The chamber orchestra Cappella Istropolitana was founded in 1983. Its members share their pleasure of making music and their enthusiasm to play together in a small ensemble. Their way of playing is featured by great technical skill, a high level sound and enormous interpreting discipline as well as an extraordinary sensitive feeling for style. Paying tribute to their outstanding artistic facilities in 1991 the City Council of Bratislava appointed the orchestra "Chamber Orchestra of the City of Bratislava".

The ensemble has become part of the home and foreign music scene. They have performed in nearly all European countries, USA, Canada, Israel, Egypt, Japan, Korea, China, Macao, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, and took part in many renowned international festivals, such as Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Musikfestspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Rheingau Musik Festival, and many more.

Famous conductors and interpreters work with the orchestra, for example Alfred Brendel, Barbara Hendricks, Cyprien Katsaris, Boris Pergamenchikov, Stefan Vladar, Frank Peter Zimmermann.