Symphonisches Orchester Zürich (Zurich Symphony Orchestra) (S-O-Z) is a symphony orchestra made of up 72 professional freelance musicians, based in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was founded in 1981 by its current music director, Daniel Schweizer

Daniel Schweizer

Daniel Schweizer, born 1953, founded the Zurich Symphony Orchestra after his music study in violin, cello, and directing . He had his debut as a conductor in 1981. Today the S-O-Z belongs to the cultural life of the city Zurich...

. S-O-Z performs approximately thirty-five concerts per year, with Tonhalle as its resident concert hall. Among soloist the orchestra has performed with are Brigitte Farner, Michiko Tsuda, Nina Karmon, Lynnette Seah

Lynnette Seah

Lynnette Seah Mei Tsing is an internationally acclaimed Singaporean violinist serving as co-leader of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as the only musician to have performed full-time with the SSO since 1979 - a position she is holding on at the Symphony together with Alexander Souptel.She is...

, Ulrich Meldau, Raffael Gintoli, Oswaldo Souza and Michael Erni. The orchestra has toured Singapore, Germany, Italy and Spain.