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 […]
Music from the corners of the cloud For artists in communities that were historically subjected to colonisation, the transition to the digital age has been a double-edged sword: The potential of social media algorithms to bring together people with shared languages, experiences and histories is belied by mechanisms which, by design or by mere absence […]
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
Musicians of Ensemble Recherche perform a concert side by side with students of the Sibelius Academy. With works by Alex Paxton, Carola Bauckholt, Bára Gísladóttir and Salvatore Sciarrino ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Adam Woodward, violin 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 […]
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 […]
Music - feels real Ensemble Recherche creates a cabinet of curiosities with pieces to amaze and doubt. Music between truth and illusion, between fibbing and effectiveness. Li-Ying Wu deals with the manipulative effect of fake news and the question of how we can communicate with each other with understanding. With Stefan Prins, we enter […]
“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 […]
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 […]
