Friederike Scheunchen - Conductor
upcoming events
Dror Feiler (WP), Mirela Ivičević, Øyvind Torvund
Blackpage Orchestra
September 18, 2025, Bludenz, Austria
Ensemble Recherche
Hans Thomalla: Harmoniemusik 2
September 27, 2025, Neuenburg
Regie: Katarzyna Borkowska, Pia Partum
October 11 + 26, November 7 + 23, December 27, 2025
January 4, 2026
Theater Freiburg
W. A. Mozart
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
October 25 + November 1, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Diagonal
Olivier Messiaen, Maurizio Kagel, Tania Leon, Thomas Kessler
December 15, 2025, Basel CH
Ensemble Recherche
Georg Friedrich Haas, Brigitta Muntendof, Anna Terokhina (wp), Ilyas Talha Gunes (wp)
January 16, 2026, Freiburg
Regie: Marco Štorman
Nachdirigat
January 29, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Ascolta
World premieres by Alvaro Carlevaro, Bernhard Gander, Aida Shirazi, Malte Giesen
February 7, 2026, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Opera: The Loser, Bernhard Lang
February 9, 2026, Theater Freiburg
Nachdirigat
Regie: Marco Štorman
Nachdirigat
February 18, 2026, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Musikfabrik + Schlagquartett Köln
CD-recordings: Georgia Kumará
February 2026, Cologne, WDR Funkhaus
Beethoven
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
February 22 + March 15, 2026, Theater Freiburg
Freiburger Barockorchester + Ensemble Recherche
Kathrin Denner (world premiere)
March 21, Konzerthaus Freiburg
Jury Akademie Musiktheater heute (Sparte Dirigieren)
April 2026
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Ensemble Resonanz
Clarence Barlow: Im Januar am Nil
2 world premieres
May 10, 2026
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Lisa Streich: Mantel, Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte, Samuel Barber: Adagio for strings
June 4, 2026, Göttingen
Camille Saint-Saëns: Karneval der Tiere
July 8+10, 2026, Stuttgart
July 9, 2026 Donzdorf
July 11, 2026 Heidenheim
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie: Freispiel-Festival
August 2026
Landesjugendensemble für Neue Musik Niedersachsen
August 15 +16, 2026, Wolfenbüttel
Opera: Moses und Aron, Arnold Schönberg
Co-production Basel-Freiburg
Musical assistant to GMD André de Ridder
from October 3, 2026, Theater Basel, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Diagonal
Varèse - "Desserts", Andriessen - "M is for man…" (with a film by Peter Greenway
December 24, 2026, Museum Tinguely, CH
Klangforum Wien (Debut)
February 15, 2027, Konzerthaus Wien
past events
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Pjotr Tschaikowsky: String Serenade, Missy Mazzoli: Violin Concerto, Bryce Dessner: Hommage to Lutoslawski, Ruth Crawford Seeger: Andante
August 15 and 16, 2025, Davos (CH)
Stefan Keller: Trance
July 25, 2025, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Musik der Jahrhunderte
Ensemble Resonanz
Hanns Eisler: Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben.
Speaker: Charly Hübner
June 27, 2025, Hamburg, Freie Akademie der Künste
Opera: Alles durch M.O.W., Józef Koffler / Johannes Schöllhorn (World Premiere)
Regie: Peter Carp
from June 28, 2025, Theater Freiburg, 6 performances
Opera: Alcina, Georg Friedrich Händel
Regie: Pia Partum
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
June 14 + 19, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Baden-Baden Pfingstfestspiele: Ensemble Recherche
Pierre Boulez: Marteau sans maître, Voice: Annette Schönmüller
June 7, 2025, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Antonin Dvorák: Aus der Neuen Welt, Sinfonie No. 9
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
May 10+17, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Musikfabrik: Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik: #FILTER
World Premieres by Jessie Marino, Kelley Sheehan, Nicolas Berge, Lucia Kilger + Clemens K. Thomas
May 2, 2025, Saalbau Witten
Sinfoniekonzert: Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
Hans Abrahamsen: Let me tell you,
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, Soprano: Katherine Manley
April 15, 2025, Konzerthaus Freiburg
Ensemble Ascolta
works by Elnaz Seyedi + Iris ter Schiphorst
April 4, 2025, Philharmonie Luxembourg
Opera: Pique Dame, Pjotr Tschaikowski
Regie: Peter Carp
March 23, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Opera: p r i s m, Ellen Reid + Roxie Perkins
additional performance, European Premiere
Regie: Sebastian Krauß
March 16, 2025, Theater Freiburg
W. A. Mozart
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
March 6 + 7, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto (soloist Anna Khomichko), Louise Farrenc: Symphonie No. 3, Fanny Mendelssohn: Ouvertüre, Sara Glojnarić: Sugarcoating #4
February 20, 2025, Theater Trier
Igor Strawinsky: Firebird
w/ Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg + School of Life and Dance
February 16 + March 2, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Opera: Jenufa, Leoš Janáček, (stepped in last minute)
Regie: Kateryna Sokolov
Philharmonic Orchestra Freiburg
February 9, 2025, Theater Freiburg
p r i s m : opera by Ellen Reid + Roxie Perkins (European premiere)
additional performance
February 5, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Blackpage Orchestra Wien
recordings w/ music by Mirela Ivičević
January 28 + 29, 2025, ORF studios Vienna
Opera: Jenufa, Leoš Janáček
musical assistant to GMD André de Ridder
January 18, 2025, Theater Freiburg
Ensemble Zone Expérimentale
Zappa: The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, Varèse: Intégrales, Charles Ives, etc.
