With our choir, orchestra and academy, we create free spaces for radical interpretations and outstanding artistic experiences. For us, music is wisdom, magic, love and a source of storytelling. We know what we play and why. We explore the meaning of each work through the lens of authentic and historically informed performance practice. We support each other, onstage and beyond, and create a high artistic quality as a result of the deep and strong social bonds we have with each other. Human solidarity and artistic entrepreneurship coexist in harmony. Throughout Europe, we engage deeply with the places of our various residencies due to our profound belief in culture as a connecting power. Despite it all!
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Here you can find insights & impressions from our musicians: Starting with our violin player Jenny, giving an insight on what Balthasar means to her.
Actively discovering, experiencing, and further developing the power and diversity of the human voice – this is the invitation of the Balthasar Neumann Choir’s (BNC) Day of the Voice on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, in Hamburg. A variety of formats will make the theme of the voice tangible for people of all ages and backgrounds, culminating in a joint benefit concert that also gives a voice to the disadvantaged members of our society.
NOVA is taking off:
Our new visionary academy programme stands for artistic excellence on historical instruments, social responsibility, and community.
We offer young musicians to professionalize at the highest level!
