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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SOLO – Neue Klarinette
im Doppelgewölbe
07. Dez. 2024
19:00 Uhr
zu Gast bei Jürgen Wiesner
Höchster Schlossplatz 1
Frankfurt/Main
ABO #3 // ENSEMBLE MODERN
Lubman, Ospald, Saariaho, Ferneyhough, Rihm
11. Dez. 2024
Alte Oper, 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
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
︎Orchester im Treppenhaus
Nachtkerzen
︎Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Circling Realities
Multimedial and played by heart
- Judd Greenstein: Clearing, Dawn, Dance
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Benjamin Scheuer: Testudo (UA)
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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
︎Chamber Music Festival Würzburg
︎ Portrait: Patrice Sciortino
With Bärmanntrio and musicians of the HR BigBand at Naxoshalle Frankfurt
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
Broken Frames Syndicate
plays contemporary music and brings holistic concert experiences to the stage. The ten of us show alternatives to the usual and stand up for the critical examination of socially relevant topics.Our focus is on collaboration with young composers, through which we commit ourselves to the diversification of the contemporary classical scene.
The conceptual depth of our programming is the core of our vision. With new formats, we use music to tell stories, inspire discussions, think outside the box, and invest in new ways of thinking.
In doing so, we consciously free ourselves from outdated structures and dogmas of the music business.
Founded in 2018 after our time at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt, we now play in varying formations and regularly perform in concerts and at festivals in Germany and abroad. Recent invitations include Mixtur Festival in Barcelona, the Harvard Group for New Music residency, and Beethovenfest Bonn.
BFS is awarded the Ernst von Siemens Ensembleprize 2024.
︎︎︎ brokenframessyndicate.com
Members
Lola Rubio, Violin
William Overcash, Violin
Laura Hovestadt, Viola
Nathan Watts, Violoncello
Katrin Szamatulski, Flute
Moritz Schneidewendt, Clarinet
Peng-Hui Wang, Bassoon
Vitaliy Kyianytsia, Piano
Yu-Ling Chiu, Percussion
Lautaro Mura Fuentealba, Conductor
Yongbom Lee, Composer
Management – artistic direction
Moritz Schneidewendt
Katrin Szamatulski
Lautaro Mura Fuentealba
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.
We are more than the parts of ourselves.
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Kommas Ensemble
Kommas Ensemble is a Cologne-based contemporary music formation. A special focus is on the latest developments in Latin American new music. With conceptual programmes, Latin American composers in Germany are given a platform to broaden the spectrum of contemporary music here and thus contribute to a democratisation of the global music business.Latin American composers, new artistic positions and socio-political themes from Latin America are to be increasingly reflected in our programmes.
︎︎︎kommas-ensemble.de
Members
Johannes Haase, violin
Alba Gonzales Becerra, viola
Kyubin Hwang, cello
Maruta Staravoitava, flute
Moritz Schneidewendt, clarinet
Alberto Carnevale Ricci, piano
Ramon Gardella, percussion
Lautaro Mura Fuentealba, conductor
Francisco C. Goldschmidt, composer
ensemble via nova
We are dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary chamber music.Our projects include electronics, improvisation, scenic elements and light installations that are integrated into new concert formats. We particularly enjoy performing premieres and therefore collaborate closely with composers. In this way, we cultivate a broad repertoire of new works dedicated to us.
Since 2016, we have been playing in the same instrumentation - flute, clarinet, accordion, violin and violoncello. Our own concert series at the Erfurt Kunsthalle REFLEXIONEN - CO|:N:|ECT - TRANSFORM - FUSION, however, seek contact with other musicians. We have realised projects with ensembles such as Ensemble Mosaik, Black Pencil (NL), NeoQuartet (PL), Pluto's Tide Dance Company, Good Mori (KOR), UMS'n JIP (CH) and the jazz musician Wolfgang Lackerschmidt.
Regularly we perform on international stages and at festivals. Some of our highlights have been trips to Seoul and Daegu, London, Italy, Switzerland, Gdansk or Barcelona.
︎︎︎ensemblevianova.de
