Friederike Scheunchen - Conductor
about
Friederike Scheunchen is a German conductor in the field of opera, orchestra, contemporary and experimental projects.
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She works internationally with a wide range of orchestras and ensembles and being also a specialist in contemporary music she has premiered more than 250 pieces.
Currently she is working as conductor and assistant to GMD André de Ridder at Theater Freiburg as well as being invited a guest-conductor.​
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Since 2021 she is supported by the Forum Dirigieren of Deutscher Musikrat, since 2023 being on their prestigious list of 'Konzertförderung'.
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Conducting engagements have taken her to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with Ensemble Resonanz + Dirk Rothbrust, to Harvard (Cambridge, USA), to festivals such as the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik and the Taschenopernfestival Salzburg as well as to the Laeiszhalle Hamburg with Matthew Herbert for the live scoring of a Bundesliga soccer match.
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//Ensemble Modern, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (debut 2026), Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Resonanz, Philharmonisches Orchester Trier, Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, Blackpage Orchestra, Bundesjugendorchester, SWR Vokalensemble, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, WDR Rundfunkchor (Forum Dirigieren), Ensemble Ascolta, Schlagquartett Köln and many more.
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//Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Harvard (Cambridge, USA), Taschenopernfestival Salzburg, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Oper Frankfurt, Moers Festival, impuls Festival Graz, Lokhalle Göttingen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, WDR Funkhaus, Gare du Nord Basel, Davos Festival, Podium Festival Esslingen, Frankfurt LAB, Konzerthaus Freiburg, Baden Baden Pfingstfestspiele, FRAU* MUSICA NOVA FESTIVAL, SPARK Festival Köln, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Museum Tinguely Basel, ORF Studios, ECLAT Festival, PANTOPIA FESTIVAL Berlin, and many more.
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// Akademie Musiktheater heute 2021-2023
// 'Konzertförderung' Forum Dirigieren (Deutscher Musikrat) since 2021
//2024: Stipend of Reinhold-Schneider Preis by the city of Freiburg
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//Founder, co-curator and conductor of Ensemble Scope for intermedial projects.
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//University of music Freiburg: leader of the masters studies 'Interpretation Contemporary Music', conductor of Ensemble for contemporary music and teacher for new chamber music​​​
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//masterclasses + assistances with: Peter Rundel, Johannes Schlaefli, Christoph Altstaedt, Bas Wiegers, Yuval Weinberg, Georg Grün, Manfred Schreier, Tilman Michael, Sebastian Tewinkel, and many more