Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, SCO) was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1945, and quickly established a reputation for its J.S Bach interpretations, an attempt to liberate this music from the influence of the Romantic Age. Following a triumphant Paris debut in 1949, as the first German orchestra to perform there post-war, the success of the SCO is reflected in the frequent invitations to perform all over the world and to participate in the celebrated Salzburg-, Edinburgh-, Prague Spring- and Colmar festivals, among many others.