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After the successful premiere in June 2021 in Cologne, further 1:1 CONCERTS are planned for the autumn in cooperation with the Freie Volksbühne Köln! Continue reading “Cologne plays again!”

We are very pleased that our cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Paris will  bring together young talented musicians from Germany and France this year. This will bring 1:1 CONCERTS back to in Paris again in October! Continue reading “French-German student exchange with 1:1 CONCERTS at the Goethe-Institut Paris”

20 August 2021 was a very special day for us. Our artistic directors Franziska Ritter and Christian Siegmund were invited to a reception at Bellevue Palace where Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked individuals for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. We were delighted to represent our solidarity-based 1:1 CONCERTS format as well as each one of you busy volunteers and contributors who have made this project so beautiful and successful over the past year. Continue reading “Invitation by the Federal President to Bellevue Palace”

Before the summer break, Stuttgart celebrated the first birthday of the 1:1 CONCERTS with a big 1:1 FESTIVAL – 500 1:1 encounters at 25 venues all over the city to support the freelance artists. On 25 September, the participants will come together once again at the Kulturinsel Stuttgart (KIS) – the headquarters of the 1:1 FESTIVAL with three venues – there will be an OPEN STAGE to celebrate artistic diversity and a new strong team spirit. Continue reading “Open Stage for the 1:1 FESTIVAL at the Kulturinsel Stuttgart on 25.9.”

Last weekend, the smallest but most intense concert format 1:1 CONCERTS returned to its place of origin providing once again numerous emotional encounters at the Thuringian Summer Concert Festival in Volkenroda Monastery. Continue reading “1to1 in Volkenroda 2021”

On 24 and 25 July, 100 independent artists from the disciplines of music, dance, drama, puppetry and artistry performed in over 500 individual 1:1 performances at 25 venues in Stuttgart. In 2 picture galleries we look back on a weekend full of 1:1 encounters at Stuttgart’s most beautiful locations. Continue reading “That was the 1:1 FESTIVAL Stuttgart”

This summer, the 1:1 CONCERTS return to their place of origin and will again be a highlight of the festival programme at this year’s summer concert weekend in Volkenroda, Thuringia. Continue reading “Back to the roots – 1:1 CONCERTS in Thuringia”

We are delighted to announce the foundation of the 1:1 CONCERTS e.V. association. Since 1st of April 2021 we are officially registered as a non-profit organisation. Continue reading “Support 1:1 CONCERTS with a donation”

A 1:1 CONCERT is a truly analog format – yet why not enhance the experience with digital ideas? In May 2021, students of class C of the MA Digital Narratives at ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln developed digital narrative prototypes for the 1:1 CONCERTS experience. Continue reading “Digital ideas for 1:1 CONCERTS”

Together with Staatsorchester Stuttgart and SWR Symphonieorchester, we are creating an interdisciplinary festival weekend in Stuttgart on 24 and 25 July 2021 – with the aim of supporting freelance artists! At 25 venues, 100 freelance artists from the disciplines of music, dance, drama, puppetry and artistry will perform in over 500 individual 1:1 PERFORMANCES. Continue reading “Interdisciplinary 1:1 FESTIVAL in Stuttgart”

After thepremiere of the interdisciplinary 1:1 PERFORMANCES at the New Music Night 3. 0 at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, we are very pleased that the 1:1 PERFORMANCES are now available for the Frankfurt public to experience! Continue reading “Interdisciplinary 1:1 PERFORMANCES of the HfMDK Frankfurt”

The 1:1 CONCERTS are now also available in Görlitz! Musicians from  Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie  / Gerhart Hauptmann Theatre perform at unusual venues in the city Continue reading “Premiere in Görlitz with musicians from Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie”

“One idea, one divine and sensitive violin player, two chairs, one door and one step and there you have one new and lovelier world!” said Vlada after experiencing his first 1:1 CONCERT in Belgrad, thanks to ORFEUS and the Cultural Center of Belgrade who organized this twoday marathon of 1:1 CONCERTS on 15 and 16 May 2021. Continue reading “First 1:1 CONCERTS in Belgrad”

We are very excited about the new cooperation in Cologne! The concerts are organised by the Freie Volksbühne Köln e.V. and will start in June 2021. Continue reading “1:1 Concerts in Cologne”

We are glad to be part of the Orfeus Conference 2021 End of May in Belgrad – as an Online Event, but with real 1:1 CONCERTS. Continue reading “Orfeus Conference in Belgrad”

Musicians of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck will again perform 1:1 CONCERTS! “The special thing about this idiosyncratic concert form is the immediate proximity between musician and listener, between two people who may never have seen each other before,” explains Martina Natter, head of music education at the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck.
Continue reading “1:1 CONCERTS back in Austria!”

We are welcoming our next American partner: BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music, a multi-arts center located in Brooklyn, New York. Continue reading “BAM presents 1:1 CONCERTS at Brooklyn Navy Yards in New York – curated by Silkroad Ensemble!”

This year, the 1:1 CONCERTS are part of the Brahms-Festival at the Lübeck University of Music and, thanks to the pandemic-compatible format at the beginning of May, will once again make it possible to experience musicians live. Continue reading “1:1 CONCERTS at the Lübeck Brahms Festival”

We are happy to announce that 1:1 CONCERTS were just nominated for the 2021 Classical:NEXT Innovation Award ! Continue reading “Classical:NEXT Innovation Award”

The 1:1 CONCERTS are now coming to Neubrandenburg – in the Mecklenburg Lake District! Continue reading “Start in Neubrandenburg!”

