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      • Premieres

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        Concerts 2025

        In the first half of 2025, the Bridges Kammerorchester will be performing four different concert programmes at the Casals Forum Kronberg, the hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt, the Gebrüder-Busch-Theater Hilchenbach, the netzwerk.seilerei and for the first time at the Bachfest Leipzig.

        Estimate: 7. März & 8. März Casals Forum

        Beyond time and space: 12. April hr- Sendesaal

        Complementarity: 3. Mai Hilchenbach 

        Glokale Welthits: 12. Juni netzwerk.seilerei &
        13. Juni Bachfest Leipzig

      • Premiere

        Roots and beyond
        Successful premiere in Frankfurt

        Das Bridges Kammerorchester – The composing orchestra celebrated its premiere with Roots and beyond and conductor Olivia Clarke in the sold-out Volksbühne im Großen Hirschgraben Frankfurt.

        Report on Amal Frankfurt

        Weitere Termine
        12. December, 19.30 Uhr, Orangerie Darmstadt 
        13. December, 19.45 Uhr, Casals Forum

        Foto © Parwiz Rahimi/Amal Frankfurt

      • Achieving more together

        Förderverein
        Bridges Kammerorchester e. V.

        Our Förderverein Bridges Kammerorchester e. V. is currently being founded. Its aim is to support the orchestra in increasing its impact and enriching the musical landscape through its diversity. You can already become a member now. We are authorised to issue donation receipts once we have been entered in the register of associations and a certificate of exemption has been issued.

        Kontakt: friends@bridges-kammerorchester.de

        Membership form

        Foto: Jubiläumsfeier 5 Jahre Bridges Kammerorchester, Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium 13.10.

      • Online-Release

        Complementarity – Track by track

        Every Friday we release a track from our new album Complementarity.

        On 6 December, we continue with the third movement from the Konzert für Violoncello Solo & Bridges Kammerorchester by Peter Klohmann, a composition commissioned by the Kronberg Academy Foundation for the opening of the Casals Forum in September 2022. Soloist László Fenyö is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions and one of the leading cellists of his generation.

        6.12. Konzert für Violoncello Solo & Bridges Kammerorchester (3. Satz)

      • Sendehinweis

        What is universal in music?
        SWR Wissen on 23.10.

        What is universal in music – and what is not? This exciting question was the subject of the SWR Wissen programme with journalist Christoph Drösser on 23 October from 8.00 am.

        In the run-up to his production, Christoph Drösser conducted an interview with Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff, who contributes her expertise on transcultural music and thus sheds light on further aspects of possible universality.

        To the Podcast of the programme

      • Premiere

        Successful premiere
        at the Elbphilharmonie

        With its debut at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Bridges Kammerorchester kicked off the new 24/25 season on 26 August in the sold-out Elbphilharmonie.

        Press articles
        Stephan Knies, BackstageClassical, 28.08.24
        Andreas Ströbl, Klassik Begeistert, 27.08.24
        Foto:
        Sophie Wolter, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 26.08.24

      • Broadcast

        Deutschlandfunk
        5 years Bridges Kammerorchester

        On July 16 at 10:05 p.m., Deutschlandfunk broadcast the program Brücken aus Klängen on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Bridges Kammerorchester. In the run-up to the program, journalist Jochanan Shelliem conducted numerous interviews with members of the orchestra.

        Click here for the program

      • Streaming-Premiere

        Exploring the space beyond

        The Bridges Kammerorchester’s program Exploring the space beyond was celebrated with standing ovations in the hr-Sendesaal in April. If you were unable to attend or would like to hear the works again, you can now enjoy the concert via stream.

        Click here for the stream

      • Our Awards

        Longlist German Record Critics‘ Award

        Complementarity was nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award 02/2024 in the category of Crossover Productions. Complementarity is our vibrancy – and the title of our second album, released in March 2024. The works of the orchestra members are full of multi-layered experiences and reflections and represent the unique liveliness of the Bridges sound.

      • Education

        New education production

        Superheld*innen is the name of the new production by the education ensemble Tiny Bridges. And who wouldn’t want them: superpowers! For the first time, the ensemble is focusing on a new target group and its participatory concert is aimed at pupils in years 5 to 7.

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        Offers

        Bridges Kammerorchester

        We are revolutionising the concert experience. Our music renders immigrant societies audible. The Bridges Kammerorchester brings diversity to the stage, the audience and the venues.

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        Bridges Ensembles

        The Bridges Ensembles bring our transcultural sound to any location – from duo to quintet. The individual artistic identities of the ensemble members shape the repertoire.

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        Bridges Education

        We promote transcultural music education and empower children and young people with music theater and hands-on activities. We pass on our experience and expertise with transcultural music in workshops and in a university context. 

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        Bridges Community

        In our community projects, (semi-) professional musicians can make music together with musicians from the Bridges Kammerorchester. We create a lively community in which the focus is on learning from each other and musical encounters.

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        Testimonials

        „The Bridges Kammerorchester is the orchestra of our time. In the orchestra as well as in the ensembles, in education and community formats, the wonderful diversity of music can be experienced. The Bridges Kammerorchester makes clear what is possible in a post-migrant society: a new whole that is more than the sum of its parts. This makes the beauty of diversity audible.“

        Prof. Dr. Meron Mendel, Director of the Bildungsstätte Anne Frank
        Foto © Ali Ghandtschi
        Foto © Katarina Ivanisevic

        „The Bridges Kammerorchester engages with our society and seeks musical dialog. Playing together in different time signatures creates friction. Contemporary music that connects – with a lot of feeling.“

        Hadija Haruna-Oelker, journalist/author

        „The Bridges Kammerorchester is a great ambassador for our region. It not only brings together outstanding musicians, but also combines musical influences from all over the world to create a unique blend. Diversity enriches and inspires. The ensemble conveys this through music. Bridges could not be better suited to our times and our colorful region. I’m already looking forward to the next concert.“ 

        Kaweh Mansoori, Hessian Minister of Economics and Deputy Prime Minister
        Foto © Paul Schneider/Hessische Staatskanzlei

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