Home Guest-artists during the festival of Meran 300 concerts, of wich 44 concerts (14,6 %) with artists from Italy. 164 concerts (54,7 %) of 107 differents orchestras: 22 concerts of orchestras form Italy, 142 from foreign countries: 31 x GB, 30 x USSR, 22 Italy, 18 x Germany, 10 x CZ, 9 x Hungary, 9 x Austria, 6 x Lithuania, 4 x Swiss, 4 x Netherlands, 4 x Poland, 3 x Australia, 3 x France, 2 x Finlandia, 2 x Israel, 1 x Asia, 1 x Croatia, 1 x Japan, 1 x Rumania, 1 x Slovacia,1 x Sweden, 1 x USA; 109 concerts with chamber music (36,3 %) of 100 different ensembles: 26 x Germany, 17 x Italy, 15 x Austria, 9 x Swiss, 9 x USA, 7 x GB, 5 x USSR, 2 x California, 2 x Danemark, 2 x Hungary, 2 x Netherlands, 2 x Poland, 1 x Bulgaria, 1 x Czech Republic, 1 x Irland, 1 x Israel, 1 x Japan, 1 x Korea, 1 x Portugal, 4 x ?; 27 concerts of soloists (9%). orchestra  ensembles chamber music  conductor  flute  guitar  harp  horn  clarinet  piano  contrabass  contratenor  mandolin  oboe  organ  percussion  singer  trumpet  violin  viola  violoncello  artistic director  artistic counselling  orchestra Academy of Ancient Music of Moscow USSR 1996 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields GB 1989, 90, 92, 92, 2003, 04 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Holland 2002 Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Holland 2006 Archi della Scala di Milano I 1992 Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra A 2003 Asian Youth Symphony Orchestra Asia 1998 Australian Chamber Orchestra 2002 Barockorchester Stuttgart D 2006 Basel Kammerorchester CH 2007 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Manchester GB 2004 BBC Symphony Orchestra London GB 2008 Berlin Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester D 2007 Bruckner Orchester Linz A 1996, 2005 Budapest Concert Orchestra Ungarn 2004 Budapest Festival Orchestra Ungarn 1989, 2002 Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Ungarn 1999 Budapest Symphony Orchestra Ungarn 2000, 2001, 2005 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra GB 2004, 2006 Collegium mit Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker D 2002 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra CZ 2003, 2006 Danish National Symphony Orchestra DAN 2005 Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie D 1990, 1990, 1991 Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg-Berlin D 2003 Dresdner Philharmonie D 2006 English Baroque Soloists GB 2000 English Chamber Orchestra GB 1993, 1999, 2008 European Community Chamber Orchestra GB 1993 European Union Baroque Orchestra GB 1997 Festival Strings Lucerne CH 1996 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra S 1999 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Fin 2008 Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Ungarn 1991, 2004 I Filarmonici del Teatro Comunale di Bologna I 1986 I Musici di Roma I 1991 I Solisti Veneti I 1987, 1989 I Virtuosi Italiani I 2003 Il Giardino Armonico I 2000 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Israel 1999, 2003 Kremerata Baltica Litauen 1998, 2000 Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Litauen 1996 Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra Litauen 1995, 2002 London Philharmonia Orchestra GB 1998, 2002, 2003 London Philharmonic Orchestra GB 2000, 2005 London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra GB 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007 