Ensem­ble

With expres­si­ve inter­pre­ta­ti­ons, ima­gi­na­ti­ve arran­ge­ments, and sty­li­stic ver­sa­ti­li­ty, the Bre­mer Barock­or­ches­ter (BBO) enga­ges the music of the Baro­que and Clas­si­cal eras in a vibrant dia­lo­gue with the pre­sent day.

Led by cel­list Nés­tor F. Cor­tés Gar­zón, the ensem­ble com­bi­nes rigo­rous his­to­ri­cal per­for­mance prac­ti­ce with a modern approach to audi­ence enga­ge­ment; digi­tal­ly released con­cert recor­dings and edu­ca­tio­nal for­mats enable the orches­tra to reach a broad glo­bal audi­ence. With over 55,000 sub­scri­bers and more than 15 mil­li­on views, its strea­ming chan­nel is among the most pro­mi­nent of its kind inter­na­tio­nal­ly.

Sin­ce its foun­ding in 2015, BBO has col­la­bo­ra­ted with num­e­rous renow­ned soloists, inclu­ding Ryo Ter­a­ka­do, Doro­thee Ober­lin­ger, Alfre­do Ber­nar­di­ni, Mido­ri Sei­ler, Dmit­ry Sin­kovs­ky, and Gio­van­ni Sol­li­ma. In its home city of Bre­men, the orches­tra has also suc­cessful­ly pre­sen­ted its own con­cert series, “Barock&Umzu” (Baroque&Beyond) at the his­to­ric Church of Our Lady for the past deca­de.

In 2024, the ensem­ble under­took its first mul­ti-week tour of Chi­na and made its debut at the Elb­phil­har­mo­nie Ham­burg ear­lier that year. Its third CD, *And every litt­le Star* — dedi­ca­ted to High Baro­que recor­der com­po­si­ti­ons from Ita­ly and Swe­den — was nomi­na­ted for the long­list of the Ger­man Record Cri­tics’ Award (*Preis der Deut­schen Schall­plat­ten­kri­tik*) in ear­ly 2025.

In 2026, the orches­tra will per­form live in loca­ti­ons inclu­ding Osna­brück and Bre­mer­ha­ven, at the Brüh­ler Schloss­kon­zer­te Fes­ti­val, and along­side Ensem­ble “La Sportel­le” at seve­ral fes­ti­vals in France.