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Symphonies et Fanfares pour les festes Sur Le Canal de Versailles. Bernard Wahl..

Bernard Wahl, founder of the Versailles Chamber Orchestra. In addition to the concerts he gives inFrance, multiple tours abroad have led the Chamber Orchestra of Versailles in almost all the countries ofEurope,Asiaand theMiddle East,NorthandSouth America.South andAfrica.

The Orchestra has accompanied famous soloists and recorded numerous works on vinyls andCDs. HistoricalTo modify From 1952 to 1994: the Bernard Wahl eraTo modify Trained at theVersailles Conservatory, Bernard Wahl decided to turn to conducting after having taken composition lessons withArthur Honegger.He founded the Versailles Chamber Orchestra in 1952 with a group of friends, all former students of the city's Conservatory[1].

The first concert takes place atthe Montansier theaterinVersaillesJune 4, 1952. For nearly 30 years, he provided a musical season of 3 to 6 concerts per year thanks to the kindness of the famous director of the theater Marcelle Tassencourt.His concerts are very popular, and in the western suburbs, cultural centers regularly call on the OCV.Each year, several concerts are given at thePalace of Versailles.The reviews are unanimously very laudatory[2]. As early as 1958, the orchestra performed almost everywhere in France and in Europe[3].Abroad, the French musical works of the School of Versailles are highly appreciated.During a concert given inAmsterdamin 1959 at theConcertgebouw, the press and enthusiastic critics pushed the activity of the Versailles Chamber Orchestra towards an even more international career.Thus in 1971, a long journey of two months and 60,000 km, leads this group fromBerlintoMexicoviaChile,Paraguay,Argentina[4],Central America.and theCaribbean.The orchestra participates in numerous festivals and in radio and television broadcasts[5]. It is one of the first guest orchestras inChina, and in 1987, the first chamber orchestra invited to Berlin in the great hall of the concerthaus to celebrate the city's 750th anniversary.The orchestra has given more than 1,500 concerts in some forty countries, supported for a long time by theGeneral Council of Yvelines, by the city of Versailles and by the Directorate General of Cultural Affairs, by patrons and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 1994: the Anne-Claude Villars eraTo modify Since 1994: the Anne-Claude Villars eraTo modify Since the death of its conductor and founder Bernard Wahl in 1994 during a rehearsal at the Montansier theater in Versailles, the orchestra has continued its career under the musical direction of its solo violin:Anne-Claude Villars.Regularly, the orchestra participates in educational concerts, presenting works such asPierre et le LoupbyProkofievorthe Carnival of the AnimalsofSaint-Sans, and helps young people to learn more about music.The ensemble continues its contribution to musical education, and in particular to those who do not usually have access to it. Having lost in 2010 its sources of subsidy following a serious illness of its artistic director (healed since), the orchestra continues its activity with as objective this same level of musical quality sought to bring beautiful musical emotions to its audience.The orchestra celebrated its 68th anniversary in 2020.

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