RELOADE#5 Tour Fall 2022

RELOADE#5 Tour Fall 2022

RELOADE#5 Tour Fall 2022

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9/24 nrwjazz.net

„…a spectacular multimedia concert by Cologne's Fuchsthone Orchestra raised the bar for the future of contemporary jazz orchestra culture.The synaesthetic overall experience was enhanced by innovative light art. Claudia Schmitz, a visual artist with heart and soul,...

9/24 nrwjazz.net

„This is about much more than just displaying the highest level of artistic ability: the Fuchsthone Orchestra considers music to be a social, interactive instrument for conveying global messages. With this concept, the two Cologne band leaders Christina Fuchs and...

9/24 engels-kultur.de

“Rarely before have we heard such a stringent combination of different jazz styles, both traditional modern and completely free, with contemporary compositional techniques of serious music and noisy elements… After frenetic applause, the audience is truly...

9/24 Westdeutsche Zeitung

“The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA never lacked a grand gesture - it was both: self-confident and convincing.”

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6 (2024)

Once again breaking new ground: the FUCHSTHONE Reloaded #6 programme is all about visualization, improvisation and new ensemble formats.

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

Reloaded# 6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz.
Tickets and info

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz. Tickets and …

May 30th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions as part of the “RELOADED” concert series. Tickets and …

Jan. 23rd, 2024 – RADIO 674 FM

At 4 pm: FUNKT-Sessionsguests today are Christina Fuchs, Caroline Thon, Eva Pöpplein talking with Dietmar Bonnen & Georg Dietzler

9/23 JazzThing

„With their debut album „Structures & Beauty“ (enja/edel), the Fuchsthone Orchestra is taking a creative inventory. Recorded in June 2022 at the Deutschlandfunk broadcasting hall in Cologne, the material was more than enough for a double CD, but not one note,...

09/23 NRZ

„The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA captivated the audience in the Kathrin-Türks-Halle/Dinslaken with excursions into extraordinary worlds of sound.Glaciers are melting, ice masses are breaking. It cracks, it crashes with drumbeats and hissing cymbals. The compact sound layers...

09/23 Süddeutsche Zeitung

„Experienced big band masterminds have joined forces with Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon. ‚Structures & Beauty', the title of the highly acclaimed album recently released on the Enja & Yellowbird label, captures in a nutshell what distinguishes the...

09/23 KulturZeitschrift (Österreich)

„The richness of musical ideas, the versatile compositions and the outstanding skills of the players alone would make a performance of the performance of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA an Eldorado for adventurous music fans. Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon combine their...

09/23 Zeitschrift f. Kultur & Gesellschaft (Austria)

„Magnificent cinema for the ears! Listening for the first time to the eight compositions … you will be flashed by this completely unconventional ride on a musical roller coaster: such fun with experimentation and strong contrasts. This variety of moods and sound...

08/23 JazzPodium

„System blasters! Is this (still) jazz or simply music that doesn't care about categories? Are we listening to notes that have the potential to become system breakers? Anyone who gets involved with the good ninety minutes of Fuchsthone Orchestra will not only...

08/23 Kulturtipp CH

„The eight-part concept album alternates from a well-balanced big band set to an avantgarde stirring sound cascade and has lyrics by Greta Thunberg pop up. A multi-layered auditory movie…“

06/23 JazzThing

„Big, so beautiful. Structures & Beauty is the assertion that beauty exists…“

06/23 Jazzpodium

„…Zappa would have had a blast with it, though Carla Bley's „Escalator over the Hill“ epic could also have been the inspiration. Philosophical thinking meets musical vision here…radically fresh and exciting!“

05/23 Bonner Generalanzeiger

„Spectacular concert by the Fuchsthone Orchestra from Cologne rocked the Pantheon…certainly one of the best of the 13th Bonn Jazz Festival…“

05/23 Jazzthetik

„The debut double album of the Fuchsthone Orchestra is a large-orchestral masterpiece…Structures&Beauty unites all that can make large orchestral jazz thrilling: free and heavy grooving passages, soloists who pour their whole heart into this music, and a political...

