Real name: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 2021

Members: Anton Stingl, Jörg Faerber, Martin Galling, Günther Passin, Fabian Menzel, Susanne Lautenbacher, Werner Keltsch, Wilhelm Melcher, Peter Buck (2), Norbert Schmitt, Wolfgang Läubin, Bernhard Läubin, Hannes Läubin, Arthur Balogh, Kurt Heinz Stolze, Willy Schnell, Сергей Драбкин, Paul Grund, Dietmar Keller, Georg Egger, Martha Schuster, Gabriele Zimmermann, Hedda Rothweiler, Hans-Joachim Erhard, Artur Rumetsch, Rudolf Breitschmid, Christof Roos, Hans Georg Fischer, David Schultheiss, Murat Önce, Stefan Trauer, Claus Zimmermann, Christoph Carl (3), Radboud Oomens, Irene Lachner, Alfred Boesen, Johannes Hehrmann, Brigitte Liebermann, Benedikt Büscher, Zohar Lerner, Blake Thomson (2), Gabriel Faur, Konstanze Felber, Sergei Drabkin

The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (German: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, WKO) is a renowned German Chamber Orchestra, located in Heilbronn, Baden Württemberg, Germany.

The orchestra was founded in 1960 by Jörg Faerber and has performed with artists such as Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maurice André, James Galway, Hilary Hahn, Gidon Kremer, Sabine Meyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Quasthoff and Tabea Zimmermann. 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, Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzingen Festival and Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele.

Since 2002 Ruben Gazarian has been artistic director of the orchestra, followed in 2018 by Case Scaglione.