Concerto Köln

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More than 30 years of world class performances characterised by a highly individual sound and a passion for the re-discovery of forgotten repertoire mark out Concerto Köln as one of today’s leading orchestras for Historically Informed Performance. With one foot firmly rooted in Köln’s musical life, the orchestra is a regular guest at important musical venues worldwide and stands for excellence in the interpretation of early music.

A highlight in 2023 is the US tour in March together with soprano Jeanine De Bique with a performance at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York. The first joint album "Mirrors" was awarded numerous prizes (including Opus Klassik 2022) and proves that two congenial musical partners have found each other.

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Also in 2023, the Cologne ensemble will be a guest at the Handel Festivals in Göttingen and Halle as well as the Toujours Mozart Festival in Salzburg. At the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Concerto Köln will be able to demonstrate its expertise as an exciting opera orchestra in a production of George Frideric Handel's "Flavio". Together with its honorary conductor Kent Nagano, Concerto Köln presents a new classical-romantic programme at the Herrenchiemsee Festival in July.

Musical partners in 2023 are the soprano Julia Lezhneva, the tenor Daniel Behle, the grand seigneur of the baroque violin Giuliano Carmignola, the conductor Václav Luks, the pianist Tobias Koch, the clarinettist Martin Fröst and the recorder player Max Volbers.

Mayumi Hirasaki, Evgeny Sviridov and Shunske Sato as permanent concertmasters and soloists, together with Artistic Director Alexander Scherf, stand for the characteristic orientation of the self-managed orchestra.

The overwhelming response in the international press testifies that the performance of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in November 2021 in the Cologne Philharmonie and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under the baton of Kent Nagano can be considered a milestone in the history of interpretation.

The major scientific-artistic project with Wagner's "Ring" tetralogy in a historically informed reading will be continued in 2023 in cooperation with the Dresdner Musikfestspiele.

Concerto Köln interprets well-known repertoire in such a fresh and "striking" way (Die ZEIT), as if you were hearing it for the first time.

Since 2008, the ensemble has been closely associated with the Berlin Classics label, but also remains active for other labels. The discography now includes more than 75 often award-winning recordings, including the Grammy Award-winning recording of Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" with René Jacobs.

No art without enthusiastic sponsors: the Federal Ministry for Culture and Science in North-Rhine Westphalia, the Kunststiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Goethe-Institut, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Strecker Foundation support the ensemble in the realization of its musical projects and ideas.

Since 2009, there has also been a close partnership with MBL unique high end audio, which enables the orchestra to engage intensively with the sound and reproduction of its recordings.

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Season 2022/2023

For any changes please ask Weigold & Böhm.

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  • Concerto Köln 3 ©Harald Hoffmann
  • Concerto Köln ©WarsawPhilharmonic
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  • Concerto Köln ©Florian Profitlich
  • Concerto Köln Konzertmeister ©Harald Hoffmann
  • Markus Hoffmann 1 ©Harald Hoffmann
  • Markus Hoffmann 2 ©Harald Hoffmann
  • Mayumi Hirasaki 1 ©Harald Hoffmann
  • Mayumi Hirasaki 2 ©Harald Hoffmann

News

Bayreuth Baroque 2023 - Julia Lezhneva und Max Cencic © Clemens Manser

Live broadcast of Handel's "Flavio, Re de' Langobardi" with Julia Lezhneva and Concerto Köln in Bayreuth on 17.09.23

Pisendel © Berlin Classics

Opus Klassik 2023 for Concerto Köln!

Pisendel © Berlin Classics

NDR CD of the Week: Pisendel Album by Concerto Köln

„Weigold & Böhm“ - artists in German Top 20 Classical Charts

Pisendel © Berlin Classics

„Pisendel“ - the new album of Concerto Köln

„Masters of the Baroque“ - Giuliano Carmignola and Concerto Köln in Koblenz

Concerto Köln 3 ©Harald Hoffmann

„Devotion to Music“ - Concerto Köln and Jeanine De Bique in Bayreuth

Concerto Köln 1 ©Harald Hoffmann

Touching concert by Concerto Köln at the Mosel Musikfestival

Concerto Köln ©WarsawPhilharmonic

Julia Lezhneva and Concerto Köln provide „one of the most beautiful evenings in the life of a music enthusiast“ at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele

