The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (German: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn) is a renowned German Chamber Orchestra, located in Heilbronn (Baden Württemberg, Germany).
The Orchestra was founded by Jörg Faerber (*1929) in 1960 and has performed with artists like Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maurice André, James Galway, Hilary Hahn, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Quasthoff, Tabea Zimmermann and many others. The WKO has recorded more than 500 classical works for the labels Deutsche Grammophon (DGG) and Teldec.
The orchestra is regularly heard at major festivals like Salzburg Festival, Vienna Music Summer, International Festival of Music Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.
Since 2002 Ruben Gazarian has been artistic director of the orchestra.