05/23 MELODIVA online Magazin

„Structures & Beauty" is a magnificent jazz CD with depth which reminds us that we are in control of our own destiny.”

04/23 FAZ

„The composers Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs assembled a strong ensemble with the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, in which singer Fiippa Gojo shines on the microphone. The consistently strong soloists include such distinctive musicians as trumpeter John-Dennis Renken, alto...

What times are we living in right now?!
The climate crisis, endless trouble spots, Corona, avarice, stinginess and gas price brakes…
It’ s really difficult to keep a clear head. Therefore it is a gift to be able to process and comment on all this through music.
Caroline Thon about her new compositions:
“After finishing the relatively notated composition Inside Me with the desire to write simply beautiful music, harsher and unusual sounds pushed themselves clearly into the foreground.
 The highly improvisational Outside of Me depicts what is happening around us right now: the breakdown of our present certainties caused by trouble spots, climate change and pandemics.
 Therefore, in my eyes, we need even more an inner voice and safety that gives confidence and a positive outlook… this is the theme of Inside Me“.

Christina Fuchs comments:
“Sometimes you just want to get away, for example fly! That is what happened on a tandem paragliding flight this summer in Switzerland. And it was so exciting that I had to write a piece about it: Thermal Winds. Or looking into the clouds like in Echo Chambers Clouds and Bubbles. But everything is ambivalent, and so these titles definitely have very different levels of meaning.”
You can hear the results of these reflections from the inner echo chambers in the FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#5 series on this year’s fall tour. Stop by!

FTO on radio this fall 2022

FTO on radio this fall 2022

FTO on radio this fall 2022

OTHER NEWS

9/24 nrwjazz.net

„…a spectacular multimedia concert by Cologne's Fuchsthone Orchestra raised the bar for the future of contemporary jazz orchestra culture.The synaesthetic overall experience was enhanced by innovative light art. Claudia Schmitz, a visual artist with heart and soul,...

9/24 nrwjazz.net

„This is about much more than just displaying the highest level of artistic ability: the Fuchsthone Orchestra considers music to be a social, interactive instrument for conveying global messages. With this concept, the two Cologne band leaders Christina Fuchs and...

9/24 engels-kultur.de

“Rarely before have we heard such a stringent combination of different jazz styles, both traditional modern and completely free, with contemporary compositional techniques of serious music and noisy elements… After frenetic applause, the audience is truly...

9/24 Westdeutsche Zeitung

“The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA never lacked a grand gesture - it was both: self-confident and convincing.”

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6 (2024)

Once again breaking new ground: the FUCHSTHONE Reloaded #6 programme is all about visualization, improvisation and new ensemble formats.

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

Reloaded# 6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz.
Tickets and info

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz. Tickets and …

May 30th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions as part of the “RELOADED” concert series. Tickets and …

Jan. 23rd, 2024 – RADIO 674 FM

At 4 pm: FUNKT-Sessionsguests today are Christina Fuchs, Caroline Thon, Eva Pöpplein talking with Dietmar Bonnen & Georg Dietzler

9/23 JazzThing

„With their debut album „Structures & Beauty“ (enja/edel), the Fuchsthone Orchestra is taking a creative inventory. Recorded in June 2022 at the Deutschlandfunk broadcasting hall in Cologne, the material was more than enough for a double CD, but not one note,...

09/23 NRZ

„The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA captivated the audience in the Kathrin-Türks-Halle/Dinslaken with excursions into extraordinary worlds of sound.Glaciers are melting, ice masses are breaking. It cracks, it crashes with drumbeats and hissing cymbals. The compact sound layers...

09/23 Süddeutsche Zeitung

„Experienced big band masterminds have joined forces with Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon. ‚Structures & Beauty', the title of the highly acclaimed album recently released on the Enja & Yellowbird label, captures in a nutshell what distinguishes the...

