Musica Nova @Helsinki

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 […]

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 […]

ABO 3 – Kammerwunder

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

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 […]

Archipel @Genf

“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

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

Ensemble Recherche and Helsinki Chamber choir INNEN was jointly curated by Ensemble Rechercheand the Helsinki Chamber Choir and marks the first collaboration between the two ensembles: The programme charts a trajectory of sonic growth, opening with the virtuosic intimacy of Jug Marković’s “Set Adrift” for solo clarinet and culminating with Vito Žuraj’s “INNEN” for choir […]

A Song of Salt and Water – school performance @ 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 […]

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 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 […]

Abo 5 – 40 years Recherche! – Part III (2005-2015)

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 […]

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 […]

ABO 5 – 40 years Recherche! – Part IV (2015-2025)

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 […]

IM.PULS @Baden-Baden

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

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. […]

Workshop + Concert @Lissabon

Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa Campus de Benfica do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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 […]