London Symphony Orchestra GB 1994, 1994 Mahler Chamber Orchestra D 2001 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra USSR 1988, 1990, 2001 Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra USSR 1993 Moscow Soloists USSR 2001 Moscow State Symphony Orchestra USSR 1991, 1994, 2008 Moscow Symphony Orchestra USSR 1991, 1994 Moscow Tchaikowsky Symphony Orchestra USSR 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Moscow Virtuosi USSR 1988, 1997 Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg A 2002 NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg D 2004 Orchester des Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festivals D 1990 Orchestra da Camera del Festival di Brescia e Bergamo I 1988 Orchestra da Camera dell Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia I 1990 Orchestra da Camera Italiana I 1997 Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma I 2004 Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala I 2007 Orchestra Giovanile Italiana I 1995 Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento Südtirol-Alto Adige 1991, 93, 95, 97, 99 Orchestra Internazionale d Italia I 1996 Orchestra Nazionale della RAI I 1999 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment GB 2007 Orchestre de Paris F 1998 Orchestre Francais de Jeunes F 2002 Orchestre National de France F 1995 Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique GB 2001 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra USA 1987 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Fin 2006 Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Munich D 1995 Philharmonie der Nationen D 1997 Polish Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Polen 1988 Prague Philharmonia Orchestra CZ 2001, 2005, 2007 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra CZ 1994, 1996 Prague Symphony Orchestra CZ 1993, 2000, 2003 Pro Musicis Orchestra Meran-Merano Südtirol-Alto Adige 1990, 1991 Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart D 2000 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt D 2000, 2005 Roumanian Radio and Television Orchestra Rumänien 1987 Russian National Orchestra USSR 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2008 Russian New Symphony Orchestra USSR 2005 Russian State Symphony Orchestra USSR 2002 Sinfonia Varsovia Polen 1989, 2008 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra SL 2008 St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra USSR 1995, 1998, 2001 St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Eremitage" USSR 1997, 2003 State Symphony Orchestra of USSR USSR 1989 Streicherakademie Bozen Südtirol-Alto Adige 2008 Stuttgarter Philharmoniker D 1995 SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg D 2004 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Australia 2008 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks D 2003 The London Classical Players GB 1996 The Netherland Philharmonic Orchestra N 2007 Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Japan 2001 Vienna Chamber Orchestra A 1991, 1993 Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra A 2008 Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra Polen 1997 Wiener Akademie A 2006 Wiener Bachsolisten A 1986 Wiener Kammerphilharmonie A 2001 Zürcher Kammerorchester CH 2006 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Kroatien 1994 ensembles chamber music 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker