RELOADE#5 Tour Fall 2022
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung
“… from Cologne, the fantastic Fuchsthone Orchestra, featuring vibraphone rising star Evi Filippou as a special guest.”
7/26 Jazzthetik
“…featuring music of artistic and social significance, composed with great care and performed by one of the finest large jazz ensembles.”
6/26 Jazzpodium
“Probably the most radical orchestra in the large ensemble league.”
6/26 Kulturtipp (CH)
“Powerful orchestral force, richly varied brass sections, and lyrical solos: you can hear it all in this jazz ensemble.”
5/26 All about Jazz
“The Fuchsthone Orchestra sustains a proud, defiant, radically contemporary outlook.”
5/26 JazzZeitung
“The Fuchsthone Orchestra ranks among the most fascinating jazz ensembles of our time.”
5/26 Frankfurter Rundschau
“Rugged ridges, deep gorges. Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs work in a way that defies clichés, embraces multiple styles, and features advanced compositional techniques.”
5/26 Jazz-fun.de
“Noise-like soundscapes meet virtuosic wind sections; dense orchestral structures open up into spaces for improvisation before condensing once again into powerful soundscapes.”
Generalanzeiger-Bonn
“Real music by real people.“
Wochenblatt Singen
“Rich in textures, brilliant arrangements, and stunning solo moments, the ensemble captivates with its lucid presence—firmly anchored in the present yet envisioning the future.“
AllAboutJazz.Com Live Review: Fuchsthone Orchestra featuring Evi Filippou
“The spectacular closing night … with a bill that promised to be as explosive as it was brilliant”. | Artur Moral, AllAboutJazz.com,
June 1, 2026
The big Jazzfest Bonn – Preview in WDR 3 Jazz Radio Apr. 16th, 2026
Festival Preview: Bonn and Hamm. WDR reports on upcoming concerts, including one at the Telekom Forum in Bonn featuring the Fuchsthone Orchestra.
You’ll hear a new track from our latest CD, “Peaks & Plots.”
Jun 20th, 2026 Dortmund, Domicil 20h
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at Domicil
Tickets and info
Sep. 30th, 2026 Cologne, Stadtgarten
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at Stadtgarten with artist Evi Filippou (Vibraphon, Percussion)
Tickets and advance booking…
Oct. 1st, 2026 Aachen
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at Klangbruecke
Tickets and advance booking
Oct 3rd, 2026 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at the Tollhaus with artist Evi Filippou (Vibraphon, Percussion)
Tickets and advance booking…
Oct. 14th, 2026 Wuppertal
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at DAS LOCH with artist Evi Filippou (Vibraphon, Percussion)
Tickets and advance booking…
Oct. 15th, 2026 Gütersloh
CD Release Concert “Peaks & Plots”
at Theater Gütersloh with artist Evi Filippou (Vibraphon, Percussion)
Tickets and advance booking…
CD-RELEASE TOUR “PEAKS & PLOTS” (2026)
2026 is all about the presentation of the FUCHSTHONE album “Peaks & Plots”. 7 CD release concerts are on the tour schedule…
New album “PEAKS & PLOTS” / Preview
Album Release PEAKS & PLOTS May, 29th, 2026 UNIT Records, Fuchsthone’s new album featuring Greek vibraphonist and percussionist Evi Filippou
May 09th, 2026 Bonn, Jazzfest
Double concert at Jazzfest Bonn: Fuchsthone Orchestra feat. guest Evi Filippou / UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra feat. Jazzmeia Horn
04.12.2025 – Press coverage of Reloaded #7 with guest artist Evi Fillipou
The new timbre of the vibraphone and some cymbals and drums, played by Evi Filippou, were a wonderful addition to the orchestra’s sound.
11/25 nrwjazz.net
"NEW PROGRAM, NEW SOUND – The new program Reloaded #7 continues the orchestra's tradition of performing only works written specifically for the ensemble by its conductors. … The Fuchsthone Orchestra is one of the most important large ensembles in the contemporary jazz...
Annual Review 2024 NRW – “State of the Art” | Magazin of Kunststiftung NRW
Informative report on the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA as a funding example in this year’s Kunststiftung NRW magazine
7/25 Annual Review 2024 “NRW – State of the Art” Magazin of Kunststiftung NRW
„The Kunststiftung NRW supports the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, one of Germany's major jazz ensembles, for several years. The collaboration between both leaders and composeres Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon results in unique works that leave plenty of room for...
At Jazzahead 2025 interviewed by Sarah Seidel for jazz-fun.de
Two visions, one orchestra – Christina Fuchs & Caroline Thon at Jazzahead 2025 in an interview with Sarah Seidel about the Fuchsthone Orchestra
Dec. 6th, 2025 Cologne, Stadtgarten
FUCHSTHONE Reloaded #7 – The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme – with artist Evi Filippou (Vibraphon, Percussion) / Tickets and advance booking…
Nov. 23rd, 2025 Freiburg, Jazzhaus
We are presenting the new program Reloaded #7 / Tickets and advance booking…
FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #7 (2025/26)
The year 2025 is the year of a new departure: a “right now!” in difficult local and global political times. And we invite the young and brilliant vibraphonist/percussionist Evi Filippou for the upcoming fall tour.
FUCHSTHONES nominated for German Jazzaward 2025 in the category “Large Ensemble of the Year”
We’re back in the game and in the shortlist! In 2021, the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA was nominated for the first time…
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!
