Pas­sion­ate musi­cian­ship and an unceas­ing desire to explore the unknown have been the hall­marks of Con­certo Köln for the past 40 years. The ensemble, with its unmis­tak­able sound, is one of the lead­ing ensembles in His­tor­ic­ally Informed Per­form­ance. Firmly rooted in Cologne’s music­al life and a reg­u­lar vis­it­or to the world’s music cap­it­als and renowned fest­ivals, Con­certo Köln stands for out­stand­ing inter­pret­a­tions of early music.

The rep­er­toire of the Cologne ensemble encom­passes not only Baroque, but also early Clas­sic­al works. At the centre of this is the authen­t­ic approach to the sound of the peri­od in which the respect­ive works were cre­ated. The 2026/27 sea­son opens with Richard Wagner’s Göt­ter­däm­mer­ung, which is the com­ple­tion of Ring Cycle as part of the pro­ject The Wag­n­er Cycles of the Dresden Fest­iv­al Orches­tra and Con­certo Köln under the dir­ec­tion of Kent Nagano. Fur­ther­more, Con­certo Köln cel­eb­rates with #WeCel­eb­rate: Christina of Sweden the 400^th birth­day of one of the most fas­cin­at­ing fig­ures of the 17^th cen­tury. The queen, philo­soph­er and pat­ron of the arts gathered renowned artists at her court who presen­ted their latest works there and inspired the found­ing of the Aca­demia dell’Arcadia.

In March 2026, Con­certo Köln released their new album. Pan­theon – Corelli’s Orbit.

Since 2004, Opheli­as Cul­ture PR has been sup­port­ing the Cologne ensemble. This includes press work for inter­na­tion­al tours, album pro­mo­tion for releases, as well as press invit­a­tions and inter­view acquis­i­tion for innov­at­ive pro­jects. In recent years, we have increas­ingly advised the ensemble on stra­tegic devel­op­ments and sup­por­ted digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion on social media and the web­site.