Societe Wilhelm Furtwangler

SWF was founded the 25th of January 1969. Objectives include: - the publication of vinyl records and, as early as 1988, CDs . Some flagship publications are worthy of note, such as the October 1951 concert in Hamburg or the 1954 Paris concert. From 2018 also releases for download. - the lectures , for many years given by Sami Habra, highlighting Furtwängler through his reading of the great scores. - publications of studies on Furtwängler's activity: Furtwängler in France, in Italy, in Switzerland, in Lübeck, in his correspondence, through testimonies etc. - since 1989, chamber music concerts organized by the SWF, alone or in co-production. Some examples: the very first, in 1989, with the French premiere of Furtwängler's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 , or the concert bringing together the first consoles of the Luxembourg Philharmonic. - The digitalisation of SWF. The site, with its multiple aspects and the mass of its documents. There are newsletters for the members.