Our premiere – FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA with Live Moving Images by video artist Claudia Schmitz as part of RELOADED#6 – on 31.08.24 in the Immanuelskirche in Wuppertal was impressive and a complete success.
The press:

• “Fuchsthone Orchestra creates an overall experience that resonates.“
  Martin Hagemeyer, WZ (->full article)
  
• “An experience for all the senses that combines visual power, atmospheric density and a profound message.“
  Stefan Pieper, nrwjazz.net (->full article)
• “Like a seismographic echo chamber for the emotions of this world.“
  Stefan Pieper, JazzZeitung (->full article)
  
• “After frenetic applause, the audience is rightly flabbergasted, sometimes speechless, by the level of playing and musicianship of the musicians and the compositions.“
  Hartmut Sassenhausen, engels-kultur.de (->full article)

With FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6 we are inviting a guest for the first time in 2024: video artist Claudia Schmitz will be performing live on stage with us, meaning that the music will not only have compositional but also visual/conceptual trigger points. This is a very exciting process beforehand, as we are entering new fields of composition here. It will also be a radical rethink for everyone involved in the performance on stage, as musical interventions will not only come from the conducting, but will also take place through visual communication.
At these concerts video artist Claudia Schmitz will be performing with us:

• Aug. 31st 2024 in Wuppertal
• Nov. 14th 2024 in Cologne
• Nov. 15th 2024 in Dortmund