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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
Kammermusikfestival Würzburg (©Katharina Gebauer) Kammermusikfestival Würzburg (©Katharina Gebauer) Orchester im Treppenhaus | Circling Realities (©Dita Vollmond) Orchester im Treppenhaus | Circling Realities (©Dita Vollmond) Werke von Patrice Sciortino | Bärmann Trio und Jazzmusiker der HR BigBand, Naxoshalle Frankfurt (© Oliver Leicht) Klarinette und Sheng | Duo mit Wu Wei Kammermusikfestival Würzburg: Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (©Katharina Gebauer) Orchester im Treppenhaus | Circling Realities (©Dita Vollmond) Orchester im Treppenhaus | Circling Realities (©Dita Vollmond)

Chamber music

My great passion is chamber music. As a guest of various formations and with my own ensembles, I am regularly on the road and cultivate a versatile repertoire of diverse works. In addition to contemporary sounds, I am equally at home with classical literature.

Collaboration with ensembles and colleagues
Ensemble Modern, Orchester im Treppenhaus, Broken Frames Syndicate, ensemble via nova, Kommas Ensemble, ur.werk Ensemble, Ensemble Risonanze Erranti, Vortex Ensemble, Lux:NM, Bärmann Trio, Ensemble Reflektor, Marie-Thérèse Zahnlecker, Heinz Holliger, Thorsten Johanns, Andreas Langenbuch, Miguel Pérez Iñesta, Wu Wei, a.o. 

Highlights


︎Orchester im Treppenhaus
Circling Realities
Multimedial and played by heart
  • Judd Greenstein: Clearing, Dawn, Dance
  • Benjamin Scheuer: Testudo (UA)
  • Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
  • Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte



︎Orchester im Treppenhaus
Nachtkerzen 
  • a.o. Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet op. 115

︎Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
  • Internat. Musiktage im Dom zu Speyer (2021)
  • Internat. Messiaentage Görlitz (15.1.2023)
  • Night concert at Kammermusikfestival Würzburg (2021)
  • with BFS a.o. in Wiesbaden and Paris


︎Duos with Wu Wei
New works for sheng and clarinet


︎Ensemble Modern 
  • Theresienstädter Komponisten, works by Rudolf Karel, Hans Krasa, Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein
  • Diaghilev-Festival 2018, Perm
  • Alte Oper Frankfurt
  • Frankfurt Lab

︎Chamber Music Festival Würzburg
  • Igor Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat
  • Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

︎ Portrait: Patrice Sciortino
With Bärmanntrio and musicians of the HR BigBand at Naxoshalle Frankfurt