Vita

Katharina Nicola Giegling

“Katharina is an outstanding musical personality who impresses with her extraordinary musical talent on the one hand and her greatest intelligence on the other. She has a very mature and pronounced musicality as well as excellent technical skills.” (Prof. Friedemann Wezel, University of Music and Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” | Leipzig)

Katharina Giegling was born in Heilbronn in 1985 and has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, since July 2023. Katharina plays here regularly as a guest with the Copenhagen Phil and Malmö Symphony Orchestra.

As a freelance musician, she regularly performs with renowned orchestras such as musica assoluta Hannover (concertmaster), the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, the Bavarian Radio Munich and others. Trained in the master class and artistic master's degree courses with Prof. Friedemann Wezel, baroque violin with Prof. Susanne Scholz at the Leipzig University of Music and a diploma in music teaching and artistic training with Prof. Gottfried von der Goltz at the Freiburg University of Music, Katharina can draw on a wide range of different skills Use playing techniques.

At the German Music Competition in 2014, Katharina won a scholarship for the Federal Selection of Concerts of Young Artists in the final as a violinist in the Trio Pierrot with David Kindt (clarinet) and Helge Aurich (piano).

She was a member and concertmaster with a solo role in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, with whom she gave concerts under Kent Nagano, Christopher Moulds, Ivor Bolton and Susanna Mälkki in Europe, the USA and Mexico. Katharina also played on projects as concertmaster in the Ensemble Kapella 19 and in the Cologne Chamber Orchestra.

Katharina taught at the Leipzig University of Music as part of the master class program, as well as at the music schools Johann Sebastian Bach and Clara Schumann, the German International School in Boston and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

From 2015-2017 Katharina lived with her family in Boston, USA and founded her own chamber music concert series there. She is a founding member as concertmaster of the local Eureka! Ensemble, gave concerts at the Japanese Consulate General in Boston and gave chamber music concerts with members of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.

Katharina Giegling gained valuable musical inspiration from Eckart Runge (Artemis Quartet), Benjamin Zander (Boston Philharmonic), Carolin Widmann, Friedemann Eichhorn, Heime Müller, Laurent Breuninger, Erich Höbarth and other wonderful musicians.

Katharina has been a certified Vinyasa yoga teacher since July 2014 and combines her passion for music and pedagogy with yoga classes specifically for musicians. The focus is on the connection between body and mind in order to create a balance from daily concerts and traveling and to support and promote musicians' physical health and ability to concentrate.

Katharina wrote her diploma thesis with Prof. Anselm Ernst on the subject of “The inner state when practicing and making music”.

Her book “Yoga for Musicians - How to regain your balance, stay pain free and become more successful” was published in November 2019.

With her program “Yoga for Musicians”, Katharina works as a coach with musicians all over Europe, renowned soloists and orchestras from the BR, NDR Hannover, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Rias Kammerchor.

Katharina has 3 children with her husband Nicco Krezdorn.

Concerts

2024 EVENTS

  • 29.10.24 19.30 Uhr Konzert with musica assoluta in the Elbphilharmonie
  • 14.9.24 19.30 Uhr Kammermusikfestival Regensburg
  • 29.-31.8.24 Concerts with Daniel Hope and the Hope Orchestra
  • 12.-14.7.24 YOGA RETREAT for musicians in Copenhagen
  • 5.7.24 - 7.7.24 Concerts with Daniel Hope and the Hope Orchestra
  • 20.5.24 19.30 Uhr Copenhagen Phil
  • 23.5.24 19.30 Uhr Copenhagen Phil
  • 16.5.24 19 Uhr Malmö Symphoniorkester
  • 4.4.24 18 Uhr Copenhagen Phil
  • 4.4.24 15.30 Uhr Copenhagen Phil
  • 13.3.24 13 Uhr Malmö Symphoniorkester
  • 11.4.24 19 Uhr Malmö Symphoniorkester
  • 16.3.24 13 Uhr Malmö Symphoniorkester
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BACH 2-3-4 musica assoluta

