A warm welcome, NIK BOHNENBERGER!

We are delighted to welcome the luxembourgish composer
Nik Bohnenberger
as our new
Artistic Manager !


Dear  audience

The arts and humanities of today often exhibit a particularly complex relationship with history. The impulse to challenge and reject conventional wisdom – a hallmark of the post-modernism of the late 20th century – has come to be intertwined with something that, while it cannot quite be described as nostalgia, at least carries a sense that we are all, for better or worse, exiles of the past. In other words, we have within us the capacity to think and act as past generations did, like a diaspora community that suddenly revives abandoned customs from its ancestral homeland.

As we as artists become increasingly critical of the legacies of so-called Western high culture and its institutions, it is necessary to reflect upon our relationship with history and the implications of our deep connection to it – after all, meaningful efforts to redress the lack of inclusivity that was the norm in our field for centuries are only a recent phenomenon. Our 23/24 season is therefore a contemplation on what distinguishes today from yesterday, this year from last year, this century from last century… We recognise the progress which is enriching and diversifying our musical landscape while also holding ourselves up to scrutiny and seeking to engage with criticism for the parts of history that we still carry with us.

In our Freiburg Subscriber Season, Ensemble Recherche will present five concert events which endeavour, each in a different way, to examine the echoes of the past in our creative milieu. At the heart of these projects is the desire to create a framework in which composers and sound artists of diverse backgrounds, identities and stylistic orientations may express through music their perspectives and convictions with respect to the concepts briefly touched upon above. We hope that you, our listeners, will join the conversation too!

These projects and others will of course also be presented beyond the walls of our hometown, with performances at festivals including Traiettorie, Eclat, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik and Acht Brücken. Finally, pedagogical and outreach engagements this season will see us travel to the four corners of Germany, as well as to Switzerland and Greece.

Your Ensemble Recherche

NEWS FLASH

1 week ago

ABO 5 – 40 years Recherche! 🧡This year, Ensemble Recherche is celebrating its 40th anniversary! The celebrations will take place over three days and will include concerts, talks, parties, CD release, coffee and cake, beer and amazing music!SAVE THE DATES 11. July 2025 12. July 2025 13. July 2025 VenueEnsemblehaus FreiburgSchützenallee 72Freiburg im Breisgau, 79102About the concerts Since its foundation in 1985, Ensemble Recherche has made a truly significant contribution to the culture of contemporary music in Germany and around the world. In 2025, we celebrate the ensemble’s 40th birthday by looking back – and forward – at some of the works and collaborations with composers that have shaped, and continue to shape, our creative identity.40 Jahre Recherche! comprises four concerts – each dedicated to a decade of the ensemble’s existence –held over a three-day period in Ensemblehaus Freiburg. The programmes, curated collectively by ensemble members and artistic management, combine masterworks by familiar names with world premieres by younger composers whose creative visions we admire.With works byMorton Feldman | Allan Madsen (UA) | Gérard Grisey | Georg Friedrich Haas | Lucia Ronchetti | Bryan Ferneyhough | Carola Bauckholt | Wolfgang Rihm | Isabel Mundry | Györgi Kurtag | Marc Andre | Salvatore Sciarrino | Clara Iannotta | Hector Parra | François Sarhan | Simon Steen Andersen | Hans Abrahamsen | Ramon Lazkano | Chaya Czernowin | Hugues Dufourt | Monthati Masebe | Anda Kryeziu | Lisa Streich | Elnaz Seyedhi | sowie dem Versuch einer Annäherung an das Streichtrio Nr. 1 von Helmut LachenmannENSEMBLE RECHERCHEAnja Clift, fluteEduardo Olloqui, oboeShizuyo Oka, clarinetKlaus Steffes-Holländer, pianoChristian Dierstein, percussionAdam Woodward, violinSofia von Atzingen, violaÅsa Åkerberg, violoncelloLukas Nowok, sound designTicketsavailable at reservix.de, at Badische Zeitung Ticketservice and at the box officeEntry to the last concert is free! A cooperation between Ensemble Recherche and the Freunde of the Ensemble Recherche e.V.We are incredibly happy to have the support and presence of Brauerei Ganter ... See MoreSee Less
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Pfingstfestspiele Festspielhaus Baden-Baden➡️ 7.June | 18:00at Festspielhaus Baden-BadenBeim Alten Bahnhof, 76530 Baden-Baden 🥳 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pierre Boulez at the Pfingstfestspiele Baden-Baden with his masterwork “Le marteau sans maître”, and sharing the concert with young composers and instrumentalists from the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe! @hfm_karlsruhe💭 About the concert; Salon 1955 - Poetry becomes musicIn Baden-Baden in 1955, Pierre Boulez set three cycles of poems by the surrealist René Char to music. However, he did not order the poem cycles one after the other. Instead, he interlocked them like a geometric experiment. René Char joined the Resistance. His friends included the painter Joan Miró and the philosopher Albert Camus. Artists such as Henri Matisse and Georges Braque illustrated his poems.“Le Marteau sans maître” will now be performed at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on the occasion of Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday.🎼Program 🎶 Pierre BoulezLe marteau sans maître Conductor: Friederike ScheunchenAnnette Schönmüller, mezzo-sopranoRuben Mattia Santorsa, guitarSanti Villar Martín, percussionPablo Mena Escude, percussionENSEMBLE RECHERCHEAnja Clift, fluteSofia von Atzingen, violaChristian Dierstein, percussion&World premieres of composition commissions to students of the music academies in Karlsruhe and FreiburgConductor: Manuel NawriZhe KongTransciptionGiannis Giannopoulosrip bozoYangkai LinThe rooftops on Georg-Friedrich-Straße look a bit like ParisJiae LeeiPierreJonas EckenfelsThree pieces for ensemble ✨⭐This concert under the direction of Friederike Scheunchen is supported by Konzertförderung Forum Dirigieren - an initiative of the German Music Council - with funds from the Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH (GVL)© 📷1. Marion Kalter2. Lena Kern3. Marc Wilhelm4 &5. Peter Gwiazda 6. Lee Dong Hee7. Peter Gwiazda#Pfingstfestspiele #Festspielhausbadenbaden #PierreBoulez ... See MoreSee Less
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