The AHV Philharmonic Orchestra plays
The orchestra of retired professional musicians, founded by Bruno Schneider, gave its first concert in mid-April and handed over the proceeds to Procap.
In December 2022, Bruno Schneider described in the Swiss Music Newspaper his plan: "I am therefore launching the idea of a Swiss orchestra of retired professionals, open to all musicians who have worked at a musical institution in Switzerland and receive AHV. The aim would be one or two projects under an orchestra director to be found, i.e. one or two concerts a year, the proceeds of which we would donate to a charitable organization."
A first concert
The idea was realized in spring 2024. Roland Perrenoud writes: "The AHV-Philharmonie was born and christened on Friday, April 19, 2024, at 7 pm. The music hall in La Chaux-de-Fonds was packed for the occasion. An astonished audience watched and listened to the grey heads, who played a magnificent program of Mozart (Sinfonia concertante) and Dvořák (Symphony No. 8) with fiery enthusiasm. The success was commensurate with the performance. Even during the interval, the musicians' joy, their warm contact with each other and the audience and their professionalism were palpable. With Nandingua Bayarbaatar, they had chosen a young conductor from Ulan Bator. She had studied at the conservatory in Geneva and her elegance and efficiency impressed everyone."
The next concert is planned for December 15 this year in Bern.
Future pensioners are very welcome and can contact Bruno Schneider, brubru@swissonline.chreport.
