Freiburger Barockorchester

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And why does each and every one of us play with such passion in this run? "Because we just can not help it. You can not lean back with us - not even in the rehearsal, "explains the violinist Petra Müllejans, who is one of the founding members. "Because of this unconditional expression, we have become musicians! Probably we were like that when we were kids and luckily we found this valve. "

This sound adventure began more than thirty years agoin the atmosphere of the Freiburg University of Music: "There was really the much-cited New Year's Eve in 1985, when some students from Rainer Kussmaul and Ulrich Koch met to make music on baroque instruments and gut strings," says Petra Müllejans. The orchestra's longtime artistic director, who passed on her office together with Gottfried von der Goltz to Kristian Bezuidenhout last summer, tells of grassroots structures, boundless rehearsals and a great idealism that has lasted until today. "The early years were not easy. One was laughed at. The city of Freiburg initially had little interest in this free formation. Financially, everyone had to keep afloat with other engagements or instrumental lessons."