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Das Ensemble Alafia besteht aus sechs Musikerinnen und Musikern, die sich zu Beginn ihres Studiums an der Musikhochschule Köln kennenlernten. Neben ihrer klassischen Ausbildung vereint alle Mitglieder ihre Leidenschaft für die Kammermusik. Der Wunsch nach einer offeneren und selbstbestimmteren Art des Musizierens führte zur Gründung des Alafia Ensembles. Diesem ist es ein besonderes Anliegen, Brücken zwischen verschiedenen Musikgenres zu bauen und somit die positiven Elemente dieser zu vereinen. Der vielfältige Background der Musiker und die höchst ungewöhnliche Besetzung sind Teil der einzigartigen Dynamik, die Alafia auszeichnet. An diesem Abend stehen eigene Arrangements von Igor Stravinskys Feuervogel-Suite (1919), des Kopfsatzes aus Beethovens Sinfonie Nr 7 und Héctor Molinas Amalgamados
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Alafia Ensemble Biography
Alafia Ensemble is a unique new ensemble formed in 2020 and comprised of six musicians who met each other at the beginning of their studies at the Cologne Academy of Music and Dance. Each member has a passion for chamber music and advanced training in classical music. The group was formed through a common interest in a more experimental, open and self-determined form of music making. One of the goals of Alafia Ensemble is to build bridges between different genres of music and take forward the best of each musical “world”. The diverse background of the musicians and the extremely unusual instrumentation are some of the distinguishing features of the unique dynamic that Alafia Ensemble displays.
Despite being a very young ensemble, Alafia is already amassing new music for this unusual instrumentation, with two pieces written for the ensemble up to now. Alafia Ensemble have been invited to perform at the 2021 British BMG Festival for Fretted Instruments as well as an interdisciplinary project in Portugal combining music with dance and animation.
The members of the ensemble are: Russian pianist and composer Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz, German/ Palestinian violist Marina Eichberg, Venezuelan flutist, pianist and arranger/composer Leonardo Pedroza Cabrera, Scottish mandolinist Iain Lennon, Cypriot/ Montenegrin clarinettist Nikola Janjic and German/ Portuguese cellist Paulo Francke Negreiros. These musicians are having this musical adventure together as firm friends, which the audience notices at the latest when they see Alafia on stage!
Read MoreDespite being a very young ensemble, Alafia is already amassing new music for this unusual instrumentation, with two pieces written for the ensemble up to now. Alafia Ensemble have been invited to perform at the 2021 British BMG Festival for Fretted Instruments as well as an interdisciplinary project in Portugal combining music with dance and animation.
The members of the ensemble are: Russian pianist and composer Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz, German/ Palestinian violist Marina Eichberg, Venezuelan flutist, pianist and arranger/composer Leonardo Pedroza Cabrera, Scottish mandolinist Iain Lennon, Cypriot/ Montenegrin clarinettist Nikola Janjic and German/ Portuguese cellist Paulo Francke Negreiros. These musicians are having this musical adventure together as firm friends, which the audience notices at the latest when they see Alafia on stage!
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