Collective

A prominent musician in New Music, Florian Juncker transgresses the genre’s borders in explorations of techno and experimental pop music, while extending the meaning of contemporary chamber music with his ensemble Lux:NM.

Sveta Kundish is a powerful vocalist, who reinvents traditional and spiritual Yiddish music. In her singing, beauty and sensual quality reach new artistic and emotional climaxes through sensitivity and refinement.

Matthew Bookert’s tuba navigates light-footedly across the boundaries of jazz, chamber music, pop, electro, world and classical orchestra.

Special thanks to the wonderful friends who have joined us for concerts:

Elisa Erkelenz (Dramaturg), Korhan Erel (Electronics), Liz Allbee (Trumpet), Hilary Jeffery (Trombone), Ignaz Schick (Turntables, Electronics), Golnar Shahyar (Vocals), Vladiswar Nadishana (Kawala, Duduk, Nay, Hulusi), Simon Stockhausen (Electronics), Defne Şahin (Vocals), Esra Berkman (Kanun), Christian Weidner (Saxophone, Duduk), Marlene Ito (Violin), Knut Weber (Cello), Héloïse Lefebvre (Violin), Uygur Vural (Cello), Anna Carewe (Cello), Markus Ehrlich (Bass Clarinet), Tobias Backhaus (Drums), Demetrios Karamintzas (Oboe), Lars Zander (Bass Clarinet, Electronics), Alexander Lipan (Oud), Larry Porter (Rubab), Mari Sawada (Violin), Boram Lie (Cello), Dominik Wollenweber (English Horn), Nevzat Akpınar (Baglama), Matthias Kurth (Oud, Guitar), Sara Maria Rilling (Viola), Martin von der Nahmer (Viola), Arash Safaian (Composition), Roman Hagenbrock (Video), Florian Keupp (Sound), Martin Ruch (Sound), Akiko Ahrendt (Violin), Matthew Bookert (Tuba), Lina Allemano (Trumpet), Achim Kaufmann (Grand Piano), Joss Turnbull (Percussion), Mahan Mirarab (Oud, Guitar), Rabih Lahoud (Vocals), Sveta Kundish (Vocals), Anil Eraslan (Cello), Martin Stegner (Viola), Hezarfen Ensemble, Kioomars Musayyebi (Santoor), Azin Zahedi (Santoor & Flute), Bassem Hawar (Djoze), Sabrina Ma (Vibraphone & Marimba), Taiko Saito (Vibraphone & Marimba), Niklas Seidl (Cello), Berivan Canbolat (Baglama), Marc Kopitzki (Viola), Ensemble Colourage, Klangforum Heidelberg, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Ensemble Resonanz, Nationaltheather-Orchester Mannheim

Niko Meinhold is a multi-virtuosic jazz musician, mastering both the guzheng, the grand piano, as well as 20th century conceptual composition, all of which he integrates into his multifaceted projects ranging from East Asian classical music to free improvisation.

Based both in classical Syrian music and European opera singing, Bassem Alkhouri has dedicated expansive efforts to translating the kanun’s repertoire in an interdisciplinary way and extending its temporal parameters.

Biliana Voutchkova is a violinist, composer-performer, and improvisor, whose research as a creative artist spans a wide range of sound including movement and dance, developing a highly individual language out of her sonic, physical, and technical capacities.

Susanne Fröhlich integrates her mastery of the recorder family, especially the Helder Tenor and Paetzold Contrabass, into her objective of bridging European Old and New Music.

Tilmann Dehnhard is a master of the double bass flute, a strong team player, and a soloist with a broad musical horizon in composed and improvised music concert settings and in film music.

Mona Matbou-Riahi integrates an abiding interest in contemporary music and free improvisation with elements from traditional Iranian music adapted for the clarinet.

With her kanun, Eleanna Pitsikaki is an internationally performing explorer of sound worlds between tradition and avant-garde, who has represented the pinnacle of the transcultural music scene for years as a member of various esteemed music ensembles.