In this concert, Helmut Lachenmann‘s new string trio is heard in the context of his first string trio composed 57 years earlier. The highlight of the concert is a world pre- miere by Chris Swithinbank, who searches for volatile textures in his music. He writes, „With my music I want to open doors to worlds […]
How contemporary is music in the 21st century, if it continues to be so eurocentric? in a cooperation with the Goethe-institut, the ensemble recherche invited composers from developing countries to an artistic exchange. With young composers from Colombia, Iran, Ukraine, Argentina, Taiwan, Korea and Germany, we present plural perspectives. Filipino composer AJ Villanueva is fellow […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and Ensemble Recherche in their rehearsal room, which celebrates its anniversary this year: 10 years Ensemblehaus Freiburg! 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 […]
Against all odds: the Erasmus exchange program between the Freiburg University of Music and the music academies in Kyiv will continue even in times of war. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, students from Ukraine were able to continue their education in Freiburg. The exchange between the Freiburg and Kyiv instrumental and composition classes […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and Ensemble Recherche in their rehearsal room, which celebrates its anniversary this year: 10 years Ensemblehaus Freiburg! 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 […]
At the invitation of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music (JSCM), we travel to Japan for concerts in Tokyo and Aichi and workshops with students at the music academies in Aichi, Tokyo and Saitama. Due to the pandemic, the tour scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed. Now belatedly, with a delay of three years, […]
At the invitation of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music (JSCM), we travel to Japan for concerts in Tokyo and Aichi and workshops with students at the music academies in Aichi, Tokyo and Saitama. Due to the pandemic, the tour scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed. Now belatedly, with a delay of three years, […]
After centuries of Europe exporting its musical heritage all over the world, the Eurocentric map is gradually being crumpled up. For example, the idea of music as an autonomous product of the mind is a European one and does not always hold up in other contexts. The Nigerian composer Ayò Olúrántí describes that music with classical […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and Ensemble Recherche in their rehearsal room, which celebrates its anniversary this year: 10 years Ensemblehaus Freiburg! 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 […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and Ensemble Recherche in their rehearsal room, which celebrates its anniversary this year: 10 years Ensemblehaus Freiburg! 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 […]
The app Neuro-Moon promises control over one‘s own memories—even more: happy „alternative endings.“ The opera NEURO- MOON. Manage Your Memories (composition: Sara Glojnarić) not only tells the story of the success of an app that everyone longs for, but also raises questions about how we should deal with memories individually and collectively. ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE […]
For the first time we play at Frequenz Festival Kiel and present a new version of Ricardo Eizirik‘s“Exercise in Metal n°1”. The piece is written for 4 performers and a music machine, which significantly influences the sonic result: fragmented sounds and technological playfulness await us. Katharina Rosenberger‘s work “Atchafalaya (Remix)” was inspired by the American […]
Despite all the dynamic changes that have marked Ensemble Recherche, one person has almost always belonged to it: Helmut Lachenmann. With a twinkle in his eye, the composer recently explained to our musicians the „tonlosoids“ he likes to use so much: sounds whose noisiness also subtly hides tones. While this idea is not in music […]
With works by Annesley Black, Sergej Newski, Gabriel Erkoreka und Ricardo Eizirik ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE In cooperation with GNM Mannheim.
Joseph Haydn‘s Creation is a hymn of praise to the creation of the earth. His oratorio tells the biblical story of Genesis in joyful, jubilant tonal language. 222 years and several summer heat waves later, this music makes one rather contemplative. In a joint concert with the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Recherche places earthly beauty in the […]
The spontaneous concert format of FBO and Ensemble Recherche in their rehearsal room, which celebrates its anniversary this year: 10 years Ensemblehaus Freiburg! 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 […]
„The wine that one drinks with eyes / the moon pours down at night in waves.“ The first lines in Arnold Schoenberg‘s Pierrot lunaire lead the way: things go upward to the moon, and inward into the soul brimming with emotion. The poems by Albert Giraud, on which Schoenberg‘s melodrama is based, paint fever- ish […]
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, […]
In the special year "Bach300 - 300 years Bach in Leipzig", the Leipzig Bach Archive had invited the Baden-Württemberg ensemble academy from Freiburg and the Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis in order to host the one-off Bach300 Summer Class in Leipzig. The three internationally renowned and specialised ensembles Freiburger Barockorchester, Ensemble Recherche and Vox Luminis […]
A walk through the world of extinct sounds It is the year 2070 and Ensemble Recherche has just beamed its new season brochure directly to the brains of its subscribers via Neuro-telegram. Among the various goings-on there is a special invitation – the ensemble will open its “Archive of Extinct Sounds” to the public for […]
