Projects

Orchester im Treppenhaus 

Johan­na Rup­pert has been a per­ma­nent mem­ber of the Orch­ester im Trep­pen­haus since 2017. She leads the edu­ca­tion and out­reach divi­sion, STEP UP, and is part of the artis­tic con­cep­tu­al team of the orchestra.

About the ensemble:

What can clas­si­cal music do today? The Orch­ester im Trep­pen­haus has been work­ing on an expand­ed con­cept of con­certs for sev­er­al years. With a play­ful research dri­ve, it explores the bound­aries of the live con­cert sit­u­a­tion, open­ing doors to new lis­ten­ing expe­ri­ences, inti­mate moments, and sur­pris­ing con­tent. Con­certs as an expe­ri­ence. Clas­si­cal music as a per­for­mance. Always with sur­pris­ing con­nec­tions to our reality.

The award-win­ning 20-mem­ber ensem­ble is one of the lead­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the inno­v­a­tive clas­si­cal music scene in Ger­many and Europe. Through its for­mat devel­op­ments like DARK ROOM, DARK RIDE, INNER JOURNEY, DATE YOUR MUSIC, YOUR PERSONAL EMERGENCY CONCERT, DISCO, and the Coro­na pro­duc­tion CIRCLES and its fur­ther devel­op­ment CIRCLING REALITIES, it con­ducts research, often in col­lab­o­ra­tion with video artists, direc­tors, actors, and com­posers in its lab­o­ra­to­ry city of Hanover. It is reg­u­lar­ly invit­ed to nation­al and inter­na­tion­al loca­tions and fes­ti­vals, such as the Elbphil­har­monie Ham­burg, the Mozart­fest Würzburg, Hei­del­berg­er Früh­ling, Istan­bul Music Fes­ti­val, Klang trifft Kulisse Grafenegg, Bodensee Fes­ti­val, Oetk­er­halle Biele­feld, Thüringer Bach­tage, Podi­um Fes­ti­val Esslin­gen, Beethoven­fest Bonn, Bay­erisch­er Rund­funk Munich, Detect Fes­ti­val, and the Fusion Festival.

Since 2020, the orches­tra has also been orga­niz­ing the one-month fes­ti­val SEA SOUNDS on the North Sea island of Norder­ney each year. In Octo­ber 2022, the first edi­tion of the KLANGBLASEN in Hanover will begin. Its STEP UP divi­sion focus­es the ensemble’s edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ments under one roof, engag­ing strong­ly in social and cul­tur­al pol­i­tics through work­shops, coach­ing, devel­op­ments for spe­cif­ic tar­get groups, and many oth­er initiatives.

In 2021, the Orch­ester im Trep­pen­haus was award­ed the Per­spec­tive Prize of the Ger­man The­atre Prize DER FAUST.

“The Orch­ester im Trep­pen­haus suc­ceeds in tak­ing new, con­tem­po­rary approach­es in all aspects of con­cert oper­a­tions.”  (Jury state­ment for the Per­spec­tive Prize of the Ger­man The­atre Prize DER FAUST 2021)

DUO KARUNA 

The duo, con­sist­ing of Jes­si­ca Kaiser (gui­tar) and Johan­na Rup­pert (vio­lin), was found­ed in 2016 at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the Arts in Graz.

In a short time, the two musi­cians have played their way into the hearts of their lis­ten­ers. In March 2017, they cel­e­brat­ed their inter­na­tion­al debut at the Segovia Inter­na­tion­al Gui­tar Week in Por­de­none, Italy. Addi­tion­al­ly, they per­formed at the Fes­ti­val Inter­na­cional de Músi­ca de Cámara Mon­teleón in León, Spain, in Decem­ber 2017.

Their most recent suc­cess: first prize at the North Inter­na­tion­al Music Com­pe­ti­tion 2018. Fur­ther­more, they won third prize in the cham­ber music cat­e­go­ry at the 14th Inter­na­tion­al Enri­co Mer­catali Com­pe­ti­tion in Gorizia, Italy, as well as at the 2nd Inter­na­tion­al Cham­ber Music Com­pe­ti­tion Bra­ga in Portugal.

