musikFabrik

Bio:

When posed the question: „What could a musikFabrik be?“, a clever primary school child answered: „That is where they create music that hasn’t been made yet“. That basically sums up everything in a nutshell. MusikFabrik has been commissioning new works and performing unknown ones since 1991. It is never just a question of interpretation, but of taking new paths of development. The Cologne-based soloist ensemble has built up a close collaboration with prominent conductors and composers.

The ensemble’s guest list is as prominent as it is long: It includes Mark Andre, Louis Andriessen, Stefan Asbury, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Péter Eötvös, Heiner Goebbels, Toshio Hosokawa, Michael Jarrell, Mauricio Kagel, Helmut Lachenmann, Olga Neuwirth, Emmanuel Nunes, Carlus Padrissa (La Fura dels Baus), Emilio Pomàrico, Enno Poppe, Henri Pousseur, Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Rundel, Rebecca Saunders, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sasha Waltz and Hans Zender.

Contrary to what its name suggests, the musikFabrik does not have a boss. With its democratic base, the musicians themselves take the responsibility for making all-important decisions. This particularly applies to concert programming, which has shaped musikFabrik’s very unique profile. Their programmes consist of interdisciplinary projects that can include: live electronics, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts, along with chamber music and the confrontation with works using an open form and improvisation.

The musikFabrik is as open as its mission: To create music that is not there yet.

Official website: www.musikfabrik.eu
..

Member Since:

March 05, 2010

Members:

Marco Blaauw | trumpet
Helen Bledsoe | flute
Christine Chapman | horn
Bruce Collings | trombone
Juditha Haeberlin | violin
Benjamin Kobler | piano
Ulrich Löffler | piano
Melvyn Poore | tuba , sound direction
Axel Porath | viola
Carl Rosman | clarinet
Dirk Rothbrust | percussion
Michael Tiepold | double-bass
Peter Veale | oboe
Hannah Weirich | violin
Alban Wesly | bassoon
Dirk Wietheger | violoncello