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
7:30 PM 10:00 PM
Orangerie Hannover Herrenhausen (map)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750)
Concerto in C major for two pianos BWV 1061

Carl Reinecke (1824 –1910)
Variations on a Sarabande by JS Bach for two pianos op. 24

György Kurtág (*1926)
3 organ chorale preludes by JS Bach, arranged for two pianos

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasy and Fugue in A minor BWV 561 version for two pianos by Harold Bauer
Concerto in D minor for three pianos BWV 1063
Suite for orchestra in B minor BWV 1067

Concerto in A minor for four pianos BWV 1065

Markus Becker. Piano
Herbert Schuch. Piano
Gülru Ensari. Piano
Josefa Schmidt. Piano

Eva Ludwig. flute
musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. Line

approx. 120 minutes including a break

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Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Into the New Year with Bach

Sunday, January 7, 2024
11:00 AM 2:00 PM
Kölner Philharmonie (map)

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INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH BACH
THE MASTERPIECE

Luca Quintavalle harpsichord
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Raphael Christ concertmaster
and leadership


Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concert
No.3 G major BWV 1048


Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D minor BWV 1052


Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041


Brandenburg concert
No.5 D major BWV 1050

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Soloists from musica assoluta

Sunday, September 24, 2023
5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Jagdschloss Springe (map)
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Cologne Chamber Orchestra - guest tour Portugal

Friday, July 21, 2023
7:30 PM 10:30 PM
Marvao Portugal (map)

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9TH MARVIO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Horacio Ferreira clarinet

Roman Patocka violin

Raphael Gromes cello

Christoph Poppen conductor

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

 

Program:

Edward Grieg

Holgerg Suite

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Violin Concerto in D minor

Ferran Cruixent

"Unicorn" Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)

Georges Bizet edit. Julien Riem

Fantaisie sur Carmen

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CHILDREN’S CONCERT: “THE OCEAN IS FULL OF SOUNDS”

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
10:00 AM 11:30 AM
Freizeitheim Lister Turm Hannover (map)

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AN ORCHESTRA TELLS: “THE OCEAN IS FULL OF SOUNDS”

Is there music underwater? How do fish communicate? And what does a dolphin actually sound like?

With this music and knowledge project for elementary school students, the orchestra musica assoluta invites interested grades 1-4 and their teachers to dive into the depths of our oceans with all their senses.

There will be music by Claude Debussy (“La Mer”) and a real deep-sea composition by our conductor Thorsten Encke, played by an orchestra with 22 players, plus a child-friendly moderation and an introduction to the sounds of the deep sea with various sound and image examples. Of course, we will also communicate to the children the importance of the oceans for our climate system and discuss protecting the environment.

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THE OCEAN IS A NOISY PLACE - CLASSIC IN THE SWIMMING POOL

Tuesday, June 13, 2023
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Auditorium (map)

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Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön
Lecture: “What the ocean tells us”

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (*1977)
"Scape" (2011) for piano

Jana Winderen (*1965)
from: "The Wanderer"
electronics (2016)

"Deep blue" improvisation
with young drummers

Thorsten Encke (*1966)
"It is noisy in the ocean..." Version III for ten players and electronics (2022)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
"La Mer" (1905)
Arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington

Thorsten Encke. conductor
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön. introduction
cylixe. Visuals
Eugene Shon. Piano
4 young drummers
Sven Pollkötter. Head of improvisation
musica assoluta

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THE OCEAN IS A NOISY PLACE - CLASSIC IN THE SWIMMING POOL

Sunday, June 11, 2023
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Sendesaal Bremen (map)

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Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön
Lecture: “What the ocean tells us”

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (*1977)
"Scape" (2011) for piano

Jana Winderen (*1965)
from: "The Wanderer"
electronics (2016)

"Deep blue" improvisation
with young drummers

Thorsten Encke (*1966)
"It is noisy in the ocean..." Version III for ten players and electronics (2022)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
"La Mer" (1905)
Arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington

Thorsten Encke. conductor
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön. introduction
cylixe. Visuals
Eugene Shon. Piano
4 young drummers
Sven Pollkötter. Head of improvisation
musica assoluta

