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Help ons met het realiseren en opnemen van onze concertreeks in samenwerking met dirigent Kanako Abe en componist Hibiki Mukai! Doneer nu!

Over ons:

Wij zijn Ensemble Orochi, een jong, professioneel ensemble bestaande uit 8 musici waaronder de ervaren dirigent Kanako Abe. Ons doel is om minder bekende muziek bij een breder publiek onder de aandacht te brengen. Wij richten ons op het uitvoeren van nieuwe werken van levende componisten en op muziek uit de 20e -21e eeuw. We verweven nieuw gecomponeerd repertoire met bestaand repertoire om zo de muziek van vandaag toegankelijker te maken voor het publiek. Wij willen tevens op een nieuwe manier muziektheater maken: door nieuw geschreven muziek te ensceneren en te koppelen aan bekende meesterwerken.

Wat anderen over ons zeggen:

"Dear all,

Wholeheartedly I would like to recommend a young and very exciting new ensemble that has appeared on our musical stages. Ensemble Orochi! It's wonderful to see a group of briljant and enthusiastic young musicians come together and present programs on the highest level with total commitment. After the enormous cuts in the arts in recent years it is so important that a new generation of musicians still can find the energy to stand up and make themselves heard. To surprise us with new works and with new interpretations of older works. An exciting future awaits Ensemble Orochi!"

Jurjen Hempel, dirigent

"I had the opportunity to work several times with Kanako Abe and I know her for many years. She is a great conductor and musician with a lot of experience. She is at home in all repertoire and specially in the 20th and 21st century music . She has worked closely with very different composers and knows exactly how to perform their music to deliver the best of it.I wish her the best for her new ensemble dedicated to contemporary music! "

Alain Altinoglu,
Directeur Musical Théâtre de la Monnaie/de Munt
Chefdirigent hrSinfonieorchester. ( Frankfurt )
Professeur at CNSM de Paris

"Supporting young musicians who, under the excellent direction of Kanako Abé, have formed an ensemble dedicated to contemporary music. Since 2020, they have been patiently preparing completely new programs and can finally share them today with great fervor."

Claude Delangle saxophonist, professor at CNSM de Paris

"Jonge, getalenteerde musici van het ensemble OROCHI zoeken nieuwe wegen om het publiek een gevarieerd repertoire te laten ontdekken, een repertoire dat de ongelimiteerde creativiteit van de menselijke geschiedenis weerspiegelt.
Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat het ensemble OROCHI een mooie artistieke toekomst heeft, om zo een bijdrage te leveren aan de vernieuwing en ontwikkeling van onze cultuur.
Ik wens Kanako en haar ensemble veel succes!"

Arie van Beek, dirigent van De Doelen Ensemble

"In een explosief tijdsgewricht als het onze is het van levensbelang dat publiek en muzikanten weer leren luisteren, naar elkaar, naar iets wat buiten henzelf staat, naar iets dat een geheime waarde aan het leven toevoegt. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat ensemble Orochi onder leiding van Kanako Abe in die behoefte gaat voorzien en in een mum van tijd haar plaats zal vinden in het Nederlands muziekleven."

Piet-jan van Rossum, componist

"I am pleased to recommend the ensemble Orochi for any further support that helps it attain its worthy objectives."

Dr. Marlon Titre, Head instrumental department at Royal Conservatoire The Hague

"I had the pleasure to meet and work with conductor Kanako Abe and singer Lotus Klinkspoor. I can highly recommend them because they are wonderful musicians and I am very curious about their ensemble. Go and see then, I would say!"

Marcel Andriessen, former Head of studies Fontys Master of Music

"It is my pleasure to warmly recommend the Ensemble Orochi, the new born ensemble which aims to introduce the music of the 20th and 21st century, based in The Hague and directed by the excellent young conductor Kanako Abe. In my capacity as teacher at the Royal Conservatory The Hague I had the opportunity to get to know members of the Ensemble during their study period and they are all talented and open-minded musicians now taking their responsibility to bring new music to a wider audience . I wish the members and Kanako lots of success for any beautiful projects that the Ensemble Orochi will bring in the future."