Concerto Köln 3 ©Harald Hoffmann

„Rousing Passion“ by Concerto Köln and Midori Seiler in Maulbronn

Concerts

Projects

  • Further dates upon request

    Concerto Köln - Shunske Sato (Leitung & Violine) - Gwyneth Wentink (Harfe)

    Belle Epoque / Serenaden für Salon und Konzertsaal

    Details

    Program:

    Elgar - Serenade for Strings op. 20
    Liszt - „Angelus - Prière aux Anges gardiens“ für Streicher ODER
    Liszt - „Am Grabe Richard Wagners“ für Streicher und Harfe ad lib.
    Wagner - „In das Album der Fürstin Metternich“ Romanze WWV 94
    Elgar - Sospiri op.70 für Harfe und Streicher
    Debussy - „Danse sacrée et danse profane“ für Harfe und Streicher
    Tschaikowsky Serenade für Streicher C-Dur op. 48

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  • Concerto Köln (17 Musiker) – Martin Fröst (Klarinette)

    Vivaldi

    Details

    Program:

    Vivaldi - Sinfonia C-Dur RV 725 aus „L’Olimpiade“ und Ciaconna aus dem „Concerto di Parigi “C-Dur RV 114
    Vivaldi - Concerto Nr. 1 für Klarinette, Streicher und b.c. B-Dur „Sant’ Angelo“
    Händel - Concerto grosso D-Dur op. 6 Nr. 5
    Vivaldi - Sinfonia aus der Oper „Giustino“ C-Dur RV 717
    Vivaldi - "La Tortora“, nach der Arie „Veni, veni me sequere fida“ aus „Juditha Triumphans“ RV 644 für Klarinette (Chalumeau), Violoncello solo, Streicher und b.c. B-Dur
    Albinoni - Concerto a Cinque op. 5 Nr. 3 D-Dur
    Vivaldi - Concerto Nr. 2 für Klarinette, Streicher und b.c. d-Moll „La Fenice“

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  • Further dates upon request

    Concerto Köln (15 Musiker) – Max Volbers (Blockflöte) - Shunske Sato (Violine)

    Grand Tour - Das alte Europa

    Details

    Program:

    Telemann – „Klingende Geographie“ Potpourri aus den Suiten TWV 55:
    Ouverture, Europa–Entrée
    J. S. Bach - Violinkonzert d-moll BWV 1052R
    Telemann – „Klingende Geographie“ Potpourri aus den Suiten TWV 55:
    Niedersachsen Air.Doucement
    Westfalen–Mercure
    Ober-und Niederrhein–Les cornes de Visbade
    Die spanischen Niederlande–Carillon
    Die vereinigten Niederlande–LesFlots.Moderé
    England, Schottland und Irland–Gigue
    Schottland–Hornpipe
    Sammartini – Concerto per Flauto F-Dur
    Allegro–[Siciliano] – Allegro assai
    Telemann - „Klingende Geographie “Potpourri aus den Suiten TWV55
    Frankreich–Menuet I & II
    Spanien–Sarabande
    Afrika – Mourky
    Türkei – Les Turcs
    Ungarn – Marche
    Österreich – Rondeau
    Mittelitalien – La Badinerie italienne. Viste
    Welschland – Air. l’Italien. Vivement
    Vivaldi – Concerto per Flauto G-Dur RV 312R
    Allegro molto – Larghetto – Allegro
    Vivaldi – Concerto per Flauto e Violino a-moll RV522
    Aus: L’estro armonico, op.3 Nr.8
    Allegro – Larghetto e spirituoso – Allegro

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  • Further dates upon request

    Concerto Köln - Shunske Sato (Leitung & Violine) - Gwyneth Wentink (Harfe)

    Belle Epoque / Serenaden für Salon und Konzertsaal

    Details

    Program:

    Elgar - Serenade for Strings op. 20
    Liszt - „Angelus - Prière aux Anges gardiens“ für Streicher ODER
    Liszt - „Am Grabe Richard Wagners“ für Streicher und Harfe ad lib.
    Wagner - „In das Album der Fürstin Metternich“ Romanze WWV 94
    Elgar - Sospiri op.70 für Harfe und Streicher
    Debussy - „Danse sacrée et danse profane“ für Harfe und Streicher
    Tschaikowsky Serenade für Streicher C-Dur op. 48

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  • Concerto Köln - Niederländischer Kammerchor - Peter Dijkstra (Leitung)

    Weihnachtsoratorium

    Details

    Program:

    J.S. Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium

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Concerto Köln Biography 2022/2023