Orchestra
Die Kölner Akademie
- From
- Köln, Germany
- Since
- 1996–present
- Releases
- 45
- classical
About
Die Kölner Akademie - Damals und Heute is a German baroque and classical music orchestra founded in 1996 and based in Cologne, Germany. It was founded in 1996 by the American conductor Michael Alexander Willens, who studied at the Juilliard School in New York and still leads the orchestra.
Members
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Alexandra López Arca violin
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Sophia Aretz flute
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Martin Bewersdorff clarinet
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Viliana Bobeva violin
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Cordula Breuer flute
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Berit Bruentjen violin
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George Buddrus trumpet
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Feyzi Cokgez bassoon
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Amarilis Dueñas Castán cello
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Bettina Ecken viola
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Bruno van Esseveld violin
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Thomas Falke double bass
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Bárbara Ferraz-Balboa flute
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Marie-Luise Hartmann violin
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Frauke Heiwolt violin
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Andreas Hempel violin
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Flavia Hirte flute, piccolo
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Karen Hübner horn
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Ulrich Hübner horn
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Stefanie Irgang violin
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Taka Kitazato oboe
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Gudrun Knop flute
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Emilija Kortus violin
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Jorge Llamas violin
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Julie Maas cello
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Raquel Marín violin
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Ena Markiert cello
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Catherine Martin violin
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Yuko Matsumoto violin
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Jacques van der Meer double bass
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Mariya Miliutsina flute
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Mareike Neumann viola
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Felix Noll timpani
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Luna Oda violin
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Nicola Paoli cello
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Marcel Ponseele oboe
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Alon Portal double bass
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Rafael Roth violin
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Alexander Scherf cello
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Anna-Maria Smerd violin
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Katarina Todoriovic violin
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Katarina Todorovic violin
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Alexandre Turmel violin
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Norbert Vohn trumpet
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Emma Williams violin
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Aysha Wills flute
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Marie-Louise Wundling cello
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Giulia Zannin clarinet
Discography
Albums
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Concertos pour clarinette & orchestre (Forgotten Treasures - Volume 1)
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Das größte Kind – Christmas Oratorio
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Double Horn Concerto / Violin Concerto / Two Overtures
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Piano Concertos no. 9 "Jeunehomme" & no. 12
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Piano Concertos nos. 24 in C minor & 25 in C major
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Piano Concertos, op. 32 & op. 40
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Piano Concertos nos. 17 in G major / 26 in D major "Coronation"
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Lukas Passion 1728
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Piano Concertos nos. 20 in D minor & 27 in B-flat major
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Piano Concertos nos. 19 in F major & no. 23 in A major
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Piano Concertos nos. 18 in B-flat major / 22 in E-flat major
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Piano Concertos nos. 14 in E-flat major & 21 in C major / Aria "Ch'io mi scordi di teo"
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Piano Concertos nos. 8 in C major / 11 in F major / 13 in C major
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Piano Concertos nos. 15 in B-flat major / 16 in D major / Rondo in D major, K. 382
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Violin Concertinos / Overtures
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Matthäuspassion
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Piano Concertos nos 1 - 4
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Piano Concertos nos. 5 in D major / 6 in B-flat major / Three Concertos, K. 107
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Posthorn Serenade / Eine kleine Nachtmusik
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Masonic Works
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Piano Concertos
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Christmas Oratorios
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Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra, op. 45 / Sonatas for Piano Four Hands
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BACH 333 4-Part Chorales vol. 2
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Music for Violin I
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The Piano Concertos
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Haffner Serenade / Ein musikalischer Spaß
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Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
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Christmas Cantatas III
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Le Jour variable: Four Symphonies
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Easter Cantatas
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Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
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Two Passion Oratorios
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Johannis-Oratorium
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Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
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St. Luke Passion
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Piano Concerto / Overtures
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Overtures
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¡Feliz Navidad!: Mexican Baroque Music for Christmas
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Auf Christenheit! (Frankfurter Festmusiken 1716)
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Sinfonias / Harpsichord Concertos
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Vienna Mandolin Stories
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Symphonies 1& 2
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Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Compilations
Links
Official
Founder
Tags
- german orchestra
- orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- dabfaee3-92db-4448-ab99-ed6a68348557
- ISNI
- 000000011456792X
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