How the future sounded, how the past will sound Since its creation 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 […]
How the future sounded, how the past will sound Since its creation 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 […]
How the future sounded, how the past will sound Since its creation 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 […]
IM.PULS - Final concert Start early if you want to compose great works. And some ideas are best tried out with your peers. That's why school classes practised composing for a year under the guidance of composers and with the help of Ensemble Recherche - and are now presenting their works in a final concert. […]
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 […]
Opening concert of the Academy week with Ensemble Recherche and Freiburger Barockorchester The Academy-Week is the event at the heart of the Ensemble Academy Freiburg. This year, it takes place from 1st to 6th of september. Surpassing the co-existence of different styles and periods, this program aims to give participants a thorough understanding of early […]
Final concert with participants of the Academy Week The Academy-Week is the event at the heart of the Ensemble Academy Freiburg. This year, it takes place from 1st to 6th of september. Surpassing the co-existence of different styles and periods, this program aims to give participants a thorough understanding of early and contemporary music. Since […]
In the European Workshop for Contemporary Music (EWCM) young musicians from Poland, Germany and other European countries come together to work on core pieces from the contemporary music repertoire, explore contemporary playing techniques and premiere new works by young European composers. The ensemble consists of about 20 young musicians who meet once a year for a week-long […]
Imagine walking down a corridor, past a door left ajar – and hearing a peculiar mix of hums, squeaks, creaks, groaning,and hammering emerging from inside the room. Curious, you take a quick peek into the room, to figure out what the source of the noise is. In this concert, we invite the audience to peek […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal home A free event of the foundation of the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg Under the title “Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus” (“Beat 6 in the Ensemble House”), musicians from both ensembles will create an entertaining musical evening as soloists, in small or larger groups […]
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
With works by Gérard Grisey ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Adam Woodward, violin Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello
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 […]
The music of Farnaz Modarresifar exhibits the interplay between notation and improvisation. Her music thrives on trust and the close collaboration between herself and the musicians. Modarresifar’s works bring together touches of traditional Persian music with a contemporary musical language, characterized by the use of extended techniques, sound gestures, and a sensitivity for timing, stillness, […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal home A free event of the foundation of the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg Under the title “Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus” (“Beat 6 in the Ensemble House”), musicians from both ensembles will create an entertaining musical evening as soloists, in small or larger groups […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal home A free event of the foundation of the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg Under the title “Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus” (“Beat 6 in the Ensemble House”), musicians from both ensembles will create an entertaining musical evening as soloists, in small or larger groups […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal home A free event of the foundation of the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg Under the title “Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus” (“Beat 6 in the Ensemble House”), musicians from both ensembles will create an entertaining musical evening as soloists, in small or larger groups […]
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 Lukas Nowok, sound design
