Innumerable concert performances around the globe and participation in the top international music festivals are evidence enough of the high quality and the outstanding reputation of the ensemble. Conductors such as Ferdinand Leitner, Trevor Pinnock, Frans Bruggen, Andreas Delfs, Dimitry Sitkovetsky or Lev Markiz have led the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and many world famous soloists have performed at concerts together with the ensemble. Just to name a few: Henryk Szeryng, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff, Christian Zacharias, Mischa Maisky, Kim Kashkashian, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek and Shlomo Mintz – to name but a few.

Dennis Russell Davies has been the orchestras principal conductor from 1995 to 2006. In the selection of works, he has set a new course: with music of the 20th century the orchestra has been able to distinguish itself successfully, both in concerts as well as in recordings. Composers such as Philip Glass or Giya Kancheli have dedicated works to the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, commissions are regularly awarded to composers and the repertoire is constantly cultivated and renewed. .

There is a close cooperation between the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the recording label ECM. Piano concerts of W.A. Mozart played by the jazz pianist Keith Jarrett as well as recordings with the Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek and Kim Kashkashian have been published under this label.

In addition to CDs the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has begun to produce DVD-Audios. Recent recordings of all Brandenburg Concertos directed by the principal concertmaster Benjamin Hudson and the recordings of the J.S. Bach violin concerts (TACET) as well as P.I. Tschaikovsky String serenade op. 48, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies (published by MDG) and Giya Kancheli, Diplipito/Valse Boston (ECM Records) have all received the best reviews in the international trade press.

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra perceives itself as a messenger of music of the capital of Baden-W?rttemberg, Stuttgart, and proves its dedication by many international guest performances. The cultural community in Stuttgart offers 9 subscription concerts with the orchestra in the Mozart Hall of the Liederhalle. Furthermore a project which is unique world-wide has been realized under the sponsorship of Mercedes-Benz/Stuttgart: the “Haydn Decade”. During a period of eleven years, from 1998 till 2009, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra directed by Dennis Russell Davies performs all the symphonies by Joseph Haydn and records these on CD.

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra is a frequent guest on international concert podiums. In addition to numerous national and European guest performances (2002/2003: Netherlands, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, Hungary) the orchestra had been touring the Far East (Malaysia and Singapore in 2002, Japan, Korea, and China in 2003), South America (2003), the USA (2003), Japan and Korea 2005, Israel, Switzerland, Greece and Italy in 2006.

Since september 2006 Michael Hofstetter is principal conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra is sponsored by the country of Baden-Wurttemberg, the City of Stuttgart and the Robert Bosch GmbH.