Spark
Hot chamber music that ignites passion: This provocative collective is a coming together of five individual performers from five diverse cultural backgrounds. They’re from Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bohemia. Their destination is the stage. Together they are radical and incredibly sexy. They are the Classical Band. Together they are Spark!

The group’s founders, Andrea Ritter and Daniel Koschitzki, emerged from the world’s leading recorder quartet, the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. With Spark they resort to extreme measures and extreme flutes like the Paetzold Bass, Modern Alto and Helder Tenor. Together with violinist Stefan Glaus, cellist Victor Plumettaz and pianist Mischa Cheung they are designing a new classical style, smashing the boundaries between various genres. Balkan beats and jazzy grooves pop into the classical avant-garde. Baroque tunes melt into movie sounds and minimal music.

In addition to their own songs and arrangements, Spark plays music by internationally renowned composers. The majority of these pieces were commissioned especially for the group. Film composer Ljova, rising stars of the American composing scene, such as Kenji Bunch and Daniel Kellogg, German newcomer Johannes Motschmann and Dutch enfant terrible Chiel Meijering are currently collaborating with Spark. For this purpose, this lively ensemble received funding from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music. Additional support came from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Their CD-debut "Downtown Illusions" was awarded with "ECHO Klassik 2011". Only one year later their CD "Folk Tunes" is published with Deutsche Grammophon. Again the five musicians stick to their principles. They are interested in the interplay of Old and New, they adapt folk music for the 21st century and basically have a lot of fun playing their music on stage and entertaining their audience.

This unconventional fivesome captivates audiences with 30 different recorders, three string instruments, two pianists, melodica, vocal performances and moments of spontaneous improvisation. It’s music at the highest artistic level and now right at your fingertips. Young people will be astounded.

Spark – a unique classical act from a new generation at the cutting edge.