by Christina Fuchs | 16. September,2024
„…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, created a visual world that filled the space with rotating geometric figures and abstract, proliferating light patterns. Textures of light and shapes spread out unpredictably and were as intensely charged as the sound eruptions of the large ensemble.“ Stefan Pieper
by Christina Fuchs | 16. September,2024
„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 Caroline Thon use the medium of music to sharpen the focus on the big picture.“ Stefan Pieper
by Caroline Thon | 16. September,2024
“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 flabbergasted, sometimes speechless, by the level of playing and musicianship of the performers and of the compositions.” ENGELS.KULTUR.KINO.WUPPERTAL- HARTMUT SASSENHAUSEN
by Caroline Thon | 16. September,2024
“The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA never lacked a grand gesture – it was both: self-confident and convincing.”
by Christina Fuchs | 14. November,2023
„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 of trombones, trumpets and saxophones separate from each other, moving, being pushed forward by powerful, driving basses, plunging into the depths. And above all, the voice of…“
by Christina Fuchs | 14. November,2023
„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 Cologne-based FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA. Like magic, this 20-piece orchestra transforms complex compositions that intertwine orchestral jazz, classical, avant-garde, rock and subtly applied…”