D 1987 Abegg-Trio D 1988 Ahn Trio (Korea) USA 2003 Amsterdam Baroque Choir Holland 2002 Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet Holland 1999 Arkè String Quartet I 2003 Aulos Quintett D 1989 Beaux Arts Trio USA 1990 Beoga Quintet Irland 2006 Britten String Quartet London GB 1995 Camerata Bern CH 1986, 1989, 2007 Carmina String Quartet CH 2005 Catell Albert(Violoncello)-Uriel Tsachor(Klavier-Pianoforte) USA 1986 Chanticleer - An Orchestra of Voices California 2002 Chicago String Trio USA 1986 Die Singphoniker D 1993 Dobrek Bistro A 2005 Emerson String Quartet USA 1987, 2007 Endres String Quartet-Kontarsky Alfons(Klavier-Pianoforte) D 1986 English Brass Ensemble GB 1988 Ensemble "Convivium Musicum" I 1992 Ensemble "Pro Brass" A 1992 Ensemble "Salzburger Vaganten" A 1992 Ensemble "White Nights" of St. Petersburg USSR 2002 Ensemble Conductus Südtirol-Alto Adige 2003, 2006 Ensemble Katharsis Meran 2007 Ensemble Klezmorim D 2008 Ensemble Kroke Polen 2007 Ensemble Savadi 2008 Ensemble Unicorn Wien A 2007 Ensemble Windkraft A 2005 Flamenco Camerata D 2005 Franco D'Andrea Trio Südtirol-Alto Adige 2006 Giora Feidman Trio USA 1995, 1997 Glenn Miller Orchestra Belgien 2004 Gregory Gaynair's Pimiento Express D 2006 Hagen String Quartet A 1988, 2004 Hans Martin Linde Consort CH 1988 Haydn-Trio-Wien A 1987 Henschel String Quartet D 2006 Hungarian TV Choir CZ 2001 Il Complesso Barocco I 1999 Jacques Loussier Trio F 1999 Joao Maria Quartet Portugal 2002 Jourist Efim Quartet D 2003 Jozsef Lendvay & Friends Ungarn 2007 Kammerchor Stuttgart D 2006 Lösch Michael & Band Südtirol-Alto Adige 2006 Lamy Petra, Christoph Pauli and Friends D 1994 Late Night Band D 2003 Le Mystère de Voix Bulgares Bulgarien 1998 Lindsay String Quartet London GB 1989 London Baroque GB 2003 London Brass GB 1987 Magadis String Quartet Bolzano-Bozen Südtirol-Alto Adige 2008 Maisky Mischa (Violoncello)-Boris Petrushansky (Piano) USSR 1996 Marcovici Silvia (Violine-Violino)-Guttman Albert (Piano) CH 1986 Meiri Elias Ensemble A 2002 Melos String Quartet D 1993 Modern String Quartet D 1993, 2004 Munich Philharmonic Brass D 1994 New Art Saxophone Quartet CH 2004 NKQ The Nigel Kennedy Quintet GB 2008 Omar Sosa Trio 2007 Orchestre Tzigane Ungarn 1999 OTEM Oberdörfer, Tutzer, Mitterstainer Südtirol-Alto Adige 1998 Pixner Herbert Project Südtirol-Alto Adige 2008 Prague Chamber Choir CZ 2000, 2001 Prazak String Quartet CZ 2005 Quadro Nuevo D 2005, 2008 Quintetto Faurè di Roma I 1987 Red Hot Pod Jazz of Vienna A 1991 Rod Mason & His Hot Five D 1992 Safri Percussion Duo Dänemark 1998 Schiff Heinrich (Violoncello) - Gulda Paul (Klavier-Piano) A 1988 Schiff Heinrich (Violoncello) - Mustonen Olli (Klavier-Piano) A 1989 Schiff Heinrich (Violoncello) - Wyss Gerard (Klavier-Piano) A 1991 Schnittpunktvokal A 2008 Symphonic Winds Südtirol-Alto Adige 2000 Tenores di Neoneli I 2002 The Kings Singers GB 1994 The Monteverdi Choir GB 2000 The Patriarchal Choir of Moscow USSR 1995 The Schütz Choir of London GB 1996 The Swingle Singers GB 1990 The World Quintet CH 2006 Tokyo String Quartet Japan 2004 Trio Auréle Nicolet CH 1986 Trio Italiano I 2001 Trio Parnassus D 2004 Turtle Island String Quartet USA 2005 conductor Aadland Eivind 1993 Accardo Salvatore 1997 Antonioli Jean-Francois 2003 Bashmet Yuri 2001, 2005 Baudo Serge 2003 Baumgartner Rudolf 1996 Benini Maurizio 1986 Bernius Frieder 2006 Bollon Fabrice 2004 Boni Marco 2006 Brock Thimothy 2003 