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Concerts
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NEXT CONCERT
February 22, 2025, Herkulessaal, Munich; Tickets
“PiANOFJORDE”
Sallinen: Shadows
Grieg: Piano Concerto, with Alina Bercu
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
JOiN
At the start of each rehearsal period, we invite everyone interested to join our first rehearsal. You are very welcome either to come and just listen, or even bring your instrument and play along! The next open rehearsal will take place in April 2025.
Please reach out anytime at info@mio‑home.de.
CONCERTS
Winter program 2024/25 // PiANOFJORDE
February 22, 2025 // 8pm // Herkulessaal, Munich
Program
- Aulis Sallinen: Shadows
- Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
An introduction to the pieces will be given 45 minutes before the concert.
Tickets can be bought via MünchenTicket and will also be available at the box office on the day of the concert.
Piano // Alina Bercu
Conductor // Uwe Sochaczewsky
PAST CONCERTS
JOiN US
For the summer program 2025, we will be looking for new enthusiastic players from all over the world! You are cordially invited to our first rehearsal in April 2025 (time an place tba). If you are interested, please send an email to info@mio-home.de.
Each year we work on two programs. Rehearsal times usually match the summer and winter semesters of the universities; we hold our concerts at the end of each semester. During the semester, we rehearse every Thursday starting at 7:30pm. Additionally, we go on a rehearsal retreat outside of Munich for one weekend.
Exchange students are welcome even if they are only able to join us for one or two semesters. If you play a wind instrument, you can join for one piece and one semester. We are also happy to assist with instrument rentals.
How can you join the MiO?
- Our first rehearsal, on the first Thursday of the semester, is open to anyone who wants to get to know our orchestra and to play along, if desired. There will be a short introduction to the MiO at 7pm and the rehearsal starts at 7:30pm.
- Auditions will be held on the following Tuesday from 6-10 pm. Please prepare a short piece of your choice; you will also be asked to sight-read a short passage. You can get in touch with info@mio-home.de to schedule a timeslot for the audition.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
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ORCHESTRA
iNTERNATiONAL
True to our name, we particularly invite exchange students and visiting scholars to play in our orchestra. Many of us have had the experience that, when in a foreign country, music can be a great opportunity to get to know the culture and people. With regular get-togethers and a rehearsal weekend retreat, the MiO provides an ideal setting for meeting new people. We are supported by the international offices of the Munich universities as well as partners for instrument rentals.
SOCiAL
Music is never made in a vacuum. Through various projects, we try to involve people in classical music who otherwise wouldn’t have an opportunity to do so. For our upcoming programs, we are again planning to cooperate with a number of schools and social projects.
EXCiTiNG
Contemporary and modern works are an integral part of our repertoire. We thereby aim to both acquaint ourselves with new music and give young composers the opportunity to bring their works in front of an audience. The combination of well-known pieces and exciting new works results in unconventional and diverse concerts.
CONDUCTOR
Uwe Sochaczewsky was born in Berlin and studied conducting with Prof. Rolf Reuter at the “Hanns Eisler” School of Music.
After an engagement as Director of Studies and 2nd Kapellmeister at the Theater Nordharz, he worked as Kapellmeister at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden from 2004-2011. As a guest conductor, Uwe Sochaczewsky conducted several times at the international opera festival of the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and at the Cologne Opera. He has conducted and assisted at the Cologne MusikFabrik, the Bavarian State Opera and the Schwetzingen Festival, among others.
He has worked as an arranger for the Cologne Children’s Opera, the Salzburg Festival and repeatedly for the Children’s Opera House at the Berlin State Opera “Unter den Linden”, where he last conducted his arrangement of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” in May 2023.
Since 2011, he has been a lecturer in music theory and chamber music at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and director of the university’s symphony orchestra. He is a lecturer in orchestral conducting at the University of Music and Theatre Munich.
Uwe Sochaczewsky has been conductor of the Munich international Orchestra since April 2017.
CONTACT
If you’re interested in joining or have general questions about MiO:
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