„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...
GRANDS FORMATS MEETING 2021 – FUCHSTHONE taking part in european network for big jazzorchestras
GRANDS FORMATS MEETING 2021 – FUCHSTHONE taking part in european network for big jazzorchestras
OTHER NEWS
09/23 NRZ
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...
19.10.2023 – SZ Concert tip: “Great experience! An Unterfahrt must-attend event”
The Süddeutsche Zeitung recommends the concert by the Fuchsthone Orchestra at the legendary Munich jazz club Unterfahrt as a must-see.
07.10.2023 SWR2 Jazz Global: “A band of experienced soloists”
Babette Michel presents world jazz on a large scale in her music program XXL:Worldjazz and talks about the Fuchsthone Orchestra
Okt. 02nd, 2023 – nrwjazz.net: “Tomorrow we’ll sound completely different!”
The Fuchsthone Orchestra is characterized by a constant work in progress” writes Uwe Bräutigam about the concert in Düsseldorf
Sep. 08th, 2023 – JazzPodium: “Fuchsthone stires up the big band concept”
“The Fuchsthone Orchestra really is shaking up the big band concept with its record debut…” Michael Stürm about Structures & Beauty in JazzPodium, this summer issue
Making-Of „Structures & Beauty“ / Video
The „Structures & Beauty“ making-of video with stunning insides and interviews from their recording session in DLF concerthall…
Double album “Structures & Beauty” / Preview
This music tells sound dramatic stories as great world theater, sometimes forcefully dynamic, sometimes lyrically subtle…
Debut CD “Structures & Beauty” will be released April 28
The preparations are in full swing…audio mixing, photo selection for the booklet, writing lyrics in approved collaboration with our designer Jumana Hamandouche…and our sound engineer Nico Raschke at the Hansahaus Studios Bonn.
Jan. 5th, 2023 – Interview in “Jazzfacts”
German radio station DLF broadcast with recordings made last year in the chamber music hall of Deutschlandfunk and released as a recording in 2023.
April 24th, 2023 Magdeburger Jazztage
CD-Release concert in Magdeburg –
presentation of our program with new compositions
Tickets and advance booking
May 12th, 2023 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
CD-Release concert in Karlsruhe –
presentation of our program with new compositions
Tickets and advance booking
May 13th, 2023 Jazzfest Bonn, Pantheon
CD-Release concert in Bonn –
presentation of our program with new compositions
Tickets and advance booking
Sep. 15th, 2023 Dinslaken, Jazz Initiative
CD-Release concert in Dinslaken –
presentation of our program with new compositions
Tickets and advance booking
Sep. 20th, 2023 Munich, Unterfahrt
CD-Release concert in Munich –
presentation of our program with new compositions
Tickets and advance booking
Sep. 21st, 2023 Dornbirn, Spielboden
CD-Release concert in Austria. We are presenting the program RELOADED#. Tickets and…
Sep. 23rd, 2023 Duesseldorf, Jazzschmiede
FUCHSTHONE RELOADED# CD-Release concert. We are presenting the program RELOADED#. Tickets and advance booking. “RELOADED#” programs combine the ideas and striving for constant renewal and the search for contemporary sounds. The repertoire of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA...
Sep. 24th, 2023 Cologne, Stadtgarten
FUCHSTHONE RELOADED# CD-Release concert. We are presenting the program RELOADED#. Tickets and…
RELOADE#5 Tour Fall 2022
Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs are prepared for FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA tour fall 2022. Their first Konzert will be at Klangbruecke Aachen.
FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #5 (2022)
PROJECT “ECHO CHAMBERS” … the 5th edition of the RELOADED# series reflects on this year’s events and their effect on all of us. Where better to do this than in the echo chamber of one’s own musical creation, interacting with the audience? The concerts and CD...
From November 26-28, 2021, the European network for jazz and improvised music of large jazz orchestras “GRANDS FORMATS” had invited to a meeting in Clermont-Ferrand /France.
Caroline Thon was there for the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA.
An illustrious meet-and-greet with organizers, promoters and above all exciting fellow musicians from all parts of Europe“.
