Members of the Ensemble
are musicians from across the whole world. They meet in various places to work on particular projects, and the instrumentation varies accordingly, from chamber ensemble to large orchestra. and the instrumentation varies accordingly, from chamber ensemble to large orchestra. Many of the network’s musicians started their collaboration already as students and are now part of different international music formations. It was their express wish to stay connected in an ensemble with Konstantia Gourzi. One of the first projects, realised together with Bavarian Radio and singer Stella Doufexis, was their “Pierrot lunaire plus jazz” recording in 2007. Further projects were “time zero”, “flying carpet 2013 – odyssey” and “Philemon and Baucis”. Today, the ensemble focuses more on compositions by Konstantia Gourzi, who combines different musical styles in her works.
Members since 2007
Violin: Anna Brunnlechner, Alexander Gilman, Florian Glas, Rebecca Hartmann, Anna-Maija Hirvonnen, Gregor Hübner, Linda Jankowska, Sonja Korkeala, Nicolas Lorschy, Hélène Marchaux, Julian Merkle, Margarita Nastouli, Miltiades Papastamou, Georgios Panagiotidis, Agnes Pusker, Lisa Schatzmann, Susanne Schmidt, Elisabeth Urban, Felix Weber
Viola: : Bettina Bachofer, Véronique Bastian, Marta Dachowska, Hyunwook Kang, Evi Kegelmaier, Nils Mönkemeyer, Julie Risbet, Nanako Tsuij, Wen-Xiao Zheng Cello: Mara Dufter, Ella Jarrige, Anna Khubashvili, Mareike Kirchner, Anja Lechner, Benjamin Santora
Cello: Mara Dufter, Ella Jarrige, Anna Khubashvili, Mareike Kirchner, Anja Lechner, Benjamin Santora
Double Bass: Yuval Atlas, Kitae Bae, Gustavo Brinholi, Dine Doneff, Stefan Eisner, Sebastian Gieck, Michael Nestler, Michael Schönfelder, Daniel Pytel
Flute: Bruno Jouard, Johanna Kapaj, David Simon, Alissa Rossius
Oboe: Gabriel Insuasty, Hideki Machida, Yehyun Kim, Jonathan Blake Ryan, Miriam Ströher
Clarinet: Susanne Besold, Yvonne Böhm, Vaeceslav Cernavca, Jin-Hee Lee, Sofija Molchanova, Dörte Sehrer
Bassoon: Teimuraz Bukhnikashvili
Trumpet: Thomas Berg, Aljoscha Zierow
Trombone: Balint Garaczi
Saxophone: Matthieu Bordenave, Olena Savka, Vanja Sedlak
Horn: Svenja Hartwig, Christian Fath, Isabel Krechlak, Christoph Lutz, Irakli Zarandashvili
Accordion / Bajan: Konstantin Ischenko
Harp: Helen Radice, Sophia Steckeler, Stella Farina, Olivia Neuhauser
Dulcimer: Tobias Vogel
Baglama / Duduk: Özgür Ersoy
Tarhu / Saz: Michalis Cholevas
Ney: Michalis Cholevas, Harris Lambrakis
Lyra: Vassilis Agrokostas
Percussion: Carlos Vera Larrucea, Alexander Glöggler, Thomas Hastreiter, Christoph Hobmair, Philipp Jungk, Marcel Kentaro Morikawa, Benedikt Kurz, Matthias Lachenmayr, Stefan Landes, Kana Omori, Angelos Polychronou, Richard Putz, Jan Westermann, Florian Eickhölter
Piano: Maria Baptist, Christian Elsässer, Minas Koutsambasopoulos, Jérome Polack, Daniel Stratievsky, Anna Valiulina, Henri Bonamy
Singers: Vassilis Agrokostas, Claudia Barainsky, Aco Biscevic, Ayoub Bout, Frauke Burg, Brigitte Bayer, Julia Chalfin, Stella Doufexis, Susanne Drexl, Anja Eisenreich, Demos Flemotomos, Ulrike Malotta, Joan Orleans, Katharina Preuß, Brock Roberts, Raphael Sigling, Dorothea Spilger, Stanislava Stoycheva, Anna Stylianaki
Actors: Jakob Arnold, Joachim Aßfalg, Olaf Becker, Nicole Ditscher, Frank Frisch, Benjamin Jorns, Katharina Kieslinger, Markus Schmädicke
Speaker: Bernd Redmann, Wolfgang Mastnak
Composition commissions: Sinem Altan, Amos Elkana, Konstantia Gourzi, Giorgios Koumendakis, Masayuki Nakaji, Enjott Schneider
Sound collage: Minas Borboudakis
Directors: Nilufar K. Münsing, Martina Veh
Dramaturgy: Esther von der Fuhr, Ljuba Avvakumova, Ilka Seifert
Choreography: Hans-Henning Paar, Anna Ressel, Claudia Schmidtpeter
Set design / Costume / Prop: Alexander Polzin
Light: Wieland Müller-Haslinger
Make-up: Julia Wolfrum
Artistic Director: Konstantia Gourzi
Associated Colleagues
Musical assistance: Maria Benyumova, Michi Kaszas, Jérôme Polak, Eva Pons, Daniel Stratiewsky, Neil Valenta, Henri Bonamy
Workshop leaders Education Programme Maharani Chakrabarti, Anna Huhn, Julian Merkle, Claudia Schmidtpeter
Project leaders Education Programme: Alexandra Zöllner, Julian Merkle
Typesetting: Volker Nickel
Photography: Norbert Banik, Achim Happel, Claudia Körnig, Birgit Weiss
Graphic design: Michael Stahl, Evelyne Höflich
Video reportage: Karnik Gregorian, Achim Happel, Felix Hentschel, Markus Valley, Michael Zöllner, Amadeus Hiller
Editorial stuff: Frizz Lauterbach, Julian Merkle, Susanne Debbas