Salzburg Orchester Solisten

The chamber ensemble Salzburg Orchestra Soloists was founded in 2005 by the percussionist Andreas Steiner. Its players come from the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and from other traditional Austrian and German orchestras.
At the heart of the group’s artistic work are symphonic pieces from the Classical and Romantic periods, and the Salzburg Orchestra Soloists are also dedicated to performing 20th-century repertory. The ensemble is especially focussed on performing compositions by members of the International Society for New Music (IGNM), founded in 1922 for the promotion and presentation of contemporary music.
The ensemble’s characteristic feature is that it performs orchestral and ensemble music in the original instrumentation as well as in arrangements, in a soloistic formation, without a conductor. Through the intensive collaboration of its highly qualified musicians, the ensemble has found a special sound with which it has quickly made a name for itself beyond its native country’s borders. Since 2007 the Salzburg Orchestra Soloists have been regular guests in international concert series and at festivals throughout Europe. In 2013 the ensemble made its debut at the Salzburg Festival, and since then it has regularly accompanied the children’s operas in the Festival’s jung & jede*r series. In 2014 and 2018 the ensemble undertook extensive concert tours to Korea.
The Salzburg Orchestra Soloists’ CD recordings – both live and from the studio – have received great critical acclaim from the specialist press.