Yair Klartag describes the story of the mystical composer Moshe Najara, who is part of Sabbateanism, as an "extreme case of historiography that reaches the limits of rationality and merges into irrational mysticism". His messianic visions of sound inspired him to create his multi-layered lecture-concert. With works by Yair Klartag ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja […]
SCHLAG 6 IM ENSEMBLEHAUS is a free, monthly, informal concert format organised by Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester. Sponsored by the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Foundation, programmes and performers are not announced in advance—simply come and be surprised! All performances start at 6 p.m. sharp. Surprise programme without intermission. Donations are appreciated.
A concert performance of semi-improvised music The work of polymath musician Stefan Paul Goetsch, AKA Hainbach, is marked by the use of historical/retro/obsolete electronic musical instruments, studio gear and telecommunications equipment (among other things) to create uniquely contemporary —yet strangely nostalgic — soundscapes. Following a week-long residency in Freiburg, Hainbach and members of Ensemble Recherche […]
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 […]
Resonance of the past Six memos for the next millennium was the intended title of a Harvard University lecture series by Italo Calvino. The Italian writer and literary theorist died in 1985 having only completed his notes for five of the six lectures; this material was subsequently compiled and published as a book in 1988 […]
SCHLAG 6 IM ENSEMBLEHAUS is a free, monthly, informal concert format organised by Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester. Sponsored by the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Foundation, programmes and performers are not announced in advance—simply come and be surprised! All performances start at 6 p.m. sharp. Surprise programme without intermission. Donations are appreciated.
Music and history, in other words History – in the sense of a society’s collective memory and understanding of the past – is constructed based on decisions made by older generations about what is worth preserving (in the form of texts, images, icons, monuments...) and what is not. The authors of these decisions (politicians, archivists, […]
Get ready to dive into a fascinating world under the sea! As your senses adapt to this new environment, a vibrant ecosystem of marine plants and animals starts to emerge around you. But hold on tight – before you know it, it will be time to go even deeper! A Song of Salt and Water […]
A story many years in the making: Ensemble Recherche is overjoyed to present the world premiere of a large-scale work for seven performers by Enno Poppe (co-commissioned by Ensembles Cikada (Norway) and Explore (UK)) alongside premieres by Taiwanese composer and laureate of the Internationaler Acht Brücken Kompositionswettbewerb Po-Chien Liu as well as the iranian composer […]
Music and history, in other words History – in the sense of a society’s collective memory and understanding of the past – is constructed based on decisions made by older generations about what is worth preserving (in the form of texts, images, icons, monuments...) and what is not. The authors of these decisions (politicians, archivists, […]
SCHLAG 6 IM ENSEMBLEHAUS is a free, monthly, informal concert format organised by Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester. Sponsored by the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Foundation, programmes and performers are not announced in advance—simply come and be surprised! All performances start at 6 p.m. sharp. Surprise programme without intermission. Donations are appreciated.
A deconstruction of the musical heritage Ensemble Recherche and the SWR Experimental Studio have long and illustrious histories. But as L.P. Hartley wrote, “the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there”. In recent years, Ensemble Recherche has become increasingly engaged in the broader trend of questioning the meaning, relevance and potential burden […]
A truly exceptional talent with an unwavering passion for new music, but also a personality of profound sincerity, warmth and wit, violinist Melise Mellinger has been a cornerstone of Recherche since the ensemble’s creation in 1985. In this regard, the contribution that she has made to the culture of contemporary music is almost beyond compare […]
Music and its meaning in the age of AI What is the difference between a work of art created by a human and one generated by AI? Recent advances in machine learning have made it objectively impossible, in many settings, to distinguish between human- and AI-authored images, texts, and even music. However, knowledge that an […]
After a two-day workshop, the musicians of Ensemble Recherche will present six world premieres by talented composition students from the Mozarteum University Salzburg. With works by Hao Wu, Marcos Adrian Hernandez Echeverria, David Lohninger, Leo Feichtinger, Wen-Cheng Wei und Karim Zech ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Eduardo Olloqui, oboe Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Christian […]
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 […]
With works by Arnold Schönberg, Helmut Lachenmann and Brian Ferneyhough TRIO RECHERCHE Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello
Musicians of Ensemble Recherche perform with students from the Master's degree program in New Music Interpretation from the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. With works by Iris ter Schiphorst, Bernhard Lang, Oxana Omelchuk, Samir Odeh-Tamimi, David Brynjar Franzson, Johanna Neese and Errikos Sidiropoulos Tickets available at reservix.de, at Badische Zeitung Ticketservice and at the […]
The Bremen tritonus festival (from 17 to 24 November 2024) will celebrate the 100th birthday of the Swiss composer Klaus Huber (1924-2017), who spent the last two decades of his life in Bremen. Over the course of four concerts, his music will come into a dialog, both with older works that were important points of […]
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 […]