09/23 KulturZeitschrift (Österreich)

„The richness of musical ideas, the versatile compositions and the outstanding skills of the players alone would make a performance of the performance of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA an Eldorado for adventurous music fans. Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon combine their...

09/23 Zeitschrift f. Kultur & Gesellschaft (Austria)

„Magnificent cinema for the ears! Listening for the first time to the eight compositions … you will be flashed by this completely unconventional ride on a musical roller coaster: such fun with experimentation and strong contrasts. This variety of moods and sound...

08/23 JazzPodium

„System blasters! Is this (still) jazz or simply music that doesn't care about categories? Are we listening to notes that have the potential to become system breakers? Anyone who gets involved with the good ninety minutes of Fuchsthone Orchestra will not only...

08/23 Kulturtipp CH

„The eight-part concept album alternates from a well-balanced big band set to an avantgarde stirring sound cascade and has lyrics by Greta Thunberg pop up. A multi-layered auditory movie…“

06/23 JazzThing

„Big, so beautiful. Structures & Beauty is the assertion that beauty exists…“

06/23 Jazzpodium

„…Zappa would have had a blast with it, though Carla Bley's „Escalator over the Hill“ epic could also have been the inspiration. Philosophical thinking meets musical vision here…radically fresh and exciting!“

05/23 Bonner Generalanzeiger

„Spectacular concert by the Fuchsthone Orchestra from Cologne rocked the Pantheon…certainly one of the best of the 13th Bonn Jazz Festival…“

05/23 Jazzthetik

„The debut double album of the Fuchsthone Orchestra is a large-orchestral masterpiece…Structures&Beauty unites all that can make large orchestral jazz thrilling: free and heavy grooving passages, soloists who pour their whole heart into this music, and a political...

05/23 MELODIVA online Magazin

„Structures & Beauty" is a magnificent jazz CD with depth which reminds us that we are in control of our own destiny.”

04/23 FAZ

„The composers Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs assembled a strong ensemble with the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, in which singer Fiippa Gojo shines on the microphone. The consistently strong soloists include such distinctive musicians as trumpeter John-Dennis Renken, alto...

Mo. Sept.19th  at 20.05 h on WDR 3

World premiere of ECHO CHAMBERS for re-listening, performed in St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne, in a chamber music formation as FUCHSTHONE Chamber ORCHESTRA

he radio broadcast plays besides our concert previously the Wind&Seasons concert of our colleagues from “Prisma”. The concert will be available for re-listening for 30 days in the media library the day after the broadcast.

Preview:
Mon. 12 Dec. at 8.05 p.m. on WDR 3.

On this evening the WDR broadcasts a recording of the 26th Hildener Jazztage – including excerpts of our concert program Reloaded#4.

Review:
Mon. Sept. 10 at 10 p.m. on Radio Station Bremen2

Bremen2 “Sounds in Concert” featured a report on Jazzahead worth listening to – including excerpts from our presentation of “Iceland III” and “The Truth of J.P.S.?”.

Unfortunately, the soundfile of the broadcast is now no longer available for re-listening in the media library.

Press reviews the Hildener Jazztage

Press reviews the Hildener Jazztage

Press reviews the Hildener Jazztage

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Peter Clement and Stephan Köhlen review the Hildener Jazztage in the Rheinische Post Online edition on June 19 after our concert:

“The opening with the Fuchsthone Orchestra was already worth the entrance fee. “The nearly two dozen outstanding and award-winning musicians took the audience on a spectacular journey of sound….

Many visitors assured us that the Hildener Jazz Tage once again convinced the audience with its wide range of music. For instance, Claus from Meerbusch has been part of the jazz scene in the state capital and in Hilden for many years. He also regularly visits the “Blue Note” in the Itterstadt. He reported that it is the many varieties of jazz that appeal to him. Experiencing new sounds over and over again, such as through the Fuchsthone Orchestra, is something he really enjoys…”

ECHO CHAMBERS – new project with a smaller line up

ECHO CHAMBERS – new project with a smaller line up

ECHO CHAMBERS – new project with a smaller line up

OTHER NEWS

9/24 nrwjazz.net

„…a spectacular multimedia concert by Cologne's Fuchsthone Orchestra raised the bar for the future of contemporary jazz orchestra culture.The synaesthetic overall experience was enhanced by innovative light art. Claudia Schmitz, a visual artist with heart and soul,...

