La Cetra Basel is one of the most dis­tin­guished early music ensembles in Switzer­land and one of the most import­ant in Europe. Foun­ded in 1999 in the envir­on­ment of the Schola Can­tor­um Basi­li­en­sis, the ensemble has pas­sion­ately pur­sued authen­t­ic sound for over 25 years. Under the dir­ec­tion of the acclaimed Itali­an early music expert Andrea Mar­con, La Cetra Basel unites the Baroque orches­tra and, since 2012, also the vocal ensemble. The Basel ensemble’s rep­er­toire spans from the Renais­sance to the Clas­sic­al peri­od and encom­passes opera, vocal, and instru­ment­al music.

La Cetra is firmly rooted in Basel and in demand inter­na­tion­ally: inde­pend­ent con­cert series at St Martin’s Church and the Stadtcasino Basel altern­ate with guest per­form­ances in lead­ing European con­cert halls and renowned fest­ivals. These are com­ple­men­ted by annu­al co-pro­duc­tions with Theat­er Basel. Inter­na­tion­ally, the peri­od-instru­ment ensemble can be exper­i­enced at renowned ven­ues in 2026/27, includ­ing in spring 2027 at the Con­cer­t­ge­bouw Ams­ter­dam, in Prague, Regens­burg and at the Tongyeong Fest­iv­al in South Korea.

Opheli­as Cul­ture PR sup­ports the ensemble com­pre­hens­ively in press and pub­lic rela­tions – with a par­tic­u­lar focus on inter­na­tion­al media – as well as in digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion, to sus­tain­ably strengthen the vis­ib­il­ity and pro­file of La Cetra Basel.