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For more than forty years, from the ensemble's founder Rudolf Baumgartner played a role as a performing artist and in due course as conductor and artistic director of the ensemble. He had a fundamental influence on the ensemble’s artistic direction however the golden and sparkling sound of the orchestra derives from fellow-founder, the legendary Viennese violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan.
The Lucerne Festival Strings have been established in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner. The regular ensemble consists of 17 string players and a harpsichordist but can also be expanded to a larger chamber orchestra according to the specific repertoire.
The Strings owe their special sound both to the masterful instruments used by the players, which were partially made in the legendary workshops of Cremona by Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati, and to their great performance tradition. Since 2012 the concertmaster Daniel Dodds has served as Artistic Director.
The orchestra regularly tours extensively throughout Europe, appearing at prominent festivals and concert halls. Past overseas tours have taken the Orchestra to South America (2007), USA (2008), Japan (2009) with concerts at Tokyo Suntory Hall and more, South Korea (2010) with concerts at Seoul Arts Center, to China (2010, 2011) with concerts at Beijing’s NCPA,
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Guangzhou Grand Opera and again, most recently to South America (2013) and to China with concerts at the highly prestigious Hong Kong Arts Festival (2014).
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自从乐团创立的40多年来，鲁道夫·鲍加特纳一直在乐团中担任首席艺术指导、演奏家和指挥。他对于乐团的艺术风格、演出风格等有奠基性的影响。当然乐团的明亮而醇厚的音色也受到维也纳小提琴家Wolfgang Schneiderhan的影响，Wolfgang Schneiderhan同时也是乐团的合伙创立人之一。
琉森节日弦乐团自1956年由Wolfgang Schneiderhan和鲁道夫·鲍加特纳合作创立，乐团的常规配置是17把提琴和一把大键琴，当然随着出演作品的不同，乐团的配置也能够扩展到更大型的室内乐团配置。
弦乐团美妙的音色和他们手中的名贵乐器也有很大关系。部分乐器是由斯特拉迪瓦里、瓜奈里、阿玛迪在Cremona工作坊按照很高的表演标准制作的，自2012年以来，大师丹尼尔·多德担任乐团的艺术总监，除此之外乐团还提名德国籍日本小提琴家Arabella Steinbacher作为首席客座艺术家。
乐团的常规巡演范围包括欧洲各大音乐厅和音乐节。乐团曾经在南美（2007年）、美国（2008年）、日本（2009年）、韩国（2010年）、中国（2010 和2011年）举办过成功的巡演。最近，乐团重赴南美（2013）和中国（2014），并且在中国参加了著名的香港音乐节。