Brown Iona 1989 Bychkov Semyon 1990 Ciacci Diego Dini 1996 Comissiona Sergiu 1998 Conta Iosif 1987 Curtis Alan 1999 Davis Sir Andrew 2008 De Roo Kaspar 2005 Despalj Pavle 1994 DJ Vertigo 1997 Dohnanyi Christoph von 2002, 2004 Domarkas Juozas 1995 Dutoit Charles 1995, 2007 Eberle Christoph 1991 Fedoseyev Vladimir 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Fera Marcello Südtirol-Alto Adige 2004, 2006 Fischer Adam 1991 Fischer Ivan 1989, 2002 Foster Lawrence 2004 Frübeck de Burgos Rafael 2006 Frantz Justus 1997 Füri Thomas 1986, 1989 Gardiner Sir John Eliot 2000, 2001 Gatti Daniele 2001, 2007 Gelmetti Gianluigi 2008 Giulini Carlo Maria 1995 Grindenko Anatoli 1995 Grindenko Tatjana 1996 Hager Leopold 1989 Haselböck Martin 2006 Helmrath Michael 1995 Holliger Heinz 1989, 2005, 2008 Hrusa Jakub 2005 Janowsky Marek 2007 Jurowksi Vladimir 2005 Järvi Kristjan 2005 Järvi Neeme 1999 Järvi Paavo 2003 Kitaenko Dimitri 1988, 1990 Kocsis Zoltan 2004 Koenig Jan Latham 1993 Kogan Pavel 1991, 1994, 2008 Koopman Ton 1997, 2002 Kord Kazimierz 1997 Kreizberg Yakov 2007 Kremer Gidon 1998, 2000 Krivine Emmanuel 1998, 2002 Maazel Lorin 2003 Macal Zdenek 2003, 2006 Marin Ion 2004 Markiz Lev 1991 Marriner Sir Neville 1990, 92, 92, 2004 Martin Karl 1995, 1997 Masur Kurt 2000 Mehta Zubin 1999, 2003 Michniewski Wojciech 1999 Mintz Shlomo 1993 Norrington Sir Roger 1996, 1998, 2000 Noseda Gianandrea 2004 Oramo Sakari 2004, 2006 Orizio Agostino 1988 Otomo Naoto 2001 Pehlivanian George 2007 Penderecki Krzysztof 2002 Petracchi Franco 1990 Pletnev Mikhail 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2008 Poljansky Valery 1992, 1992 Prêtre Georges 1999 Rajski Wojciech 1988 Ross Bob 1994 Rozhdestvensky Gennady 1989 Russel Davies Dennis 2005 Saccani Rico 1999 Saraste Jukka-Pekka 2006, 2008 Schiff Heinrich 1990, 1991 Scimone Claudio 1987, 1989 Sieghart Martin 1996 Simonov Yuri 2001 Sondeckis Saulius 1996, 1997, 2003 Soudant Hubert 2002 Spivakov Vladimir 1997 Stern David 2007 Svarovsky Leos 2008 Tang Muhai 2006 Temirkanov Yuri 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 Tilson Thomas Michael 1994, 1994 Traunfellner Claudius 2001 Turnovsky Martin 1993, 2000, 2001 Valek Vladimir 1994, 1996 Vásáry Tamás 2000, 2001, 2005 Veit Alexander Südtirol-Alto Adige 2000 Wedam Ernst 1986 Weigle Jörg Peter 1995 Wolff Hugh 2000 Yablonsky Dmitry 2002 Zukerman Pinchas 1993, 2007 flute Grafenauer Irena 2000 Kofler Michael Martin 1992 Pahud Emmanuel 2002 Plummer Rosamund 2008 Posch Michael 2007 Pucci Romano 1992 guitar Biscuola Rolando Südtirol-Alto Adige 1997 Tommy Emmanuel 2007 harp Graf Maria 2000 horn Purvis William 1987 clarinet Dressler Anton 2005 Feidman Giora 1995, 1997 Meloni Fabrizio 1990 Orlowsky David 2008 Rapin Frederic 2003 piano Afanassiev Valery 1993 Argerich Martha 2007 Bambace Andrea & Kang Sabrina Südtirol-Alto Adige 2007 Baranova Marina 2008 Bavouzet Jean-Efflam 1995 Beresovsky Boris 1991, 2006 Bidini Fabio (Busoni) 1988 Bloch Boris 2006 Bronfman Yefim 1996 Buchbinder Rudolph 1995 Bunin Stanislav 1994 Caine Uri 2004 Campanella Michele 1990, 1996 Cazal Oliver (Busoni) 1990 Cominati Roberto (Busoni) 1993 Frantz Justus 1988, 1997 Frith Benjamin (Busoni) 1986 Garatti Maria Teresa 1991 Gavrilov Andrei 1997 Gelber Bruno Leonardo 1997 Gilad Jonathan 1998 Glemser Bernd 2005 Grimaud Helene 2004 Gulda Friedrich 1997 Gulda Paul 1990 Ibrahim Abdullah 2008 Jiraceck Jan Gottlieb (Busoni) 1996 Kainrath Peter Paul Südtirol-Alto Adige 