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EHRING GOES TO THE TONHALLE DÜSSELDORF CONCERT

Sunday, June 4, 2023
4:30 PM 6:30 PM
Tonhalle Düsseldorf (map)

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Antonio Vivaldi
CONCERTO DA CAMERA F major "LA TEMPESTA DI MARE"

Claude Debussy
LA CATHÉDRALE ENGLOUTIE (DOUZE PRELUDES, BOOK 1)

Thorsten Encke
"IT IS NOISY IN THE OCEAN..." FOR TEN PLAYERS AND TAPE

Claude Debussy
LA MER (ARR. FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BY THORSTEN ENCKE)

musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. LINE
Christian Ehring. MODERATION

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WHERE IS THE TIME? FESTIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY HANOVER

Wednesday, May 24, 2023
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
Marktkirche Hannover (map)

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05/24/23 - 06/09/23

FESTIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY 2023: WHERE IS THE TIME?

OPENING ON 5/24/23, 6 PM

WITH JUDITH VON RADETZKY
Performative impulse lecture: THE time engine

Musical guerrilla performance (idea: Lila Hess):
MUSICA ASSOLUTA

We constantly try to save time, but the time we gain slips between our fingers. We live longer today than we used to, but that doesn't mean we have more time.
Of course, passing is part of the nature of time. Its smallest extent seems to be the moment, the now - but the now cannot be held on to, it is over again before we have even reached out to it.

Time is in things, especially in living things, and therefore also in ourselves. However, if we want to measure them, we look for the position of the sun and moon (only recently have we defined the second after a period of oscillation in the cesium atom).
If we take a closer look, it becomes clear that “time” in the singular does not exist. Every living being, every person has their own. The more nervous we are about it, the more it slips away from us. This is probably why Ludwig Wittgenstein said: The greeting among philosophers should be “take your time”.
As in 2021, the Max Planck Society will co-organize the Festival of Philosophy in Hanover and the region and Max Planck researchers will talk to philosophers.

The Festival of Philosophy comes from Modena, where philosophical topics have attracted many people to the piazza every year since 2001. Since 2008, Hanover and the region have also been part of the now European festival network. The festival takes place here every two years.
The aim is to bring philosophy back to where it was originally at home: on the market, in the urban public.
As in 2021, the 8th Festival of Philosophy in 2023 will be organized together with the Max Planck Society.

Patronage: Consul General of the Italian Republic in Hanover, Mr. Dott. David Michelut
President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Dr. Martin Stratman
Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture, Mr. Falko Mohrs

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THE OCEAN IS A NOISY PLACE - CLASSIC IN THE SWIMMING POOL

Friday, April 28, 2023
8:00 PM 9:00 PM
Hallenbad Wolfsburg (map)

further information

Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön
Lecture: “What the ocean tells us”

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (*1977)
"Scape" (2011) for piano

Jana Winderen (*1965)
from: "The Wanderer"
electronics (2016)

"Deep blue" improvisation
with young drummers

Thorsten Encke (*1966)
"It is noisy in the ocean..." Version III for ten players and electronics (2022)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
"La Mer" (1905)
Arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington

Thorsten Encke. conductor
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön. introduction
cylixe. Visuals
Eugene Shon. Piano
4 young drummers
Sven Pollkötter. Head of improvisation
musica assoluta

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Cologne Chamber Orchestra - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Friday, April 21, 2023
8:00 PM 9:10 PM
Kölner Philharmonie (map)

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Horácio Ferreira, clarinet
Pablo Barragan, clarinet
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Overture in B minor op. 26 "The Hebrides"

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Concert piece in F minor op. 113 for clarinet and basset horn

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Intermezzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" op. 61

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Concert piece in F minor op. 114 for clarinet and basset horn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551

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Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Benefit Gala

Sunday, March 19, 2023
6:00 PM 7:00 PM
Kölner Philharmonie (map)

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100 years of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Michael Barenboim, viola
Mischa Maisky, cello
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
and
Martha Argerich, piano

Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen, conductor

Joseph Haydn
Concerto in C major Hob.Vllb:1 for cello and orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major 364 for violin, viola and orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in C major op. 56 "Triple Concerto" for violin, cello, piano and orchestra

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Benefit concert Ukraine

Friday, February 24, 2023
7:00 PM 8:15 PM
Marktkirche Hannover (map)
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musica assoluta - The Call of the Phoenix

Friday, February 3, 2023
7:30 PM 9:05 PM
Galerie Herrenhausen (map)

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Arias and canzoni by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Batista Fontana and Tarquinio Merula as well as various gagaku from the Heian period (Japan, 11th century)

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musica assoluta - The Ocean is a noisy place

Saturday, November 26, 2022
8:00 PM 9:30 PM
NDR, kleiner Sendesaal (map)

Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön
Lecture: “What the ocean tells us”

Misato Mochizuki
"Wise Water" for 9 players (2002)

Jana Winderen
from: "The Wanderer"
electronics (2015)

Percussion/electric guitar improvisation
“Deep blue” with young musicians

Daniel Smutny
"Wild Edges"
sound ecologies #2 for 5 musicians & 5 participating soloists (2021)

Thorsten Encke
"It is noisy in the ocean..." Version III for ten players and electronics (2022)

Thorsten Encke. conductor
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön. introduction
Ruben Mattia Santorsa. Electric guitar
5 young drummers
Sven Pollkötter. Percussion Workshop
musica assoluta

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musica assoluta - Brahms Requiem

Saturday, October 8, 2022
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
Marktkirche (map)

Johannes Brahms/Detlev Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs op.121

Johannes Brahms A German Requiem op. 45

Hanover Oratorio Choir
musica assoluta
Keno Weber. conductor

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musica assoluta - Brahms Requiem

Friday, October 7, 2022
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
Marktkirche (map)

Johannes Brahms/Detlev Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs op.121

Johannes Brahms A German Requiem op. 45

Hanover Oratorio Choir
musica assoluta
Keno Weber. conductor

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musica assoluta - portrait concert Tetzlaff Quartet

Sunday, September 18, 2022
8:00 PM 10:00 PM
Laeiszhalle, großer Saal (map)

Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto in C major

Benjamin Britten
Lachrymae op. 48

Luciano Berio
Coral

Jean Sibelius
Humoresque

Arnold Schoenberg
1st String Quartet in D minor, op. 7

Tetzlaff Quartet
Christian Tetzlaff. violin
Elisabeth Kufferath. violin
Hanna Weinmeister. viola
Tanja Tetzlaff. violoncello

musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. conductor

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musica assoluta - Wedemark garden concerts

Sunday, August 28, 2022
11:00 AM 1:00 PM
Wedemark (map)

"Fountain of Life"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 KV 271 "Jeunehomme"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 KV 207
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 D 485

musica assoluta

Nicoleta Ion. fortepiano
Leandra Constantinescu. violin
Thorsten Encke. conductor

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musica assoluta - Wedemark garden concerts

Saturday, August 27, 2022
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Wedemark (map)

"Fountain of Life"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 KV 271 "Jeunehomme"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 KV 207
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 D 485

musica assoluta

Nicoleta Ion. fortepiano
Leandra Constantinescu. violin
Thorsten Encke. conductor

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International Music Festival - Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Wed, Jul 20, 20225:30 PM Sun, Jul 31, 20226:30 PM
MarvaoPortugal (map)

International Music Festival in Marvao, Portugal

https://marvaomusic.com/en/

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musica assoluta - guest performance at St. Mark's Church in Hanover

Sunday, July 3, 2022
5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Markuskirche (map)

Joseph G. Rheinberger (1839-1901) Mass in E flat op.109
Premiere of the orchestral version by Joshua Bredemeier (2022)
as well as sacred choral works by Rheinberger and Mendelssohn

musica assoluta
MarkusChor Hanover
Organ. Joachim Engel
Line. Martin Dietterle

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musica assoluta - guest performance Bad Bederkesa

