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
Portraitkonzert Joachim Schneider
26. January 2025
Stadttheater Aschaffenburg
Ensemble Risonanze Erranti origin of the birds
28. January 2025
Schwere Reiter München
Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt Where are the clowns?
1. March 2025 – 8:30 pm
Alte Oper Frankfurt
Ensemble Risonanze Erranti
in memoriam Wolfgang Rihm
6. March 2025
Akademie der Künste
München
KOMMAS ENSEMBLE
#DUST 1
15. March 2025 – 8 pm
Alte Feuerwache, Bühne
Köln
Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt Where are the clowns?
16. March 2025 – 6 pm
Alte Schlosserei
Offenbach
BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
mach kaputt, was dich kaputt macht #1 - Kommunikation
21. March 2025 – 7:30 pm
Atelier Wäscherei
Offenbach
TANZKAMERA OBSCURA
8. May
Trier
BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
mach kaputt, was dich kaputt macht #2
31. May 2025 – 7 pm
Studierendenhaus, Festsaal
Frankfurt
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Moritz Schneidewendt
°1989, in Freiburg/Brg., lives and works in Offenbach/Main
Rough granite and blooming moss - a political debate - an interactive online game. In his artistic work, Moritz Schneidewendt combines different worlds and listens to the unexpected.
As a musician and artist, he creates experiences that are both touching and thought-provoking. He follows the unknown, looks behind things and faces up to his social responsibility.
With his ensembles Broken Frames Syndicate, Kommas Ensemble and ensemble via nova, Moritz develops new formats and tells personal stories of the unfamiliar on stage. His view of the world is characterized by an boundless curiosity and fascination for contemporary music in all its facets.
Moritz Schneidewendt tends to work in an interdisciplinary way in order to convey the multi-layered themes of our time and complex aesthetics. He combines his classical training as a clarinettist and bass clarinettist with the means and techniques of other artistic disciplines and seeks dialog with others. His conceptual concert design creates experiences that convey more than just entertainment.
After completing his master's degree with distinction, new doors opened for him at the International Ensemble Modern Academy.
Since 2018, Schneidewendt leads the resulting Broken Frames Syndicate, which was supported by the German Music Council and awarded the Ensemble Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2024.
He uses his artistic ensemble work to promote the diversification of musical life and 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 met and experienced worldwide - at the same time, he writes, thinks and experiments in his Offenbach studio.
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As a musician and artist, he creates experiences that are both touching and thought-provoking. He follows the unknown, looks behind things and faces up to his social responsibility.
With his ensembles Broken Frames Syndicate, Kommas Ensemble and ensemble via nova, Moritz develops new formats and tells personal stories of the unfamiliar on stage. His view of the world is characterized by an boundless curiosity and fascination for contemporary music in all its facets.
Moritz Schneidewendt tends to work in an interdisciplinary way in order to convey the multi-layered themes of our time and complex aesthetics. He combines his classical training as a clarinettist and bass clarinettist with the means and techniques of other artistic disciplines and seeks dialog with others. His conceptual concert design creates experiences that convey more than just entertainment.
After completing his master's degree with distinction, new doors opened for him at the International Ensemble Modern Academy.
Since 2018, Schneidewendt leads the resulting Broken Frames Syndicate, which was supported by the German Music Council and awarded the Ensemble Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2024.
He uses his artistic ensemble work to promote the diversification of musical life and 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 met and experienced worldwide - at the same time, he writes, thinks and experiments in his Offenbach studio.
Education
2024
Concerto21 academy
2019
Master of Arts — Contemporary music at the HfMDK Frankfurt
2017—2018
International Ensemble Modern Academy
2017
Master of Arts— Clarinet at the HfM Weimar with Prof. Th. Johanns
2014
Diploma—Clarinet at the HfM Würzburg with Prof. M. Lindner
2010
Musicology studies at the University of Würzburg
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2024
Concerto21 academy
2019
Master of Arts — Contemporary music at the HfMDK Frankfurt
2017—2018
International Ensemble Modern Academy
2017
Master of Arts— Clarinet at the HfM Weimar with Prof. Th. Johanns
2014
Diploma—Clarinet at the HfM Würzburg with Prof. M. Lindner
2010
Musicology studies at the University of Würzburg
Work experience
Permanent member of Broken Frames Syndicate | ensemble via nova | Kommas Ensemble
2024
Broken Frames Syndicate is awarded the Ernst von Siemens Ensembleprize
Since 2020
Work on interdisciplinary projects with Paul Pape and Raphael Languillat: Tanzkamera Obscura | Tension | Duo lowcontrast
Since 2020
Studio space at the "Atelier Wäscherei" Offenbach — interdisciplinary projects, experiments, ensemble work
Since 2020
Support by the German Music Council — Broken Frames Syndicate in the "InSzene" programme
2019
Artist in Residence of the Bauhaus Foundation Dessau | Kurt Weill Fest
2019
Chamber music lecturer for Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Since 2018
Guest with Ensemble Modern
Since 2018
artistic director, management and clarinetist of the Broken Frames Syndicate
Permanent member of Broken Frames Syndicate | ensemble via nova | Kommas Ensemble
2024
Broken Frames Syndicate is awarded the Ernst von Siemens Ensembleprize
Since 2020
Work on interdisciplinary projects with Paul Pape and Raphael Languillat: Tanzkamera Obscura | Tension | Duo lowcontrast
Since 2020
Studio space at the "Atelier Wäscherei" Offenbach — interdisciplinary projects, experiments, ensemble work
Since 2020
Support by the German Music Council — Broken Frames Syndicate in the "InSzene" programme
2019
Artist in Residence of the Bauhaus Foundation Dessau | Kurt Weill Fest
2019
Chamber music lecturer for Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Since 2018
Guest with Ensemble Modern
Since 2018
artistic director, management and clarinetist of the Broken Frames Syndicate
Orchestra
regular substitute with Ensemble Modern
active substitute activity with Meininger Hofkapelle, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonie Jena, Staatskapelle Weimar a.o.
2014
Deputy principal clarinettist at the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig | Oper Leipzig
2013—2014
Staatstheater Mainz
regular substitute with Ensemble Modern
active substitute activity with Meininger Hofkapelle, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonie Jena, Staatskapelle Weimar a.o.
2014
Deputy principal clarinettist at the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig | Oper Leipzig
2013—2014
Staatstheater Mainz