Archipel @Genf

Maison Communale de Plainpalais - Grand salle 52 Rue de Carouge, 1205 Genève, Switzerland

“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 […]

side by side @Musikhochschule Freiburg

Musikhochschule Freiburg Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Platz 1, Freiburg, Deutschland

Musicians of Ensemble Recherche and students from the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg   Being part of the Ensemble Recherche for once: For a couple of days, four Recherche musicians will work with the four instrumental students Sara Vazquez Sanz, Manuel García, Gian Marco Medda and Ayano Shigematsu. On 24 April 2025, the result will be […]

Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus!

Ensemblehaus Freiburg Schützenallee 72, Freiburg i.Br., Deutschland

The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal room 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 […]

Acht Brücken @Köln

WDR Funkhaus, Köln Wallrafplatz 5, Köln, Deutschland

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

ABO 4 – Innen

Paulussaal, Freiburg Dreisamstraße 3, Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland

The Helsinki Chamber Choir is visiting Freiburg!   New choral sounds from Scandinavia meet instrumental music from France and Serbia, until the evening culminates in Vito Žuraj's new work ‘INNEN’, which he composed especially for Ensemble Recherche and Helsinki Chamber Choir in collaboration with the Austrian author Klaus Händl. Vito Žuraj says of his new […]

A Song of Salt and Water – school performance No. 1 @Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Beim Alten Bahnhof, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

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 […]

A Song of Salt and Water – school performance No. 2 @ Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Beim Alten Bahnhof, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

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, […]

A Song of Salt and Water – a staged family concert No. 1 @Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Beim Alten Bahnhof, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

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, […]

A Song of Salt and Water – a staged family concert No. 2 @Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Beim Alten Bahnhof, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

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, […]

Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus!

Ensemblehaus Freiburg Schützenallee 72, Freiburg i.Br., Deutschland

The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal room 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 […]

Pfingstfestspiele @Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Beim Alten Bahnhof, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

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 […]

Workshops @HfM Trossingen

The musicians of Ensemble Recherche hold workshops with the students of the HfM Trossingen.   ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello

Concert @HfM Trossingen

‘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. […]

Workshops @Busan

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 […]

Reading session @Daegu Festival South Korea

Ensemble Recherche as a guest at the Daegu Festival in South Korea! In addition to workshops and two festival concerts, the musicians of Ensemble Recherche will also play a reading session on the morning of the first concert day.   ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Klaus Steffes-Holländer, piano Adam […]

Concert No. 1 @Daegu Festival South Korea

Daegu Concert House 141 Taepyeong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of

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 […]

Concert No. 2 @Daegu Festival South Korea

Daegu Concert House 141 Taepyeong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of

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 […]

Schlag 6 im Ensemblehaus!

The spontaneous concert format of FBO and ensemble recherche in their rehearsal room 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 […]

ABO 5 – 40 years Recherche! – Part I (1985-1995)

Ensemblehaus Freiburg Schützenallee 72, Freiburg i.Br., Deutschland

How the future sounded, how the past will sound 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 […]

ABO 5 – 40 years Recherche! – Part II (1995-2005)

Ensemblehaus Freiburg Schützenallee 72, Freiburg i.Br., Deutschland

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 […]