about us

The name reflects the musical programme. The ensemble's repertoire ranges from delicate tones, bird sounds and fiery wildness and includes music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque to the modern era. The clash of different sound worlds is a particular fascination for the ensemble in its musical work. The adaptation of early music or the rearrangement of historical melodies meets modern improvisation and close collaboration with contemporary composers, vocal polyphony meets jazz and folklore. This creates new and enriching perspectives for all genres. At the same time, ensemble feuervogel presents the sound diversity of its instruments. Playing with parameters such as space characterises their concerts, as well as an openness to cooperation with other art forms such as poetry, visual art and dance.

ensemble feuervogel was founded in 2017 at the Freiburg University of Music and currently consists of recorder players Nura Natour, Tabea Popien, Mathis Wolfer and Felix Schlenker as well as percussionist Min-Tzu Lee and soprano Carine Tinney. In York, they performed at the Early Music Festival 2019 as part of the International Young Artists Competition. As winners of the Förderpreis Alte Musik Saar, they won a production at Saarländischer Rundfunk in the same year. In 2023, they were awarded third prize at the International Van Wassenaer Concours Utrecht. The ensemble has also performed at the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival and the Innsbruck Early Music Festival, among others. Masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Han Tol and Peter van Heyghen complemented their musical development. Works by Agnes Dorwarth (*1953) and Maximiliano Alejandro Soto (*1991) were premiered by the ensemble. In early 2024, their debut album The Queen's Masque was released on the Coviello Classics label, with which they have already made guest appearances on WDR and Deutschlandfunk. They were also included in the Schloss Weißenbrunn Foundation's programme in 2024 with their children's programme Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär’.

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