With works by Enno Poppe, Katherine Balch and Malin Bång ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Christian Dierstein, percussion Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello
Helsinki Chamber Choir was to have given the world premiere of a new work, INNEN, by Vito Žuraj in September 2020, but the pandemic changed the plans. It is now to be heard for the first time, nearly five years later. To a libretto commissioned from Händl Klaus, the work examines the unfiltered creativity of […]
“Balades Oniriques” - Portrait of Farnaz Modarresifar “Balades Oniriques” is the first result of a long-term collaboration between Ensemble Recherche and Paris-based Iranian composer and santoor player Farnaz Modarresifar. Modarresifar is known for the novel musical syntax she has developed for her instrument - a combination of Persian traditional modality and a contemporary European approach […]
With works by Malin Bång, Franck Bedrossian, Perttu Haapanen, Lotta Wennäkoski and Vito Zuraj ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Christian Dierstein, percussion Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello Lukas Nowok, sound design Helsinki Chamber choir
Staged family concert A dive into the sea to hear, see and touch – completely non-verbal, because you can only communicate with gestures, signs and light signals when you are underwater. And here, of course, with all the means of music. The eight musicians of the Freiburg-based Ensemble Recherche play music by Kristine Tjøgersen as well […]
We find ourselves underwater: with composers Kristine Tjøgersen and Mads Emil Dreyer we dive into the sound of singing schools of fish and marvel at the colorful play of the cuttlefish. But as beautiful as this underwater world is, it is also threatened: coral bleaching, plastic waste, overfishing, extinction of species, hearing-impaired porpoises…. Tim Gordon, […]
We find ourselves underwater: with composers Kristine Tjøgersen and Mads Emil Dreyer we dive into the sound of singing schools of fish and marvel at the colorful play of the cuttlefish. But as beautiful as this underwater world is, it is also threatened: coral bleaching, plastic waste, overfishing, extinction of species, hearing-impaired porpoises…. Tim Gordon, […]
We find ourselves underwater: with composers Kristine Tjøgersen and Mads Emil Dreyer we dive into the sound of singing schools of fish and marvel at the colorful play of the cuttlefish. But as beautiful as this underwater world is, it is also threatened: coral bleaching, plastic waste, overfishing, extinction of species, hearing-impaired porpoises…. Tim Gordon, […]
Salon 1955 In 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 […]
‘Flow and form - music in motion’ The evening offers an energetic and multi-facetted programme that presents the music of Prof. Sven Daigger and introduces him as a composer and new teacher at the HfM Trossingen. Sven Daigger is Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the HfM Trossingen since the summer semester of 2024. […]
Ensemble Recherche as a guest at the Daegu Festival in South Korea! Apart from concerts, the ensemble's wind trio will also be giving two workshops in Busan on 23 June. 1st workshop: Location: Gimhae University Time: 16:00 - 18:00 2nd workshop: Location: Seum Composers' Association Time: 18:00 - 20:00 ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja […]
Ensemble Recherche as a guest at the Daegu Festival in South Korea! After two workshops in Busan, Ensemble Recherche will play two concerts in Daegu, where works by Korean composers will be performed alongside works by Carola Bauckholt and Ricardo Eizirik. With works by Elnaz Seyedi, Carola Bauckholt, Márton Illés, Taeho Kim, Dimitri Papageorgiu […]
Ensemble Recherche as a guest at the Daegu Festival in South Korea! After two workshops in Busan, Ensemble Recherche will play two concerts in Daegu, where works by Korean composers will be performed alongside works by Carola Bauckholt and Ricardo Eizirik. With works by Ricardo Eizirik, Hèctor Parra, Günter Steinke (UA), Cheolha Park, Junyung […]
The Applied Composition programme at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa aims to provide a contemporary education in the field of music production, with a focus on experimental areas - combined with the diversity of contemporary practices and tools of production. During the postgraduate programme, students have the opportunity to work with internationally renowned […]
One of the most important forums for contemporary art with a supra-regional impact, the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven offers an ideal performance space for the musical avant-garde. In the autumn of 2025, artists of different generations will explore the shimmering cosmopolitan empire of mermaids in the exhibition Of Mermaids, Border Crossers and an Aesthetics of the Fluid. […]
With works by Clara Iannotta, Katherine Balch, Malin Bång, Ashkan Behzadi and Günter Steinke ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Christian Dierstein, percussion Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello Lukas Nowok, sound design Tickets and more information here.
Elnaz Seyedi, Huihui Cheng and Ashkan Behzadi use different aesthetic languages to explore the understanding of the body - as sound, as space and as a carrier of meaning. Seyedi creates delicate sound sculptures that can be experienced by the senses. Cheng designs sound bodies that tend to split due to their inner contradictions and […]
With works by Helmut Lachenmann, Mirela Ivičević, Vito Žuraj, Arvo Pärt, Walther Erbacher and Hans Thomalla ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello Tickets available here
With works by Kirsten Reese ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Christian Dierstein, percussion Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello
With works by Ying Wang and Elnaz Seyedi ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello
