Madsen & Mundry

Musikhuset, Aarhus Thomas Jensens Allé 2, Aarhus, Dänemark

Allan Gravgaard Madsen's music plays with quotations—and through Morten Riis' (electro-)mechanical loudspeaker orchestra becomes a quotation itself, a re-composition. In the second half of the concert, the focus is on Isabel Mundry, who also works with existing material in her Dufay arrangements. The project is produced by Foreningen 458 with support by Goethe Institute Dänemark, […]

Blind Husbands

Wiener Konzerthaus Lothringerstraße 20, Wien, Österreich

With his debut film, director Erich von Stroheim delivered in 1919 a highly suspenseful and grandiosely staged drama set in the mountains about temptation, deceit and the state of marriage at the end of the Imperial and Royal Monarchy. At the center: an impostor and officer, played by the director himself, who not only chases […]

Ciné-concert “The Ancient Law”

Philharmonie Luxemburg 1 Place de l'Europe, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

With the story of a rabbi's son who leaves his shtetl in Galicia to become a celebrated star of the stage at Vienna's Burgtheater, Ewald André Dupont created a highlight of Jewish filmmaking in Germany with "The Ancient Law" in 1923. In its newly restored version with music by Philippe Schoeller, the film became a […]

The New Recherche – Ein Making-Of @Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung München

Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung München Foyer der Versicherungskammer Bayern Warngauer Str. 30, München-Giesing, Bayern, Deutschland

Nach nun 35 Jahren seines erfolgreichen Bestehens besinnt sich das Ensemble Recherche auf seine Anfänge und erfindet sich zugleich neu. In einer Mischung aus Lecture-Performance, Konzert und Filmpremiere präsentieren die Musiker*innen ihre neue Mission: Jede*r kann Ensemble Recherche sein, sei es in Freiburg, Berlin, Hongkong oder… in Zeitz. Spielerisch werden hierbei die Regelwerke Neuer Musik […]

Helmut Lachenmann: Streichtrio et al.

Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

After his first string trio from 1965, Helmut Lachenmann writes his second string trio for the musicians of Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Lachenmann's new work, a string trio by Kristine Tjøgersen will be premiered in Witten, and in Milan his new composition will be combined with a world premiere by Sergei Nevsky.

Helmut Lachenmann: Streichtrio et al.

Milano Musica

After his first string trio from 1965, Helmut Lachenmann writes his second string trio for the musicians of Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Lachenmann's new work, a string trio by Kristine Tjøgersen will be premiered in Witten, and in Milan his new composition will be combined with a world premiere by Sergei Nevsky.

Blind Husbands

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Platz der Deutschen Einheit 4, Hamburg, Deutschland

With his debut film, director Erich von Stroheim delivered in 1919 a highly suspenseful and grandiosely staged drama set in the mountains about temptation, deceit and the state of marriage at the end of the Imperial and Royal Monarchy. At the center: an impostor and officer, played by the director himself, who not only chases […]

Re-reading Mozart

Mozartfest Würzburg

Together with Ensemble Recherche, Isabel Mundry will develop a concert experience für Musikfest Würzburg 2022 that musically explores Mozart's identity. Whose Mozart is this? How do we hear his music and with which Mozart image? Re-reading Mozart – combined with and heard by Isabel Mundry.

Helmut Lachenmann: Streichtrio et al.

Galerie "zeitraumexit" Hafenstraße 68, Mannheim, Deutschland

After his first string trio from 1965, Helmut Lachenmann writes his second string trio for the musicians of Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Lachenmann's new work, a string trio by Kristine Tjøgersen will be premiered in Witten, and in Milan his new composition will be combined with a world premiere by Sergei Nevsky.

Helmut Lachenmann: Streichtrio et al.

Centre G. Pompidou Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris, Frankreich

After his first string trio from 1965, Helmut Lachenmann writes his second string trio for the musicians of Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Lachenmann's new work, a string trio by Kristine Tjøgersen will be premiered in Witten, and in Milan his new composition will be combined with a world premiere by Sergei Nevsky.