Jac van Steen, Honorary principal guest conductor of the Ulster Orchestra / Principal Guest conductor Prague Symphony Orchestra / Professor for conducting at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague / Guest teacher at the RCM and RAM in London

"Sinds meerdere jaren volg ik het werk van dirigente Kanako Abe en had ik het genoegen om als leraar orkestdirectie te werken met deze gedreven en uiterst bekwame dirigente. Tijdens deze samenwerking was ik getuige van de kwaliteit van haar werk. Dit zowel qua vakmanschap alsook haar artistieke meerwaarde binnen het veld van de hedendaagse muziekcultuur.Daarom steun ik ten volle het initiatief én idee rond het Ensemble Orochi. Een ensemble met gedreven en talentvolle jonge musici. Voor jonge mensen is het geen evidentie om hun talenten ten gehore te brengen, zich verder te kunnen ontwikkelen en is daarom elke steun in die richting van ontzettend groot belang.Bij deze beveel ik deze jonge musici dan ook van harte aan en is het wenselijk dat Ensemble Orochi zoveel mogelijk wordt gesteund."

Etienne Siebens, dirigent, former professor at the Conservatoires of Brussels and Tilburg

Wij willen na 2 jaar corona-restricties graag een nieuwe start maken!

Als beginnend ensemble hebben we twee moeilijke jaren achter de rug waarin onze plannen doorkruist werden door corona beperkingen. We willen graag een nieuwe start maken door in november 2022 een concertreeks te geven om ons bekend te maken bij het publiek.

Met het volgende repertoire:

Voor deze serie zijn we een samenwerking aangegaan met de prijswinnende componist Hibiki Mukai. Hij heeft speciaal voor ons twee nieuwe composities gemaakt, waarvan Hare in the Moon naadloos overloopt in Arnold Schönbergs Pierrot Lunaire. Naast bovenstaande werken van Mukai en Schönberg zullen we ook een arrangement van Der Abschied uit Das Lied von der Erde van Gustav Mahler ten gehore brengen. Dit arrangement is gemaakt door Arno Rockler, de klarinettist van ons ensemble.

Waarom hebben wij hulp nodig:

Om ons ensemble een goede start te kunnen geven en om de benodigde materialen te verkrijgen die ons verder kunnen helpen, is uw hulp hard nodig

Om bovengenoemde concertreeks te realiseren, hebben wij geld nodig om concertzalen te huren. Bovendien hebben wij professioneel audio- en videomateriaal van hoge kwaliteit nodig waarmee we onszelf kunnen promoten, zodat muziekfestivals en concertzalen ons kunnen leren kennen. Dit materiaal willen wij tijdens de concertserie laten maken. Het geld dat we uit deze crowdfunding campagne hopen te verkrijgen zal daarom gebruikt worden om concertzalen te huren (en om alles te kunnen financieren wat daarbij komt kijken) en om professionele (video) opnames en professionele foto’s te laten maken.

Wij zouden u ontzettend dankbaar zijn als u ons ensemble zou willen steunen door middel van een donatie. Uiteraard geven we u daar leuke beloningen voor terug!

Alvast hartelijk dank!

Ensemble Orochi.

Idil Yunkus (viool)

Kardelen Buruk (altviool)

Beste Yildiz (cello)

Tirza Leenman (fluit)

Arno Rockler (klarinet)

Jeroen Sarphati (piano)

Kanako Abe (dirigent)

Lotus Klinkspoor (mezzosopraan)

English

Help us realize and record our concert series in collaboration with conductor Kanako Abe and composer Hibiki Mukai! Donate now!

About Us:

We are Ensemble Orochi, a young professional ensemble consisting of 8 musicians including the experienced conductor Kanako Abe. Our goal is to bring lesser known music to a wider audience. We focus on performing new works by living composers and music from the 20th -21st centuries. We interweave newly composed repertoire with existing repertoire to make today's music more accessible to the public. We also want to create musical theater in a new way: by staging newly written music and pairing it with well-known masterpieces.

What others have said about us:

"Wholeheartedly I would like to recommend a young and very exciting new ensemble that has appeared on our musical stages. Ensemble Orochi! It's wonderful to see a group of briljant and enthusiastic young musicians come together and present programs on the highest level with total commitment. After the enormous cuts in the arts in recent years it is so important that a new generation of musicians still can find the energy to stand up and make themself heard. To surprise us with new works and with new interpretations of older works. An exciting future awaits Ensemble Orochi!"

