Young and adult amateurs from the Music School of the City of Aachen and the Music Academy of the German-speaking Community of Belgium have come together in ensembles to present the results of their exploration of early music in a matinée concert. Over a period of two months, all participants have taken part in multiple coaching sessions with Baroque cellist Ulrike Schaar as part of the EU-music cooperation project of their music schools.
Baroque articulation and ornamentation, historically informed continuo playing, and transparent ensemble performance take center stage in “Let’s go baroque!”
The concert will be entertainingly hosted by Martin Hoffmann, a violist in the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. He is also involved with “Akzent Barock!” and plays the viola in the Chapelle Quartet. His engaging presentations of string quartet concerts always bring a smile to the audience’s faces.
Admission to this concert is free; donations are welcome.
Registration via email is required to
Ulrike Schaar initially studied cello at the Cologne University of Music, followed by studies at the Conservatoire de Lausanne, where she completed her degree with a Prix de Virtuosité.
Her interest in historical performance practice was sparked during her studies through her engagement with Bach’s suites and their original text. While still training as a classical cellist, she participated in chamber music ensembles with Chiara Banchini at the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva. She then went on to study Baroque cello with Christophe Coin at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.
Even during her studies, she began performing concerts both in Germany and internationally with renowned European ensembles specializing in historical performance practice. She has developed a particularly close collaboration with Concerto Köln. Concert tours with these ensembles have taken her across Europe’s music festivals and concert halls, as well as to the USA, Japan, Korea, and South America. Numerous award-winning CD and DVD recordings, as well as radio broadcasts, document her concert activities.
We are delighted about the cooperation with the Toni Jansen Foundation and the Sozialwerk Aachener Christen.
