The orchestra

The Sorbian National Ensemble is an orchestra with a versatile artistic claim. As a constant accompanist for the majority of the ensemble’s productions, its artistic expertise ranges from contemporary music theatre and folkloric-inspired stage works to choral symphonies and chamber music. It is also a stylistically confident creator of its own concert series. Its repertoire not only includes the world’s musical literature but also a large number of premieres and first performances of works by Sorbian and Slavic composers.
CD recordings as well as radio and television productions document the orchestra’s artistic range. The positive response of the Lusatian audience, as well as concert-goers throughout the German-speaking and international world, repeatedly confirms the high quality and special profile of the SNE orchestra. Guest appearances have taken the orchestra to venues such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Hamburg State Opera and the Auditorium de Palma.

1. violin

• N.N. - Konzertmeisterin
• Jozef Farkas
• Hong-huei Lin
• Marzena Wysocka
  
  

2. violin

• Julius Katona - Stimmgruppenführer
• Dmitrij Večer (Vertretung)
• Matthias Reichel
• Jadwiga Simon
  
  

viola

• Artur Malinowski - Solobratscher
• Agata Juryś
  
  

Violoncelli

• Helfried Knopsmeier -Solocellist
• Christian Rutenberg
  
  

double bass

• Jochen Hentschel
  
  

flute

• Marie-Luise Fritzsche
  
  

oboe

• Ralf Sarodnik
  
  

clarinet

• Tobias Witke | Erdmute Nitschke
  
  

horn

• Lutz Lehmann - 1. Hornist
• Bernd Neffe - 2. Hornist
  
  

trumpet

• Daniel Metzenmacher
  
  

trombone

• Bernhard Ziesch
  
  

bassoon

• N.N.
  
  

timpani

• Annegret Schmidt
  
  

drums

• Benedikt Sauber
  
  

Tutor

• Soyoung Kim