Moritz Schneidewendt

°1989, in Freiburg/Brg.,
lives and works in Offenbach/Main

My particular passion is contemporary music. As a clarinetist with a wide range of interests, I work both as a performer and as a creative artist. The focus of my artistic work is chamber music with my own ensembles Broken Frames Syndicate, ensemble via nova and Kommas Ensemble, as well as a preference for creative collaboration in interdisciplinary processes.

After completing my studies with distinction with Professors Manfred Lindner and Thorsten Johanns in Würzburg and Weimar, I gained orchestral experience.

From 2017 I dedicated myself to contemporary music and specialised at the International Ensemble Modern Academy.

Further impulses came from the clarinetists Ralf Manno, Martin Spangenberg, Reto Bieri, Andreas Langenbuch, Nina Janßen-Deinzer and Ernesto Molinari.

In close collaboration with young composers, as a guest of renowned ensembles and as a soloist, I have the opportunity to participate in numerous world premieres and regularly perform at festivals at home and abroad.

In addition, I am very interested in creative and experimental formats in which I can act as a performer on stage.

Convinced that classical music today needs contemporary frameing, I want to renew outdated structures in the industry. That's why I develop my own concepts and formats, particularly interested in focusing on socially relevant topics and stimulating the imagination.

Education

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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

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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

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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