Berliner Instrumentalisten Info

The Berliner Instrumentalisten are a Berliner Ensemble, that since nearly two decades closely works together with Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farantouri . In addition to numerous CD recordings accompanied the Berlin instrumentalists Theodorakis, Maria Farantouri and other soloists at concerts and festivals in the world.
Henning Schmiedt was the artistic director of the ensemble for many concerts and CD Productions.

1996 chamber music arrangements of “POETICA” CD-production with Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farantouri
Concert in “Megarou Musikis, Athens – conductor Nicos Tsuchlos

European Tour 1997 “POETICA” —

1998 “ASMATA” – Production Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farantouri – Europe tour

1999 Concert in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Washington with Maria Farantouri with an arrangment of the “Mauthausen-cycle” for voice, piano, cello and live electronics (Jens Naumilkat cello / jayrope electronics / Henning Schmiedt piano / Gert Hof Light Design)
Concert in London’s Elizabeth Hall “in honor of George Seferis
World Tour “Nostalgia” with Maria Farantouri (including Melbourne – Concert Hall, Brussels – Ancienne Belgique, Amsterdam – Paradiso) Gala concert for the 75th Mikis Theodorakis Birthday on the Muenchener Koenig place
Ferropolis events with Mikis Theodorakis, Gert Hof, Maria Farantouri, Jocelyn B. Smith, chamber orchestras including Castle Werneck
Cooperation with the Catalan singer Maria del Mar Bonet and Maria Farantouri, concert in the L `Àuditori Barcelona

2001
Opening concert of the Frankfurt International Book Fair (Maria Farantouri)

2002 concerts at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, and at Cornell University, Ithaca NY

2003 Concert in the European Parliament in Brussels with Maria Farantouri
Guest performance with Maria Farantouri at the festival in Pordenone, Italy to honour by Vassilis Vassilikos European tour by Maria Farantouri – “The Voice of Peace” and “One century of greek songs”
Festival concerts with Maria del Mar Bonet and Maria Farantouri in Spain
Guest performance at the International Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Finland

2005 Concert in Paris for Women Against Fundamentalism and for Equality.
Concerts of the Berlin instrumentalists, etc. in Vienna (Concert Hall), Munich, Zurich CD “FIRST SONGS” (intuition) by Mikis Theodorakis Others Maria Farantouri

2007 “Maria Farantouri-The way home” Peregrina Music Critics Prize of the German Record Critics
Maria Farantouri concert with Berlin Philharmonic

2008 concerts with Maria Farantouri in the Athens Megarou Musikis in honor of Mikis Theodorakis
Concerts with Maria Farantouri in Ancient Epidaurus Theatre

2009 concert with Maria Farantouri and Dionysis Tsaknis in Thessaloniki Megarou Musikis in honor of Mikis Theodorakis

2010 concert with Maria Farantouri Antalya
New CD Release Mikis Theodorakis- Maria Farantouri – Tou Erota Kai Tou Thanatou with Christos Thiveous and Berliner Instrumentalisten- Hommage a Mikis Theodorakis and Orchestrations by Henning Schmiedt