Saturday, July 2, 2022
5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Sankt Jakobi Kirche (map)

Joseph G. Rheinberger (1839-1901) Mass in E flat op.109
Premiere of the orchestral version by Joshua Bredemeier (2022)
as well as sacred choral works by Rheinberger and Mendelssohn

musica assoluta
MarkusChor Hanover
Organ. Joachim Engel
Line. Martin Dietterle

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VORTEX #5 - THE TURNING WORLD

Friday, July 1, 2022
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Tonstudio Tessmar (map)

DAY 5: THE TURNING WORLD

"At the still point of the turning world... there the dance is." TS Eliot

Dance theater

Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) - France
Vortex Temporum (1995)
for Six Instruments

occupation
NN dance
musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. conductor

“A tone becomes a timbre, a chord becomes a spectral complex and a rhythm becomes a wave of unpredictable durations.” With these words, the composer Gérard Grisey described the sound concept of the “Musique spectrale”, which took place around the Paris research institute in the early 1970s IRCAM and the ensemble L'Itinéraire and is considered one of the most important contemporary movements in new music.
musica assoluta plays the important work “Vortex Temporum” by Gérard Grisey in a dance and movement performance that carefully involves the audience and breaks up the classic concert arrangement in favor of an overall physical and mental experience for everyone involved. The different facets of the “time vortex”, in which the individual is the plaything of events, are presented in a stylized form.

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musica assoluta - Melodies of peace

Sunday, June 26, 2022
7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Die Glocke (map)

1. Ludwig van Beethoven : Egmont Overture op. 84

2. Ludwig van Beethoven : Dramatic cantata “The Glorious Moment” op. 136
Read an essay by Antonius Adamske on this

3. Piano music by Ukrainian composers:
Jan Freidlin (*1944): “Seven Landscapes”
Valentin Silvestrov (*1937): “The Messenger”
Alemdar Karamanow (1934 - 2007): Night Prayer (arr. for piano solo by A. Botvinov)

4. Ludwig van Beethoven : Choral Fantasy / Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra in C minor op. 80

Pianist:
Alexey Botvinov

Soloists:
Soprano | Patricia Andress
Soprano | Stephanie Henke
Old | Sophia Bockholdt
Tenor | Hyojong Kim
bass| Henryk Böhm

Orchestra:
musica assoluta

Bremer RathsChor

Line:
Antonius Adamske

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VORTEX #4 - LOST IN STRANGE LANDS

Friday, June 17, 2022
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Tonstudio Tessmar (map)

DAY 4: LOST IN STRANGE LANDS

"In the debts of darkness... One still maintains a little glimmer of hope." B. Boochani

Music and lyrics

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
On an overgrown path (1911)
for ensemble, arranged by Thorsten Encke

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances op.45 (1940)
for ensemble, arranged by Thorsten Encke

Texts from refugees and emigrants
Reading from the book: “No Friends but the Mountains” by Behrouz Boochani

occupation
musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. conductor

Love of home, loss of home, desire for home: the concert lets these experiences and longings shine through in the music. Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances are one of the greatest examples of the Russian-feeling soul of the composer who emigrated to America. On December 9, 2017, The Saturday Paper published “A Letter from Manus Island,” an essay written by Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee who was held along with hundreds of fellow prisoners on Manus Island, off the Australian coast. Boochani writes with a radically poetic voice. The writing, dictated to a friend via smartphone, is a critique of contemporary practices of humanitarianism and the ways in which politics, the market and technology have changed the moral dispositions of our public life. She examines the troubling effects of modern politics - the refugee as a human object and threat, not as a vulnerable victim and individual.