Ensemble Zone Expérimentale
December 9 2024, Museum Tinguely Basel, CH
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
including World Premiere by Diana Syrse
September 1, 2024, Frankfurt
Ensemble Musikfabrik
World Premiere of cycle Ma'alot by Sarah Nemtsov + radio recording
June 26, 2024, WDR Funkhaus Cologne
Sinfoniekonzert: Göttinger Symphonieorchester
Claude Debussy: Trois Nocturnes
Lucia Kilger: Clarinet Concerto for Orchestra and Electronics, soloist: Boglárka Pecze (World Premiere)
Dmitri Remezov : Nachtschwärmer I & II (World Premiere)
Kristine Tjøgersen: Bioluminescence
Christian Mason: Clear Night
Valentin Silvestrov: Abendserenade aus „Stille Musik“
June 22 2024, Lokhalle Göttingen
Lachenmann, Schönberg, Saariaho
Helmut Lachenmann: ...zwei Gefühle..., Speaker: Helmut Lachenmann
Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Nr. 1
Kaija Saariaho: Lichtbogen
May 18, 2024, Freiburg
THE GAME: Matthew Herbert + Ensemble Resonanz
live scoring of of Bundesliga soccer match St. Pauli vs. Osnabrück
May 12 2024, Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Ensemble Modern // Brigitta Muntendorf
Happy New Ears: Portrait Brigitta Muntendorf
Brigitta Muntendorf: Planet Norn, from: MELENCOLIA - A show against the indifference of the universe
May 7, 2024, Opera Frankfurt
Ensemble Resonanz // Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
Francesca Verunelli: IN MARGINE
May 3, 2024, Saalbau Witten
composer-performer collab @Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
March 28, 2024, Harvard University, Cambridge USA
Dirk Rothbrust // Ensemble Resonanz
Milica Djordjević: Jadarit for solo percussion and string orchestra
Soloist: Dirk Rothbrust
January 18 + 19, 2024, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Portrait concert Prof. Lucia Kilger + conducting masterclass
January 10-13 2024, University of Music, Detmold
*IN_CHARGE // Ensemble Scope
World Premieres by Tamara Miller, Sara Stevanović, Lucia Kilger, Clemens K. Thomas
FRAU* MUSICA NOVA FESTIVAL
November 17, 2023, Cologne
Hans Zender: Schuberts 'Winterreise' A composed interpretation for tenor and small orchestra
Ensemble Recherche and Ensemble Particles
Tenor: Hans Jörg Mammel
November 6, 2023, Freiburg
Ensemble Modern
world premiere of musictheatre-pieces by Aigerim Seilova & Katharina Roth (UA)
Akademie Musiktheater heute
October 27, 2023, Frankfurt LAB
*IN_CHARGE // Ensemble Scope
World Premieres by Tamara Miller, Sara Stevanović, Lucia Kilger, Clemens K. Thomas
September 28 2023, E-Werk Freiburg
junge norddeutsche philharmonie
jury of composition-competition: Alexander Award
August, 2023
Film music concert
Mission Impossible, Star Wars, Herr der Ringe, James Bond, Schindlers Liste, Jurassic Park, Emma, Godfather, Dance with wolves etc.
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
July 2023, Theater Freiburg
Ligeti / Lachenmann
György Ligeti: Chamber concerto
Helmut Lachenmann: Notturno for small orchestra with violoncello, soloist Till Schuler, for Manfred Schreier
July 4, 2023, Freiburg
Opera: NEURO-MOON - Manage your Memories, Sara Glojnarić (World Premiere)
Regie: Miriam Götz
Ensemble Recherche
from May 7 2023, Theater Freiburg
Sinfoniekonzert: Liza Lim
Liza Lim: Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Ensemble Recherche + Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
June 20, 2023, Konzerthaus Freiburg
Bundesjugendorchester
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 op. 55 Eroica
Brett Dean: Testament: Music for Orchestra
Mark Barden: the weight of ash (UA)
German National Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Christoph Altstaedt
Musical assistant: Friederike Scheunchen