Pas­sion­ate music-mak­ing and an unbroken enthu­si­asm for the quest for the unknown are the hall­marks of Con­certo Köln. The ensemble, with its unmis­tak­able sound, is one of the lead­ing groups in the field of his­tor­ic­al per­form­ance prac­tice. Deeply rooted in the music­al life of Cologne, while also reg­u­larly per­form­ing in the music­al cap­it­als of the world and at renowned fest­ivals, Con­certo Köln stands for out­stand­ing inter­pret­a­tions of early music.

The ensemble’s rep­er­toire includes not only baroque but also early clas­sic­al works. At its core is the authen­t­ic approach to the sound of the era in which the works were cre­ated. This pas­sion for his­tor­ic­al sound is also reflec­ted in the long-stand­ing and suc­cess­ful col­lab­or­a­tion of the ensemble with its hon­or­ary con­duct­or Kent Nagano and viol­in­ist Shun­ske Sato. As Wag­n­er Read­ings, the search for a his­tor­ic­ally informed approach to Richard Wag­n­er­’s Ring des Nibe­lun­gen caused an inter­na­tion­al sen­sa­tion. In this con­text, Con­certo Köln has also engaged with the works of Beeth­oven to Bruck­ner in their his­tor­ic­al con­text. The real­iz­a­tion of the Ring is now being con­tin­ued in col­lab­or­a­tion with the Dresden Fest­iv­al Orches­tra under the title The Wag­n­er Cycles as part of the Dresden Music Fest­iv­al.

The 40^th anniversary of Con­certo Köln in 2025 will be cel­eb­rated under the hasht­ag #wecel­eb­rate.

Since 2004, Opheli­as Cul­ture PR has sup­por­ted the Cologne-based ensemble. This includes press work for inter­na­tion­al tours, album pro­mo­tions for releases, as well as press invit­a­tions and inter­view acquis­i­tions for innov­at­ive pro­jects. In recent years, we have increas­ingly advised the ensemble on stra­tegic devel­op­ments and sup­por­ted them in digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion across social media and their web­site.