1995 Kamenz Igor (Busoni) 1991 Kobrin Alexander (Busoni) 1999 Kocsis Zoltan 1989, 2004 Kravtchenko Anna (Busoni) 1992 Labeque Katia & Marielle 1990 Laneri Olaf John (Busoni) 1998 Lee Yoon-Soo (Busoni) 1997 Leonskaja Elisabeth 2008 Levin Robert 2001 Lonquich Alexander 2008 Lugansky Nikolai 2003 Lupo Bendetto 2005 Madzar Aleksandar (Busoni) 1989 Maisenberg Oleg 2000 Melnikov Alexander 2007 Morelli Volker 2004 Mustonen Olli 2002 Muzijevic Pedrac (Busoni) 1986 Nyman Michael 2005 Oppitz Gerhard 1999, 2001 Pasternak Benjamin (Busoni) 1988 Pauli Christoph 2003 Pedroni Simone 2001 Perahia Murray 2003 Petrushansky Boris 1996, 1997, 2005 Pires Maria Joao 2005 Pompili Enrico 1991 Postnikova Victoria 1989 Prutsman Stephen 1996 Sakagami Hiroko 1996 Samoschko Vitaly (Busoni) 1992 Say Fazil 2008 Shetler Norman 2005 Shtarkman Alexander (Busoni) 1995 Simonishwili Mzia (Busoni) 1994 Skanavi Katia 2005 Soerjadi Wibi 2002 Sokolov Grigory 1995 Stancul Jasminka 1994 Szidon Roberto 1986 Trull Natalia 1992 Vásáry Tamás 2000, 2001, 2005 Vladar Stefan 1991 Volodin Alexei 2008 Volodos Arcadi 2008 Zadra Fausto 1987 Zilberstein Lilya (Busoni) 1987, 1998 Zimerman Krystian 2006 contrabass Petracchi Franco 1990 contratenor James David 1996 mandolin Frati Dorina 1987 Ivanoff Vladimir 2001 Orlandi Ugo 1987 oboe Borgonovo Pietro 1988 Duca Renato 1992 Hommel Christian 1990 Negroni Alberto 1992 Pellerin Louise 2008 Seguardtova Libena 1993 Utkin Alexej 1988 organ Gasser Herbert Südtirol-Alto Adige 1999 percussion Grubinger Martin 2004 Kroumata Percussion Stockholm Schweden 2005 Safri Percussion Duo Kopenhagen 1998 singer Barainsky Claudia 1995 Bartoli Cecilia 2000 Benackova Gabriella 2003 Bertagnolli Gemma Südtirol-Alto Adige 2004 Bolot 2000 Bonell Gotthard Südtirol-Alto Adige 2005 Bostridge Ian 2007 Brauer Timna 2002 Dawtjan Araxia 1988 Gauteng Choir South Africa 2007 Ginsberg Francis 2001 Heltau Michael 2001 Hölzl Barbara 2000 Jeffers Gweneth-Ann 2007 Joao Maria 2000, 2002, 2007 Kirchschlager Angelika 2007 Kirkby Emma 2003 Larsson Ann 1999 Lechner Gabriella 2000 Lemalu Jonathan 2007 Lemper Ute 2006 McFerrin Bobby 2002 Mikulas Peter 2000 Oberdörfer Dietrich Südtirol-Alto Adige 2007 Petersen Marlies 1997 Posch Krista Südtirol-Alto Adige 2001 Quasthoff Thomas 2007 Straka Peter 2000 Suh Yeree 2008 Werba Markus 2004 trumpet Balsom Alison 2002 Boldocski Gabor 2008 Hardenberger Hakan 1998 Murphy Maurice 1994 Nakariakov Sergei 2003 Vizzutti Allen 2000 violin Accardo Salvatore 1997 Bushkov Evgeny 1994 Egger Georg Südtirol-Alto Adige 2008 Fischer Julia 2004, 2007 Grach Evgeny 1991 Grindenko Tatjana 1996 Grubert Ilya 2002 Hagen Lukas 1990 Hahn Hilary 2006 Hudecek Vaclav 1994 Kennedy Nigel 2002, 2008 Kremer Gidon 1998, 2000 Krylov Sergej 2007, 2008 Lakatos Roby 1999 Mintz Shlomo 1993 Mullova Viktoria 1990, 2000 Rachlin Julian 2006 Repin Vadim 2002 Shaham Gil 2000, 2001 Shuk Valentin 1988 Spivakov Vladimir 1988, 1997 Suwanai Akiko 2004 Toso Piero 1992 Tretiakov Viktor 2001 Vengerov Maxim 2005 Weinmeister Hanna 1991 Winischhofer Gernot 2003 Zehetmair Thomas 1991 Zimmermann Frank Peter 1999 Zukerman Pinchas 1993 viola Bashmet Yuri 2001 Hagen Veronika 1990 Paris Massimo 1991 violoncello D'Amico Aldo 1991 Dourthè Carlos 1995 Forsyth Amanda 2007 Gabetta Sol 2008 Hagen Clemens 1990 Haimovitz Matt 1993 Maisky Mischa 1996, 2003, 2006 Rostropovich Mstislav 1995 Schiff Heinrich 1990 Tetzlaff Tanja 1993 Watkins Paul 2004 Weinmeister Bruno 1991 artistic director