Claves Records
Founded	1968 (1968)
Founder	Marguerite Dütschler Ursula Pfaehler
Genre	Classical
Country of origin	Switzerland
Location	Prilly,[1] Vaud
Official website	www.claves.ch

Claves Records is a Swiss classical record label, which was founded in 1968 by Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber (1931–2006) in Thun.^[2]

History

Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber founded Claves with business partner Ursula Pfaehler when her piano teacher Jörg Ewald Dähler was unable to find a company willing to record and issue an LP of Bach preludes.^[3] The label specialised in Swiss music and artists such as flutist Peter-Lukas Graf and Lieder recitals by performers including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Teresa Berganza and Ernst Haefliger.^[4] Claves also launched the recording career of María Bayo.

Claves Records SA was formally founded in 1968.^[5] In 2004, the label was acquired by the Clara Haskil^[6] foundation and then by Olivier Verrey who runs the company with other board members. Its first managing director was Antonin Scherrer who was succeeded by Thierry Scherz, In 2010 Patrick Peikert succeeded Scherz as managing director.^[7]

Claves Records is now located in Prilly,^[8] Switzerland.

Orchestras

• Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
• Chamber Orchestra Tibor Varga
• City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa (Basque National Orchestra)
• Orchestra Mozart
• Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
• Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
• Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
• Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
• Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie
• Orchestre National de Paris
• Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
• The Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra

Artists

Collaborations and co-productions

• Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad
• Clara Haskil International Piano Competition (Concours Clara Haskil)
• Montres Breguet & Concours de Genève (Geneva Competition)
• Lavaux Classic (Cully Classique)
• RTS - Espace2

References

External links

• Official website