 The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is orchestra-in-residence in Ferrara.Long-term contracts also connect the orchestra to the Lucerne Festival, where the orchestra has performed since 2003.The orchestra had its international breakthrough just a year after its founding with Mozart’s opera "Don Giovanni", which premiered at the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence in 1998 under the direction of Claudio Abbado and Daniel Harding.