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.

Education

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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

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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