Posadas in Stuttgart

Liederhalle Stuttgart, Silcher-Saal Berliner Platz 1-3, Stuttgart, Deutschland

Life is a constant becoming, a long way until death - at least. In his music, Alberto Posadas deals with existential themes of being human. In "Poética del Camino", the Spanish composer sends Ensemble Recherche and the Neue Vocalsolisten on winding paths between isolation and coming together. The text is based on Wilhelm Müller's cycle […]

Helmut Lachenmann: Streichtrio et al.

Hochschule Luzern - Musik, Salquin Saal Arsenalstrasse 28a, Kriens, Schweiz

After his first string trio from 1965, Helmut Lachenmann writes his second string trio for the musicians of Ensemble Recherche. In addition to Lachenmann's new work, a string trio by Kristine Tjøgersen will be premiered in Witten, and in Milan his new composition will be combined with a world premiere by Sergei Nevsky.

Württemberg trifft Baden @Stuttgart

Liederhalle Stuttgart Berliner Platz 1-3, Stuttgart, Deutschland

The Stuttgart boys‘ choir collegium iuvenum celebrated its 30th birthday in 2019. The new pieces composed for choir and ensemble for this occasion by Meike Senker, Tobias Krebs, Youjung Lee and Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz will be premiered.   With works by  Tobias Krebs (UA), Sophie Youjung Lee (UA), Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz (UA), Meike Senker (UA) und Kristine Tjøgersen   ENSEMBLE […]

Württemberg trifft Baden @Freiburg

Paulussaal, Freiburg Dreisamstraße 3, Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland

The Stuttgart boys‘ choir collegium iuvenum celebrated its 30th birthday in 2019. The new pieces composed for choir and ensemble for this occasion by Meike Senker, Tobias Krebs, Youjung Lee and Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz will be premiered.   With works by  Tobias Krebs (UA), Sophie Youjung Lee (UA), Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz (UA), Meike Senker (UA) und Kristine Tjøgersen   ENSEMBLE […]

Rainy Days @Luxemburg

Philharmonie Luxemburg 1 Place de l'Europe, Luxembourg, Luxemburg

In this concert, Helmut Lachenmann‘s new string trio is heard in the context of his first string trio composed 57 years earlier. The highlight of the concert is a world pre- miere by Chris Swithinbank, who searches for volatile textures in his music. He writes, „With my music I want to open doors to worlds […]

JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC @Tokyo

Tokyo Opera City 3 Chome-20-2 Nishishinjuku,, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

At the invitation of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music (JSCM), we travel to Japan for concerts in Tokyo and Aichi and workshops with students at the music academies in Aichi, Tokyo and Saitama. Due to the pandemic, the tour scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed. Now belatedly, with a delay of three years, […]

Workshop concert @Aichi

At the invitation of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music (JSCM), we travel to Japan for concerts in Tokyo and Aichi and workshops with students at the music academies in Aichi, Tokyo and Saitama. Due to the pandemic, the tour scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed. Now belatedly, with a delay of three years, […]

Recherche + FBO = Glamour! @Herne

Kreuzkirche Herne Harannistraße 1, Herne

Since 2012, both Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester have been based at Ensemblehaus Freiburg. The close connection between the two groups that has resulted from working alongside each other on a daily basis has given rise to numerous collaborative projects which have sought to bring together old and new music in novel and innovative […]

Recherche + FBO = Glamour! @Stuttgart

Liederhalle Stuttgart, Mozartsaal Berliner Platz 1-3, Stuttgart

Since 2012, both Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester have been based at Ensemblehaus Freiburg. The close connection between the two groups that has resulted from working alongside each other on a daily basis has given rise to numerous collaborative projects which have sought to bring together old and new music in novel and innovative […]

Special concert: Music to fill a space

PEAC Museum Robert-Bunsen-Straße 5, Freiburg

In "Music to fill a space", the wind trio of the Ensemble Recherche traces dark, gloomy shadows and radiantly bright colors in sounds that bubble up in the rooms of the Paul Ege Art Collection in Freiburg. The audience is invited to wander through the museum during the concert and to perceive the sounds sometimes […]