FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #6 (2024)

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #6 (2024)

Fuchsthone Orchestra meets movin images

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #6 (2024)

PROJECT

In its fifth year, the ensemble is breaking new ground: Reloaded #6 is all about visualization, improvisation and new ensemble formats. The new compositions by Caroline Thon and Christina Fuchs are currently in the process of being created and will be performed on stage in May (30.5.24 Stadtgarten Köln).

This concert will be performed without our new guest, the video artist Claudia Schmitz, who will be joining us in August (31.8.24 Wuppertal, Immanuelskirche).

The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA is thus expanding its spectrum by another genre. Claudia Schmitz is the very first guest artist we have ever invited, so this will be a very special premiere! As a member of the ensemble, she will help shape the program visually and conceptually live on stage. We are looking forward to a feast of images, colors and music!

Artist’s Statement:
“My work starts where the media intersect.
I am not interested in the modernity of technology as such but in its capacities for creating new imaginary dimensions.
My arrangements constantly assume temporary states, reject and re-invent themselves, exploring the space-time continuum, rendering visible and questioning its borders. They investigate the limitations of media arrangements and modes of participation.“

Concerts in Wuppertal 31.8.24, Cologne 14.11.24 and Dortmund 15.11.24

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#

With their reloaded # concert series, the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, in cooperation with the European Center for Jazz and Contemporary Music / Stadtgarten Cologne, pursues the consistent ongoing development of their compositions in a direct exchange with the orchestra.

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

Nov 15th, 2024 Dortmund, Domicil 20h

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED #6
domicil

The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme together with guest videoartist Claudia Schmitz.
“Reloaded” brings together the ideas and endeavours of constant renewal and the search for contemporary sounds. The repertoire of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA is constantly changing and therefore remains full of surprises.

 

Tickets available in advance and at the box office

domicil, Hansastr. 7-11, 44137 Dortmund

Entry: 20h / Beginning: 20:30h

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

Nov 14th, 2024 Cologne, Stadtgarten

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6

The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme together with guest videoartist Claudia Schmitz.
“Reloaded #” brings together the ideas and endeavours of constant renewal and the search for contemporary sounds. The repertoire of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA is constantly changing and therefore remains full of surprises.

Tickets available in advance and at the box office

Stadtgarten, Venloer Str. 40, 50672 Köln

Entrance: sorry, no information right now… please inform yourself on the venues homepage.

Oct. 27th, 2024 Wuerzburg, Jazzfestival

Oct. 27th, 2024 Wuerzburg, Jazzfestival

Oct. 27th, 2024 Wuerzburg, Jazzfestival

FUCHSTHONE RELOADED#6

The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA presents its current programme of new compositions as part of the “RELOADED” concert series for the first time in Wuerzburg.
“Reloaded” brings together the ideas and endeavours of constant renewal and the search for contemporary sounds. The repertoire of the FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA is constantly changing and therefore remains full of surprises.

 

Tickets available in advance and at the box office

More info about the festival go see website of Jazzini

CD-RELEASE TOUR „STRUCTURES & BEAUTY“ (2023)

CD-RELEASE TOUR „STRUCTURES & BEAUTY“ (2023)

CD-RELEASE TOUR „STRUCTURES & BEAUTY“ (2023)

PROJECT

2023 was all about the presentation of the FUCHSTHONE debut album “Structures & Beauty”. There were 8 cities in Germany and abroad on the tour schedule: Magdeburg, Karlsruhe, Bonn, Dinslaken, Munich, Dornbirn, Düsseldorf and Cologne.

he band’s live energy was fantastic and the response from the local audience was correspondingly exuberant. Concert reviews and photos provide a good picture of this.
After a two-year development process leading up to the finished CD, live music needs to be celebrated again – preferably with lots of concerts where the music preserved on disc is revived live. Each concert is different: solos are never the same, the energy varies, new ideas are introduced … it never gets boring, not least because of the large proportion of improvisation!
A tour with 22 musicians + 2 sound engineers is always exhausting, but the joy and fun on stage make up for any night-time journey and a very special dynamic is created: everybody knows where they are going, finds their place in the ensemble and gives their best. Working together as a team to organise something is a great experience.
Our audience also plays a big part in this: when you sense that our music resonates with the listeners, that it has an effect and allows them to discover new things, amazes or delights them – that’s a great reward: a feeling of unity and meaningfulness.

The line-up:

  • Caroline Thon, Christina Fuchs (composition, conduction, arrangement)
  • Roger Hanschel, Julian Drach/Julius van Rhee, Veit Lange, Jens Böckamp, Susanne Weidinger /Kira Linn (saxophone, clarinets, flutes)
  • Jan Schneider/Simon Eckert, John-Denis Renken/Ruven Weithöhner/Janosch Löber, Matthias Bergmann, Matthias Knoop (trumpets)
  • Philipp Schittek, Matthias Schuller, Matthias Muche/Moritz Wesp (trombones)
  • Wolf Schenk/Friedrich Falkenhagen (basstrombone, tuba)
  • Zuzana Leharovà (violin)
  • Filippa Gojo (vocal)
  • Laia Genc (piano)
  • Andreas Wahl (guitar)
  • Alex Morsey (bass)
  • Eva Pöpplein (electronics)
  • Jens Düppe (drums)

Magedeburg: Jazz in der Kammer
“The Fuchsthone Orchestra was a fantastic finale for the Magdeburg Jazz Festival.”

Thoralf Winkler on Blogger.de

Dinslaken: Fuchsthone Orchestra in the Kathrin-Türks-Halle
“… inspired the audience with their excursions into exceptional soundscapes.”

Neue Ruhrzeitung / Funke Mediengruppe

Brilliant Cologne Fuchsthone Orchestra in Munich jazzclub Unterfahrt
“Experienced big band masterminds have joined forces with Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon.”

SZ-Online / 19. 9. 2023

Jazzfest Bonn: Fuchsthone in the Pantheon
“Whoever says jazz is apolitical today hasn’t heard „Iceland” yet…”

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