In 2023, BFS was invited to the 24th Weimar Spring Days. We played the final of the composition competition and premiered the submitted works. Congratulations to all the prizewinners and enjoy listening!

24. Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik

Helmut Zapf (*): four broken frames for four wood frames (2023) for flute, bassoon, violin, cello (world premiere)

24. Weimarer Frühjahrstage 
28.05.2023 / 4pm / MON AMI, Weimar (Germany)
(live-recording)

Helmut Zapf (*1956): four broken frames for four wood frames (2023)

Sára Iván: Fragment über die Hoffnung for flute and cello (2023)
(world premiere)

Katrin Szamatulski - flute
Sophie-Justine Herr - cello

Sára Iván: Fragment über die Hoffnung for flute and cello (2023)

Angélica Castelló (*1972): Isla de Hornos for trashy instruments, four performers and tape 

24. Weimarer Frühjahrstage
28.05.23 / MON AMI, Weimar (Germany)
live-recording

4 performers:
Lola Rubio
Peng-Hui Wang
Sophie-Justine Herr
Katrin Szamatulski

Angélica Castelló: Isla de Hornos

Germany-based Contemporary Music Ensemble
*** Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize 2024***

The Frankfurt, Germany-based Broken Frames Syndicate plays contemporary music and brings holistic concert experiences to the stage. The ten of us show alternatives to the usual and stand up for the critical examination of socially relevant topics. Our focus is on collaboration with young composers, through which we commit ourselves to the diversification of the contemporary classical scene. The conceptual depth of our programming is the core of our vision. With new formats, we use music to tell stories, inspire discussions, think outside the box, and invest in new ways of thinking. In doing so, we consciously free ourselves from outdated structures and dogmas of the music business. Founded in 2018 after our time at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt, we now play in varying formations and regularly perform in concerts and at festivals in Germany and abroad. Recent invitations include Mixtur Festival in Barcelona, the Harvard Group for New Music residency, and Beethovenfest Bonn. Broken Frames Syndicate has been awarded the Ensemble Prize 2024 of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and was supported by the InSzene program of the German Music Council.