ABO 1 – Kunst/Zukunft

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

Music and her 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 […]

“Beat 6 at the Ensemble House!”

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 […]

NOW!-Festival @Essen

With works from Arnold Schönberg, Helmut Lachenmann and Brian Ferneyhough   TRIO RECHERCHE Adam Woodward, violin Sofia von Atzingen, viola Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello

Special-Concert – side by side

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

Musicians from Ensemble Recherche perform with students from the Master's degree program in New Music Interpretation from the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg.   With works from 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 box […]

Klaus Huber 100 @Bremen

Plantage 13 Plantage 13, Bremen, Deutschland

The Bremen tritonus festival from 17 to 24 November 2024 will focus on the 100th birthday of 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 enter into a dialog, both with older works that were important points of […]

“Beat 6 at the Ensemble House!”

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 2 – Digital/Colonial

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 […]

Ultraschall @Berlin

With works from 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 Lukas Nowok, sound design

side by side @Sibelius Academy

Musicians of the Ensemble Recherche perform in a side by side-concert together with students of the Sibelius Academy.   With works from Kristine Tjøgersen, Carola Bauckholt and Salvatore Sciarrino   ENSEMBLE RECHERCHE Anja Clift, flute Shizuyo Oka, clarinet Adam Woodward, violin Åsa Åkerberg, violoncello

Musica Nova @Helsinki

With works from Malin Bång, Franck Bedrossian, Perttu Haapanen, Zad Moultaka, 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 3 – Propaganda

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

Deepfakes with soundtracks  The deepfake – a form of “synthetic media” in which a person’s voice and physical likeness are digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else – is truly a phenomenon of our time. While occasionally used for parody or political satire (such as the widely circulated video in which Facebook […]

Acht Brücken @Köln

With works from Malin Bång, Franck Bedrossian, Perttu Haapanen, Zad Moultaka, 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 […]

Pfingstfestspiele @Baden-Baden

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

Salon 1955 Pierre Boulez set three cycles of poems by the surrealist René Char to music in Baden-Baden in 1955, but did not set them one after the other, instead interlocking them like a geometric experimental arrangement. René Char joined the Resistance. His friends included the painter Joan Miró and the philosopher Albert Camus. Artists […]

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 […]