Projects

How is it that some lives end in utter loneliness? With All the Lonely People, Silbersee and Martin Fondse Music pay tribute to these forgotten lives in a musical mosaic. The true stories are often wondrous, exciting, surprising, and heartbreakingly painful, but above all, deeply human.

The best way to truly get to know someone is by sharing a meal and making music together. When you taste what the other tastes or listen to the music they enjoy, when you dance to each other’s rhythms with curiosity and openness, you grow closer.Whether someone lives nearby or comes from far away, we are the other!

This trio consists of Martin Fondse, saxophone player Kika Sprangers and cello player Jörg Brinkmann. This remarkable combination of three composers and performers travel many musical roads. The result is a colorful collaboration with lyrical and melancholic melodies and vibrating grooves.

An exciting combination in which the elastic voice of Sjoerdsma goes hand in hand with the rich harmonies and humour of Fondse. In this project they focus on captivating melodies, unison singing, melancholic poetry and silence.

In their new show, they go back to the essence with piano, guitar, and vocals. New compositions by Fondse with highlights from Lenine’s career. The combination of the subtle and lived-through songs of Lenine with the modern and energetic accompaniment of a jazz pianist undoubtedly creates a unique and catchy sound.

Versatile composer and pianist Martin Fondse and multidisciplinary artist Femi Dawkins explore the power of the Wild Card: the unpredictable factor, the joker that defies rules and moves freely between structures.

The return of colonial jewelry is a contemporary topic. These pieces are often tied to the history of diamond mining and trade during the colonial era. The wealth of one comes at the expense of another. Faces of Earth | Diamonds tells a controversial story of brilliance and power.