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VORTEX #3 - WATER PLANET

Friday, June 3, 2022
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Tonstudio Tessmar (map)

DAY 3: WATER PLANET

“The climate crisis is also an ocean crisis.” T. Maack-Greenpeace

Film concert

Thorsten Encke (*1966) - Germany
It is noisy in the ocean (2021)
for ensemble

Charlotte Bray (*1982) - England
States (2016)
for violin, viola, cello, piano (2016)

Thorsten Encke
Water Melodies (2016)
for viola and orchestra

occupation

NN Viola
musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. conductor
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön. Scientific Advice

“Conditions refers to the different forms of ice that inspired the piece.” Whether with Charlotte Bray or Thorsten Encke – it is about the ecological changes in our world under the special aspect of water. The artistic processing is opposed to the scientific perspective: film students from the Hannover Film University are under the professional advice of the marine biologist Prof. Dr. Stephanie Plön makes short films that deal with the facts of global warming and changes in the oceans.

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VORTEX #2 - PANDEMIC WHIRLS

Friday, May 20, 2022
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Tonstudio Tessmar (map)

DAY 2: PANDEMIC WHIRLS


“...the arts have been suffocated under weapons and kicked into the mud...” H.Schütz

Performance multimedia concert

  • Heinrich Schütz (1885-1672)
    Make haste, God, to save me, Lord, to help me , SWV 282
    O Jesu, nomen dulce , SWV 308
    O misericordissime Jesu , SWV 309

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
    Lamento d'Arianna from: Arie e Lamenti
    “Si Dolce È Il Tormento” from: Arie e Lamenti (libro nono)

    Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
    Canzoni, libro I, No.8 à basso solo
    Canzoni, libro I, No.6 à basso solo

    Canzoni, libro Ib, No.5 à basso solo
    Canzoni, libro I, No.7 à basso solo
    Canzoni, libro I, Canzona seconda detta la Bernadina
    Aria detta la Frescobalda

    Dong Zhou (*1992)
    UA Sound Installation

    occupation
    Pia Davila. soprano
    musica assoluta
    Thorsten Encke. conductor

    During Schütz's time, musical life came to a complete standstill due to the Thirty Years' War and the subsequent plague. Schütz used the time to make a pilgrimage to Venice; did he meet Monteverdi there? It is an unproven assumption.
    Is there a parallel to today? Or is this the fundamental difference: Back then people composed in honor of a believed God, today people themselves intervene in life like a god. Biotechnology and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI or AI) are already completely transforming human life. Nobody can say what will happen. Enough material for a multimedia installation in which not only the performers but also the musicians themselves are required as actors. Live music by Heinrich Schütz, Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi collides with a video-sound installation by the young Chinese multimedia artist Dong Zhou.

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VORTEX #1 - BLACK HOLE, BIG BANG!

Friday, May 6, 2022
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Tonstudio Tessmar (map)

DAY 1: BLACK HOLE, BIG BANG! 

”The Volume of fakery is HIIIIIGGGHHH ---!!!” Y.Wang

Inszeniertes Konzert/Musiktheater

Mirela Ivičević (1980) - Kroatien
Case Black (2016)
for ensemble and electronics

Orgy of References (2012)
for soprano and live electronics
 

Ying Wang (1976) – China
ROBOTICtack (2017)
for voice, ensemble, electronics

Black Hole, Big Bang! (2018)
for voice, ensemble, electronics, 3D hologram projections and video mapping

Besetzung
N.N. Gesang
Luise Kautz. Regie
musica assoluta
Thorsten Encke. Dirigent

”Parallele Welten existieren.” In dem Stück von Ying Wang BLACK HOLE, BIG BANG geht es um politische Lügen, die uns nahzu tagtäglich ereilen. Kämpferisch und satirisch geht es auch bei Mirela Ivičević zu, wenn sie z.B. die Absurdität von Lebensläufen in einer aberwitzigen Soloperformance aufs Korn nimmt. 
In der musiktheatralen Inszenierung geht es nicht nur um das ”Multiversum“ als der neuen wirbelnden virtuellen Welt geht, sondern auch um den ”Den Großen Attraktor“ - ”Er ist ein Meister der Anziehung und Ausstrahlung. Er ist Politiker, Schauspieler, Bankier, Journalist und Terrorist in einem.“ (Wang)

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Ensemble Ruhr

Saturday, April 30, 2022
5:00 PM 10:30 PM
Great Hall WDR (map)
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