Projects
FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA
A contemporary, orchestral big band sound that crosses boundaries and challenges established listening habits.
The FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA represents anything but a traditional big band. With an expanded line-up including violin, vocals and electronics, the 20 award-winning musicians represent the state of the art of contemporary large jazz ensembles. The works of band leaders Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon are characterised by powerful tutti passages and brass voicings à la Maria Schneider followed by moments of silence, punctuated by collective improvisations by smaller sub-units of the band. The result is an impressive musical experience that makes full use of the diverse sound colours and possible combinations of the instruments involved.
more information here: www.fuchsthone.com
FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA Line up
Christina Fuchs & Caroline Thon (direction, composition, conducting)
Roger Hanschel, Julian Drach, Veit Lange, Jens Böckamp, Kira Linn (saxes)
Jan Schneider, Matthias Knoop, John-Dennis Renken, Matthias Bergmann (trumpets)
Philipp Schittek, Matthias Schuller, Matthias Muche (trombones)
Wolf Schenk (basstrombone, tuba), Zuzana Leharovà (violin)
Filippa Gojo (voice), Laia Genc (piano), Andreas Wahl (guitar), Alex Morsey (bass)
Jens Düppe (drums), Eva Pöpplein (electronics, live samples)
„Spectacular concert by the Fuchsthone Orchestra from Cologne rocked the Pantheon…certainly one of the best of the 13th Bonn Jazz Festival…“
„Experienced big band masterminds have joined forces with Christina Fuchs and Caroline Thon. ‚Structures & Beauty’, the title of the highly acclaimed album recently released on the Enja & Yellowbird label, captures in a nutshell what distinguishes the Cologne-based FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA. Like magic, this 20-piece orchestra transforms complex compositions that intertwine orchestral jazz, classical, avant-garde, rock and subtly applied…”
„System blasters! Is this (still) jazz or simply music that doesn’t care about categories? Are we listening to notes that have the potential to become system breakers? Anyone who gets involved with the good ninety minutes of Fuchsthone Orchestra will not only experience a journey through the world of improvised music that is as exciting as it is challenging, but also will have to deal with such questions.“
“...a spectacular multimedia concert by Cologne's Fuchsthone Orchestra raised the bar for the future of contemporary jazz orchestra culture.
Stefan Pieper, JazzZeitung 9/24
The synaesthetic overall experience was enhanced by innovative light art. Claudia Schmitz, a visual artist with heart and soul, created a visual world that filled the space with rotating geometric figures and abstract, proliferating light patterns. Textures of light and shapes spread out unpredictably and were as intensely charged as the sound eruptions of the large ensemble.”
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SONIQ musicians collective
Jarry Singla Cologne, North India, Piano, Composition, indian Harmonium
Christina Fuchs Cologne, Saxophones, Clarinets, Composition
Ramesh Shotham Cologne, South India, Percussion
more information: www.soniq-music.com
FLUX
Fotocredit: Heike Fischer
Accordionist Florian Stadler and saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Christina Fuchs have been a musical couple like no other for many years. They move with ease and great intensity through the unique world of their compositions and seem to know no technical boundaries. Anything Fuchs and Stadler embark on is a musical dialog: they can play fast and loud. They can groove, but far more important to them is the sound, blending sonic structures, filigree soundscapes or free, sometimes wild, always intensely interrelated improvisation, with breathtaking turns from complete fusion to total individuality. Their exciting playing is effortless, intimate, fun and humorous.
FLUX on YouTube
Roots & Rhyzomes is the title of their latest album, which was released in April 2024 by JazzHausMusik Köln in co-production with Deutschlandfunk. There is more to it than just a title, it is also a concept: both musicians have their roots, which they refer to when playing and improvising.
The term rhizome, however, does not mean root, but underground branches, interweavings, cross-connections, growths. A rhizome stands for an underground access of two systems or individuals to each other, a starting point for creative, freely improvised structures.
No Tango Quartet
Christina Fuchs – saxophones, clarinets, composition
Florian Stadler – accordion
Ulla Oster – double bass, composition
Christoph Hillmann – drums, percussion
No Tango & Strings
No Tango & Strings is a doublequartet - a collaboration of the Christina Fuchs Quartet No Tango with the Sunship String Quartet.
KontraSax
Christina Fuchs: soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Romy Herzberg: double bass