Focus on music in Winterthur
In its recently published cultural mission statement, the city of Winterthur acknowledges its music and museum scene. These should set the priorities without neglecting the diversity of cultural life.
The museums with their top-class art collections and exhibitions have characterized the cultural city of Winterthur since the 19th century, according to the cultural mission statement. This also applies to the Musikkollegium Winterthur orchestra, which emerged from the Musikkollegium founded 250 years earlier. The music festivals are also core elements of Winterthur's cultural life.
Since the 1990s, the city has also made a name for itself with the Center for Photography, which has a national reputation. Technorama, Gewerbemuseum, Naturmuseum and other exhibition venues complement the focus on museums.
In the long-term perspective, the mission statement commits to the music festivals of various musical genres and the Musikkollegium Winterthur. The latter should retain its status as a professional orchestra.
The new cultural mission statement of the city of Winterthur can here can be downloaded.
