VokalOrchester NRW feat. Martin Fondse

The VokalOrchester NRW explores the unexpected, the surprising. They create music in a vocal collective: exciting, extraordinary and experimental - in collaboration with the Dutch pianist Martin Fondse, there is a special concert experience: Vox Humana Moderna.

https://vokalorchester.nrw/

Improvisation is the heart and soul of our repertoire. This is where the creative and vocal energy of our singers unfolds, as soloists or in small groups.

We delight audiences on tours through NRW and beyond, including renowned festivals such as Cologne Jazzweek, voc.cologne and the Approximation Festival Düsseldorf. We also work with international greats such as Theo Bleckmann, Rhiannon and the bands Efterklang, Robert Ames and Jonsí from Sigur Ros.

This year we are going on tour with Martin Fondse.

https://martinfondse.com/

Fondse is not only a pianist, composer/arranger and leader of his own ensembles, but also a much sought-after mentor and orchestra leader. He is known for his ability to bring people together through his music, his personal and professional demeanor, his humor and his optimistic outlook on life and the future.

Internationally he has worked with Brazilian star Lenine, Peter Erskine & Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Pat Metheny, Terry Bozzio, Matthew Herbert and Basement Jaxx vs. The Metropolitan Orchestra (Australia). Fondse has received various commissions from the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Big Band of the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation. He has composed and arranged music for a variety of ensembles and orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Metropole Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble.

Martin Fondse is developing a 45-minute concert program for the Vokalorchester NRW. Under the title Vox humana moderna , the VokalOrchester NRW and Martin Fondse will artistically explore new ways of connection, but also problems such as alienation through digital communication. The piece is inspired by the mono-opera La voix humaine (the human voice) by Francis Poulenc, which is based on a play by Jean Cocteau published in 1930.