Their con­cert pro­gram, fea­tur­ing works from Béla Bartók to Manuel de Fal­la, is pre­dom­i­nant­ly inspired by the col­ors and sounds of folk music, which are par­tic­u­lar­ly well high­light­ed in the sim­ple yet char­ac­ter­ful com­bi­na­tion of the two instru­ments, gui­tar and violin.

Togeth­er, the two musi­cians strive to evolve the clas­si­cal con­cert and think about it in con­tem­po­rary terms. In the con­cert for­mat “Encoun­ters,” the duo explores var­i­ous facets of musi­cal inter­play and invites the audi­ence to expe­ri­ence this pow­er­ful sense of togetherness.

Their col­lab­o­ra­tion is char­ac­ter­ized by a deep musi­cal under­stand­ing of each oth­er. The name KARUNA (feel­ing with each oth­er) describes their goal of shar­ing music as a joint­ly expe­ri­enced event with the audience.

DUO KARUNA 

The duo, con­sist­ing of Jes­si­ca Kaiser (gui­tar) and Johan­na Rup­pert (vio­lin), was found­ed in 2016 at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the Arts in Graz.

In a short time, the two musi­cians have played their way into the hearts of their lis­ten­ers. In March 2017, they cel­e­brat­ed their inter­na­tion­al debut at the Segovia Inter­na­tion­al Gui­tar Week in Por­de­none, Italy. Addi­tion­al­ly, they per­formed at the Fes­ti­val Inter­na­cional de Músi­ca de Cámara Mon­teleón in León, Spain, in Decem­ber 2017.

Their most recent suc­cess: first prize at the North Inter­na­tion­al Music Com­pe­ti­tion 2018. Fur­ther­more, they won third prize in the cham­ber music cat­e­go­ry at the 14th Inter­na­tion­al Enri­co Mer­catali Com­pe­ti­tion in Gorizia, Italy, as well as at the 2nd Inter­na­tion­al Cham­ber Music Com­pe­ti­tion Bra­ga in Portugal.

Their con­cert pro­gram, fea­tur­ing works from Béla Bartók to Manuel de Fal­la, is pre­dom­i­nant­ly inspired by the col­ors and sounds of folk music, which are par­tic­u­lar­ly well high­light­ed in the sim­ple yet char­ac­ter­ful com­bi­na­tion of the two instru­ments, gui­tar and violin.

Togeth­er, the two musi­cians strive to evolve the clas­si­cal con­cert and think about it in con­tem­po­rary terms. In the con­cert for­mat “Encoun­ters,” the duo explores var­i­ous facets of musi­cal inter­play and invites the audi­ence to expe­ri­ence this pow­er­ful sense of togetherness.

Their col­lab­o­ra­tion is char­ac­ter­ized by a deep musi­cal under­stand­ing of each oth­er. The name KARUNA (feel­ing with each oth­er) describes their goal of shar­ing music as a joint­ly expe­ri­enced event with the audience.

KLASSIK NAH DRAN FESTIVAL 

Johan­na Rup­pert is the ini­tia­tor and artis­tic direc­tor of the fes­ti­val Klas­sik nah dran, which took place in Zweibrück­en in 2017 and 2019.

The fes­ti­val is inspired by the desire to spark enthu­si­asm for clas­si­cal music among young peo­ple through inno­v­a­tive con­cert for­mats. It aims to break the pat­terns ingrained in tra­di­tion­al con­cert set­tings by pre­sent­ing diverse and exper­i­men­tal con­cert pro­grams in uncon­ven­tion­al venues.

A spe­cial part of the fes­ti­val is an edu­ca­tion project with three schools in Zweibrück­en in col­lab­o­ra­tion with TONALi-TOUR. For this project, musi­cians will per­form con­certs in the schools to bring clas­si­cal music clos­er to the stu­dents and inspire their enthu­si­asm for it. The orga­ni­za­tion of these con­certs is han­dled by the stu­dents them­selves, and the stu­dent man­agers gain skills in the basics of cul­tur­al management.

SWR2 Radio segment

about Klas­sik nah dran Fes­ti­val by Bar­bara Grech (in German)

SR2 Radio Segment

about Klas­sik nah dran Fes­ti­val by Bar­bara Grech (in German)

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