Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento

The activities of the Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento extend far beyond the music of the composer for whom the group is named. The orchestra has toured as far afield as Japan and the U.S. The Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento was founded as the Orchestra Haydn in Bolzano in 1960, giving its first performances that year under conductor Antonio Pedrotti. The orchestra assumed its present name in 1977. The orchestra released an album of Haydn symphonies in 1967 and has gone on to amass a large recording catalog. The Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento has premiered works by such major composers as Luigi Dallapiccola, Luigi Nono, and Luciano Berio. In 2023, the orchestra backed violist Anna Serova in her arrangement of William Walton's cello concerto.