The Bridges Chamber Orchestra
Founded in 2019, the Bridges Chamber Orchestra includes about 25 Bridges Musicians and their instruments from the Orient and Occident, far east, and Latin America; thereby expanding the classical European music Culture. We are a democratic and participative orchestra, where the instrumentation and repertoire depend on our musicians. We take aspects from all of the music cultures represented by the participating musicians and combine these with a classical European orchestra program, thus creating a unique fusion. Through this we learn from one another and together explore new territory. For example, as European musicians learn an Arabic quartertone scale, or as eastern musicians play a classical orchestra piece; we highlight our idea of integration.
Repetoire
The repertoire is diverse and serves the abilities and traditions of all of the players. The orchestra members compose and arrange the majority of our repertoire to fit the specific players in order to bring out the different musical backgrounds of each one. While we showcase traditions, we discover new musicality and thereby clarify our idea of integration, in which different music cultures are honored and musically brought together.
Concerts
In 2020, the Bridges Chamber orchestra will tour the Rhein-Main area with the concert program “Music as an Immigrant.” Centered around works that focus on music as an immigrant and exemplify how music spreads beyond geographical borders and has developed and grown by taking up influences from other musical forms. Through this, the chamber orchestra reflects the diversity of the Rhein-Main region.
