Light Muse, Swing and Ländler

In 1973, during his time as a student at the Winterthur Conservatory, Reto Parolari founded the Orchestra Reto Parolari. The first public concert of the newly founded ensemble took place on July 1, 1973 on the Serenaden-Platz of the Winterthur Conservatory. The program included works by Josef Rixner, Fritz Kreisler, Franz Lehár, Ernst Fischer and Vittorio Monti.

Original cast
All the great composers have also written music that can be classified as light music. For Reto Parolari, it is therefore important that these works are performed with the original instrumentation: "Authenticity and honesty are essential for the performer. Sound-optimizing synthesizers and sequencers have no place here. They only ruin the original, highly differentiated texture of a piece and in particular its transparency and depth of sound. Because the melodic events often change across the different registers." (SMZ 10/2008 P. 19/20).

Photo: ORP

The ZS Big Band