We are glad to be part of the Karajan MusicTech Conference 2021 in Salzburg – this year online. Continue reading “Karajan Music Tech Conference”

Together with directing, acting and dance students of HfMDK Frankfurt, we are setting out to expand the 1:1 CONCERT format. Continue reading “Interdisciplinary 1:1 project in Frankfurt!”

From Thu 04 to Sun 07 March and from Tue 09 until Fri 12 March, 160 1:1 Concerts will take place at the Adelaide Festival!  Amazing venues showcasing known and hidden gems in a most beautiful and varied city. Continue reading “Adelaide Festival, Australia”

After the success of the first edition in the spring, FLEURIOT FLEURS gives us the immense pleasure to welcome once more the musicians of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande to its beautiful flower shop. A beautiful, warm setting, surrounded by flowers. Continue reading “Geneva is playing again!”

We are delighted to have been awarded the Health:Angel in the category “Social Commitment”, a trophy that stands for outstanding health comunication. Continue reading “Health-Media-Award Award for a corona-suitable live format”

Dear italian friends, the 1:1 CONCERTS© format has arrived in Rome!

More than 100 1:1 musical encounters between a musician and a listener will take place between 5 and 20 December 2020. Continue reading “Rome is on board!”

What an amazing concert venue..! We are especially happy to announce a triumphant start of 1:1 CONCERTS in the Southern Hemisphere! Continue reading “Australia”

Are you wondering how 1:1 CONCERTS came to Japan? Continue reading “1:1 in Tokyo: Ichi-go ichi-e”

Great news: In October we will start our cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Paris with young musical talents! Continue reading “Paris”

One year ago, the 1:1 CONCERTS were born during the summer concert festival Sommerkonzerte Volkenroda 2019. Continue reading “Back to the Roots: Volkenroda 2020”

Continue reading “Night of light”

At the suggestion of Gewandhaus musicians, Notenspur Leipzig e.V. has taken over the organisation in Leipzig and will start the 1:1 CONCERTS on 9 June 2020.

From now on, Frankfurt will be offering 1:1 CONCERTS. Musicians of the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra will start to engage in 1:1 CONCERTS at many different locations all over the city. Many institutions have agreed to become partners of 1:1 CONCERTS: the Bibelhaus Erlebnis Museum, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), the DFF- Deutsches Filminstitut und Filmmuseum, the Eintracht Frankfurt Museum, the Haus der Stadtgeschichte Offenbach, the Hindemith Institute Frankfurt and the Liebighaus Skulpturensammlung, the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt as well as the Städel Museum.

Continue reading “Frankfurt”

The 1:1 CONCERTS are conquering Bavaria: Next weekend, Burg Schwaneck in Pullach will be the first venue in the Munich area! Continue reading “Munich”

After a brilliant start in Stuttgart, the 1:1CONCERTS have now been met with great enthusiasm by the two orchestras in Dresden right away. Continue reading “Dresden joins in!”

In this (German) radio interview, broadcast on 11May 2020, 12:57, 17:34, at (c) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, initiator Prof. Stephanie Winker explains the origins and effects of the 1:1 CONCERT format.
Continue reading “German Radio Interview MDR with Stephanie Winker”

After Stuttgart‘s impressive launch, 1:1 CONCERTS now meet Berlin Luft Luft Luft. The first test sessions already took us to Mitte and Neukölln… later this week we will explore Charlottenburg, Prenzlauer Berg and wild wild Wedding. Stay tuned! If you know further suitable locations or would like to participate as a musician – write us.

Since 2012, the summer concerts have been taking place in the Thuringian Volkenroda Monastery – a chamber music festival that explores the connection between classical music and architectural space. Once a year, this festival brings together performers from the most diverse disciplines (music, drama, dance, scenography, media art). Together the team explores this field of tension between the arts and develops new formats of encounter. In 2019 the festival motto was “simple”. So it was obvious to reduce the musical encounter between musician and listener to the simplest – a 1:1 CONCERT. Thus this concert format was born. Continue reading “How it all began…”

Due to the lockdown of almost all orchestras, choirs, opera and concert halls, music festivals and public and private music organizers, cultural and musical life currently faces one of the most serious crises since the end of World War II. Continue reading “Donation to Charity Foundation”

SWR, 8 May 2020

A host, a listener and a musician at a safe distance, no words, a 10 minutes concert ensues. What is it like to experience a private concert under these conditions? Felix Borel of the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Imke Valentien and Norman Schock have embarked on the adventure of a live concert in corona times and share their experience on German television.

Already during the first weeks of quarantine, long after all concert music had disappeared behind the screens, the flutist Prof. Stephanie Winker from Stuttgart came up with a brilliant idea: the concept of the 1:1 CONCERTS – as originally designed for the Volkenroda Summer Concerts 2019 – respected all official social distancing requirements due to the intimacy of the two-person encounter at a safe distance. It marked the longed-for return to the analogous concert experience. Continue reading “Stuttgart’s kick off”