9/24 nrwjazz.net

„This is about much more than just displaying the highest level of artistic ability: the Fuchsthone Orchestra considers music to be a social, interactive instrument for conveying global messages. With this concept, the two Cologne band leaders Christina Fuchs and...

9/24 engels-kultur.de

“Rarely before have we heard such a stringent combination of different jazz styles, both traditional modern and completely free, with contemporary compositional techniques of serious music and noisy elements… After frenetic applause, the audience is truly...

9/24 Westdeutsche Zeitung

“The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA never lacked a grand gesture - it was both: self-confident and convincing.”

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6 (2024)

Once again breaking new ground: the FUCHSTHONE Reloaded #6 programme is all about visualization, improvisation and new ensemble formats.

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

Reloaded# 6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz.
Tickets and info

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions together with videoartist Claudia Schmitz. Tickets and …

May 30th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Reloaded #6. The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions as part of the “RELOADED” concert series. Tickets and …

Jan. 23rd, 2024 – RADIO 674 FM

At 4 pm: FUNKT-Sessionsguests today are Christina Fuchs, Caroline Thon, Eva Pöpplein talking with Dietmar Bonnen & Georg Dietzler

9/23 JazzThing

„With their debut album „Structures & Beauty“ (enja/edel), the Fuchsthone Orchestra is taking a creative inventory. Recorded in June 2022 at the Deutschlandfunk broadcasting hall in Cologne, the material was more than enough for a double CD, but not one note,...

09/23 NRZ

„The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA captivated the audience in the Kathrin-Türks-Halle/Dinslaken with excursions into extraordinary worlds of sound.Glaciers are melting, ice masses are breaking. It cracks, it crashes with drumbeats and hissing cymbals. The compact sound layers...

09/23 Süddeutsche Zeitung

„Experienced big band masterminds have joined forces with Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon. ‚Structures & Beauty', the title of the highly acclaimed album recently released on the Enja & Yellowbird label, captures in a nutshell what distinguishes the...

09/23 KulturZeitschrift (Österreich)

„The richness of musical ideas, the versatile compositions and the outstanding skills of the players alone would make a performance of the performance of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA an Eldorado for adventurous music fans. Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon combine their...

09/23 Zeitschrift f. Kultur & Gesellschaft (Austria)

„Magnificent cinema for the ears! Listening for the first time to the eight compositions … you will be flashed by this completely unconventional ride on a musical roller coaster: such fun with experimentation and strong contrasts. This variety of moods and sound...

08/23 JazzPodium

„System blasters! Is this (still) jazz or simply music that doesn't care about categories? Are we listening to notes that have the potential to become system breakers? Anyone who gets involved with the good ninety minutes of Fuchsthone Orchestra will not only...

08/23 Kulturtipp CH

„The eight-part concept album alternates from a well-balanced big band set to an avantgarde stirring sound cascade and has lyrics by Greta Thunberg pop up. A multi-layered auditory movie…“

06/23 JazzThing

„Big, so beautiful. Structures & Beauty is the assertion that beauty exists…“

06/23 Jazzpodium

„…Zappa would have had a blast with it, though Carla Bley's „Escalator over the Hill“ epic could also have been the inspiration. Philosophical thinking meets musical vision here…radically fresh and exciting!“

05/23 Bonner Generalanzeiger

„Spectacular concert by the Fuchsthone Orchestra from Cologne rocked the Pantheon…certainly one of the best of the 13th Bonn Jazz Festival…“

05/23 Jazzthetik

„The debut double album of the Fuchsthone Orchestra is a large-orchestral masterpiece…Structures&Beauty unites all that can make large orchestral jazz thrilling: free and heavy grooving passages, soloists who pour their whole heart into this music, and a political...

