina Zafran-Sagal (former president of Omanut), Regine Aeppli (former executive councilor), Ruth Speiser-Bär.
Acknowledgements
The following institutions support the anniversary celebrations:
Finanzdepartement der Stadt Zürich, unterstützt durch den Beitragsfonds
Stiftung STAB für Abendländische Ethik und Kultur
LANDIS & GYR
Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim Stiftung
Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung
Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim-Stiftung
Stiftung Baugarten Zürich
Georges und Jenny Bloch-Stiftung
Bank Julius Bär AG
Martha von Castelberg-Stiftung
Dr. Adolf Streuli-Stiftung
Albert Huber-Stiftung
Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich
Hans Schaeuble Stiftung
as well as many private donors
Contact
Do you recognize someone in the photos or do you have texts or old concert programs from the Chamber Orchestra? Or would you simply like to share some information with us?
Just write to us, we are looking forward to your message.
info@schaichet.ch