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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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KOMMAS ENSEMBLE
Tour: Argentinia / Uruguay
13. - 30. August 2026

ENSEMBLE VIA NOVA
Weimar Masterclasses – student composers
26. July 2026 – 19:00
Fürstensaal, HfM Weimar

ENSEMBLE VIA NOVA
Weimar Masterclasses – Villa Massimo Composers
24. July 2026 – 19:00
Fürstensaal, HfM Weimar

KAMMERPHILHARMONIE FRANKFURT
Die Geschichte vom Soldaten
Naxos Hallenkonzert #99
5. July 2026 – 20:00
Produktionshaus Naxos, Frankfurt

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
Misfits` Gaze | THEIRstory #2
(UN)SICHTBARKEIT
26. June 2026 – 19:30
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
Kompositionsklasse HfMDK Frankfurt
17. June 2026 – 19:30
Kleiner Saal, HfMDK Frankfurt

ENSEMBLE VIA NOVA
Weimarer Frühjahrstage
14. June 2026 – 15:30
mon ami, Weimar

BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
Algorith::Frame
Blurred Edges Festival
6. June 2026 – 19:00
Jazz Hall, Hamburg

ENSEMBLE VIA NOVA
Randspiele Zepernick
31. May 2026 – 18:45
St. Annen Kirche, Zepernick

︎︎︎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.