About
The Symphony Orchestra of St. Gallen is a symphony orchestra in eastern Switzerland. It plays its concerts mainly in the Tonhalle St. Gallen.
While St. Gallen knew in the 1850s subscription concerts, in which z. For example, when Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner also conducted a concert together for the first time, it was not until 1877 that a symphonic professional orchestra was founded, which was supported by the Konzertverein St. Gallen and served as a theater and concert orchestra. It was Othmar Schoeck, the Swiss composer and conductor, who directed the orchestra from 1917 to 1944. He was followed by u. a. Carl Schuricht, Paul Kletzki, Andre Cluytens, Samuel Friedman and John Neschling. In the year 2000, the Symphony Orchestra and the then Stadttheater St. Gallen joined together to concert and theater St. Gallen. In this way, a VAT optimization could be achieved because the symphony orchestra performs for the theater at operas, operettas and musicals.