Swiss orchestra switches baton
OrchestrasThe Freiburg Chamber Orchestra has replaced its founding conductor Laurent Gendre with Philipp Bach. Gendre has led the orchestra since its inception in 2009.
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Freiburg im Breisgau is in Germany. Fribourg is in Switzerland.
Actually, the city is called Freiburg in German, but since it has a majority French speaking population it is normally referred to as Fribourg. And as you allude to, this prevents confusion with Freiburg im Breisgau:-)
Perhaps you meant “Fribourg”?
Not sure Freiburg is in Switzerland!