ensemble mini & Joolz Gale
Biographie ensemble mini & Joolz Gale
Ensemble Mini
is a radical collective of super-sonic-soloists from Germany's top orchestras that repackages super symphonic music for new audiences. Addressing the need to make classical music cool for the 21st century, its mission is to revolutionise the symphonic concert experience through new style, sound and setting whilst never dumbing down.
Innovative late-night projects with DJ after-show party have included "mini-Mahler" at Philharmonie Berlin, "Strauss 150: New Perspectives" at STATTBAD Berlin and "Bartók Beyond Borders" at Musikbrauerei Berlin. Artist collaborations have included Regula Mühlemann, Marlis Petersen, Ferhan & Ferzan Önder, Gerhild Romberger, Tanja Tetzlaff, Ruth Ziesak and Elisa Carrillo Cabrera. Recent guest performances have included Konzerthaus Berlin (Debussy), Budapest Palace of Arts (Bartók), Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Essener Philharmonie (Mahler), Mozarteum Salzburg (Prokofiev) and Zaryadye Hall Moscow (Shostakovich).
Founded in 2010, Ensemble Mini has been reviewed and featured often in German media (such as 3sat Kulturzeit, ZDF Aspekte, RBB, NDR and WDR television) and recorded several live radio concerts for Deutschlandfunk Kultur, SWR Classic, NDR Kultur and RBB Kulturradio. Its debut CD of the world premiere arrangement of Mahler's 9th Symphony was released in 2014, the follow-up disc of which comes in 2020 with the reconstruction of Mahler's 10th Symphony.
Future plans for 2020/21 include the ensemble's 10th anniversary world tour with "From Russia with Soul", "Bartók Beyond Borders", "Beethoven Exposed", Bruckner 9 and, in 2021/22, Schoenberg's Gurrelieder.
Joolz Gale
British conductor, Joolz Gale, who feels equally at home with modern and period instrument orchestras, offering not only a historically informed approach to baroque, classical and early romantic repertoire but also an extensive knowledge of chamber, choral and vocal repertoire. His passion for special projects and new concert formats has meanwhile made him one of the world's leading arrangers of symphonic music. Born in England, Joolz Gale initially studied as a violinist and read Music at the University of Oxford before furthering his studies at Royal College of Music, London as a singer. Graduating in 2007, he became an inaugural apprentice to the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, at which time he began to develop his skills as a conductor.
He has since gone on to make conducting debuts with choirs and orchestras throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America, including Bamberger Symphoniker, Orquesta de Cadaqués, Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, China National Symphony, Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Shanghai Symphony and Taiwan Philharmonic as well as further guest engagements with orchestras in Poland, Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Turkey.
As an assistant, Joolz Gale has conducted Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Monteverdi Choir, RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. He has also assisted and studied with Paavo Järvi (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen) and Sir Roger Norrington (Mahler Chamber Orchestra and SWR Symphony Stuttgart) and participated in masterclasses with the Trondheim Symphony, Järvi Academy and Kritisches Orchester Berlin.
Outside conducting, Joolz Gale contributes as a blogger for the Spectator and appears as a speaker, presenter and contributor for various special projects on radio and television.
