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Moritz Schneidewendt

creates experiences that are more than just entertainment. As a clarinettist and ensemble leader, he is passionate about contemporary music - he listens to the unexpected, explores new perspectives and personally tells stories of the unexpected on stage.

With his ensembles Broken Frames Syndicate, (Ensemble Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation 2024), Kommas Ensemble, ensemble via nova, he stands for the diversification of musical life and wants to open up spaces for social discourse.

In close collaboration with young composers and artists from other disciplines and as a sought-after chamber musician, Moritz can be heard around the world - at the same time he writes, thinks and experiments in his Offenbach studio.


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ENSEMBLE RISONANZE ERRANTI
Starcatcher
21. Januar 2026 – 20:00
Schwere Reiter, München

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
How Dare You #3
Endzeitstimmung & Hoffnung
07. Februar 2026 – 18:00
Lutherkirche Offenbach

KOMMAS ENSEMBLE
#Dyspiral
13. Februar 2026 – 19:00
Hochschule für Musik
Freiburg

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
“Geheimnisse einer Seele”
Filmfestspiele Berlinale
15. Februar 2026 – 11:00
Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
Berlin

KAMMERPHILHARMONIE FRANKFURT
Get Classy
28. Februar 2026
HfMDK Frankfurt

KOMMAS ENSEMBLE
21. März 2026
Alte Feuerwache Köln

BRIDGES KAMMERORCHESTER
09. April 2026
HR Sendesaal
Frankfurt

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
Hello Darkness #2
Estonian Music Days
15. April 2026 – 21:00
Opera House, Tallinn

BRIDGES KAMMERORCHESTER
Heidelberger Frühling
18. April 2026
Heidelberg

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
Misfits’  Gaze THEIRstory
World Design Capital
29. April 2026 – 19:30
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt

TANZKAMERA OBSCURA
mit Paul Pape & Team
Biennale am Main
01. Mai 2026
Kunsthaus Taunusstein

︎︎︎Archive
Anwesend (© Marie Schwarze) Broken Frames Syndicate Broken Frames Syndicate Anwesend (© Marie Schwarze) Anwesend (© Marie Schwarze) Misfits Gaze vol. 1 (© Lena Bils) Misfits Gaze vol. 1 (© Lena Bils)

Broken Frames Syndicate

Broken Frames Syndicate is a ten-piece soloist ensemble from Frankfurt dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary music and the further development of a contemporary concert culture.

For our innovative project ideas and the already distinct frequency in the great sound of contemporary music, we were awarded the Ensemble Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2024.

Broken Frames Syndicate combines excellent ensemble playing with innovative, socio-political concepts, questions norms and expands the listening experience through interdisciplinary collaborations and in-house productions.

The ensemble was founded in 2018 after the International Ensemble Modern Academy. It is now at home in the Frankfurt cultural space "Netzwerk Seilerei" - where the group rehearses, experiments and organizes itself.
We also perform regularly in concerts in Germany and abroad.


︎︎︎ brokenframessyndicate.com
︎︎︎ Soundcloud

Members
    Lola Rubio, Violin
    William Overcash, Violin
    Laura Hovestadt, Viola
    Nathan Watts, Violoncello
    Katrin Szamatulski, Flute
    Moritz Schneidewendt, Clarinet
    Peng-Hui Wang, Bassoon
    Talvi Hunt, Piano
    Yu-Ling Chiu, Percussion
    Lautaro Mura Fuentealba, Conductor
    Paul Pape, visual art

Management – artistic direction
    Moritz Schneidewendt
    Katrin Szamatulski




We question the existing.

We draw strength from fractures.

We are the Broken Frames Syndicate.

We cooperate with young composers and put current music into the context of topics that matter to us.

Follow us into new worlds.