05/23 MELODIVA online Magazin

„Structures & Beauty" is a magnificent jazz CD with depth which reminds us that we are in control of our own destiny.”

04/23 FAZ

„The composers Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs assembled a strong ensemble with the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, in which singer Fiippa Gojo shines on the microphone. The consistently strong soloists include such distinctive musicians as trumpeter John-Dennis Renken, alto...

On June 24, the Romanesque Night in the Cologne church of St. Maria im Kapitol ewill be a very special concert evening with no less than 4 concerts. Jazz and Romanesque? “Yes absolutely!” says the organizer of the Romanesque Summer 2022 – and we totally agree.
We may present ourselves as “Grande Finale” of this concert week with the new program “ECHO CHAMBERS” – starting at 23pm. For this concert, the organizers of the Romanischer Sommer have commissioned us to compose music. So this concert will once again consist exclusively of new compositions with world premieres, performed as a “chamber orchestra” with a small line-up. But first, there will be three more acts (1 hour each):

  • 20:00 pm:  Freiburger Jazzchor  mit with compositions and arrangements by George Harrison, Bobby McFerrin and others
  • 21:00 pm: Geiger Sergey Malov with sonatas and partitas by J.S. Bach
  • 22:00 pm: Trio Tamala  (Senegal/Belgien) with the program  “Strings & Worlds”
  • 23:00 Uhr: FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA with “ECHO CHAMBERS”

ECHO CHAMBERS consists of the pieces:

C. Thon „Reflexionen“ (2022) UA
1. Reflexion „Outside“
2. Reflexion „Inside“
3. Reflexion „Panta Rhei“

C. Fuchs „Cloud-Cluster“ (2022) UA
1. Satz „Cloud“
2. Satz „Bubble”
3. Satz „Home“

The FUCHSTHONE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA will perform this evening with the following line-up:

Christina Fuchs – composition & conducting
Caroline Thon – composition & conducting
Zuzana Leharova – violin
Filippa Gojo – vocals
Alexander Morsey – bass, tuba, overtone singing
Andreas Wahl – guitar
Jens Düppe – percussion
Roger Hanschel – saxophone, clarinet, flute
Martin Gasser – saxophone, clarinet, flute
Veit Lange – saxophone, clarinet, flute
Matthias Knoop – trumpet
Matthias Schuller – trombone
Tickets for all 4 concerts together:
Box office and VVK 35 Euro (reduced 25 Euro)

Jun. 12th, 2022 Studio Recording

Jun. 12th, 2022 Studio Recording

Jun. 12th, 2022 Studio Recording

From 12 June on for 4 days at the Sendesaal of Deutschlandfunk Cologne

The time has finally come! We will be recording our debut CD at the Sendesaal of the Deutschlandfunk in Cologne.

Big thanks to Odilo Clausnitzer, who makes these 4 recording days possible for us in the fantastic acoustics of the Sendesaal. Our sound engineer Nico Raschke is also part of the team.

Sorry – no tickets!

Deutschlandradio, Raderberggürtel 40, 50968 Köln

April 30th, 2022 Bremen Jazzahead

April 30th, 2022 Bremen Jazzahead

April 30th, 2022 Bremen Jazzahead

FUCHSTHONE at the German Jazz Expo showcase at jazzahead!

Live: 15.15 h – 15.45 h ÖVB-Arena/Hall 1

Showcase at the world’s largest jazz trade fair.
Within the framework of jazzahead! the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA will be able to present its program. The applications for the showcase submitted from all over the world were selected by a top-class jury appointed by jazzahead! The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA is one of them.

Launched in 2006, jazzahead! is the largest jazz trade fair in the world. Constantly growing, the event is also known as the “family reunion of jazz”, as it has never lost its family character. The 40 showcase concerts held as part of the fair are also aimed at the general public.

Tickets available in advance and at the box office

Liveact: 15.15 p.m. – 15.45 p.m., Hall 1, ÖVB-Arena