Jurjen Hempel, dirigent

"I had the opportunity to work several times with Kanako Abe and I know her for many years. She is a great conductor and musician with a lot of experience. She is at home in all repertoire and specially in the 20th and 21st century music . She has worked closely with very different composers and knows exactly how to perform their music to deliver the best of it.I wish her the best for her new ensemble dedicated to contemporary music! "

Alain Altinoglu,
Music Director of Théâtre de la Monnaie/de Munt
Chief conductor of hrSinfonieorchester ( Frankfurt )
Professeur at CNSM de Paris

"I am pleased to recommend the ensemble Orochi for any further support that helps it attain its worthy objectives."

Dr. Marlon Titre, Head instrumental department at Royal Conservatoire The Hague

"Supporting young musicians who, under the excellent direction of Kanako Abé, have formed an ensemble dedicated to contemporary music. Since 2020, they have been patiently preparing completely new programs and can finally share them today with great fervor."

Claude Delangle Saxophonist, professor at CNSM de Paris

"Young, talented musicians of the ensemble OROCHI seek new ways to make audiences discover a varied repertoire that reflects the unlimited creativity of human history. I am convinced, that the ensemble OROCHI has a bright artistic future, to contribute to the renewal and development of our culture."

Arie van Beek, Conductor of De Doelen Ensemble

"In such explosive times as ours, it is vital that audiences and musicians learn to listen again, to each other, to something beyond themselves, to something that adds a secret value to life. I am convinced that ensemble Orochi under the direction of Kanako Abe will fill that need and find its place in Dutch musical life in no time."

Piet-jan van Rossum, composer

"I had the pleasure to work with conductor Kanako Abe and singer Lotus Klinkspoor. I can highly recommend them because they are wonderful musicians and I am very curious about their ensemble. Go and see then, I would say!"

Marcel Andriessen former Head of studies Fontys Master of Music

"It is my pleasure to warmly recommend the Ensemble Orochi, the new born ensemble which aims to introduce the music of the 20th and 21st century, based in The Hague and directed by the excellent young conductor Kanako Abe. In my capacity as teacher at the Royal Conservatory The Hague I had the opportunity to get to know members of the Ensemble during their study period and they are all talented and open-minded musicians now taking their responsibility to bring new music to a wider audience . I wish the members and Kanako lots of success for any beautiful projects that the Ensemble Orochi will bring in the future."

Jac van Steen, Honorary principal guest conductor of the Ulster Orchestra / Principal Guest conductor Prague Symphony Orchestra / Professor for conducting at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague / Guest teacher at the RCM and RAM in London

_"I have been following the work of conductor Kanako Abe for several years and had the pleasure of working as a conducting teacher with this passionate and highly skilled conductor._During this collaboration I witnessed the quality of her work.
This, in terms of craftsmanship as well as its artistic, added value in the field of contemporary music culture.
That is why I fully support the initiative and idea surrounding the Ensemble Orochi. An ensemble with passionate and talented young musicians. It is not self-evident for young people to showcase their talents, to be able to develop further, and any support in this direction is therefore extremely important.
I heartily recommend these young musicians and it is desirable that Ensemble Orochi is supported as much as possible."

Etienne Siebens, conductor, former professor at the Conservatories in Brussels and Tilburg

We are eager to make a fresh start after 2 years of corona restrictions!

As a beginning ensemble, we have had two difficult years where our plans were thwarted by corona restrictions. We would like to make a new start by giving a concert series in November 2022 to make ourselves known to the public.

With the following repertoire:

For this series we have partnered with the award winning composer Hibiki Mukai. He has created two new compositions especially for us, of which Hare in the Moon flows seamlessly into Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. In addition to the above works by Mukai and Schoenberg, we will also perform an arrangement of Der Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler. This arrangement was created by Arno Rockler, the clarinetist of our ensemble.

Why do we need help:

In order to give our ensemble a good start and to obtain the necessary materials to help us further, your help is greatly needed

In order to realize the above concert series, we need money to rent concert halls. Furthermore, we need professional audio and video material of high quality with which we can promote ourselves, so that music festivals and concert halls can get to know us. We want to have this material made during the concerts. The money we hope to get from this crowdfunding campaign will therefore be used to rent concert halls (and to finance everything that comes with it) and to have professional (video) recordings and professional photographs made.

We would be extremely grateful if you would support our ensemble by making a donation. Of course we will give you nice rewards in return!

Many thanks in advance!

Ensemble Orochi.

Idil Yunkus (violin)

Kardelen Buruk (viola)

Beste Yildiz (cello)

Tirza Leenman (flute)

Arno Rockler (clarinet)

Jeroen Sarphati (piano)

Kanako Abe (conductor)

Lotus Klinkspoor (mezzo-soprano)