KammerMusikKöln

KammerMusikKöln has established itself as a cultural institution in the music capitals of Cologne and Bonn, an emblem of the extraordinary level of chamber music that has been evolving on the highest level in this region for several years. Multi-awarded soloists of the Gürzenich Orchestra and the WDR Symphony Orchestra, along with music university professors, freelance soloists, and chamber musicians from all over Europe have joined their forces in this venture with the goal of offering unique programmes in compelling musical quality.
The main characteristic of KammerMusikKöln is the creation and elaboration of programmes that lie beyond the mainstream, featured in unusual instrumental line-ups. This utterly versatile ensemble devotes itself to a wide array of repertoire, ranging from great masterpieces of chamber music to arrangements of outstanding orchestral works for chamber ensemble commissioned from prominent composers of our time.
With energy and passion, KammerMusikKöln has made it its mission to do full justice to music in all its different facets; it has achieved that goal in a series of remarkable successes ever since it was founded in 2011. The array of instrumental line-ups and combinations, including piano, winds, and strings (expanded on this recording with the human voice), ranges from two to eighteen musicians.
www.kammermusikkoeln.de NATALIE CHEE Violin I and Artistic Leader JUTA ÕUNAPUU-MOCANITA Violin II ÖYKÜ CANPOLAT Viola JEE-HYE BAE Cello I ANGELA CHANG Cello II JASON WITJAS-EVANS Double Bass ALJA VELKAVERH Flute TOM OWEN Oboe ANDREAS OBERAIGNER Clarinet I GRIGORIS VASILEIADIS Clarinet II ** PIETER NUYTTEN Bassoon EGON HELLRUNG Horn I KU-HSIN CHEN Horn II PIERRE EVANO Trumpet CLAUDIA CHAN Piano