"Marc Niemann intelligently decoded the complex scores, but also kept an eye on the poetic mood."

Michael Pitz-Grevenig about sacre du printemps and Petrouchka in "Das Orchester" 6/2022

"Marc Niemann and the orchestra have played a decisive role in the success of the production. The interpretation is differentiated and sensitive, with a warm French sound"

Michael Stange on IOCO about the premiere of "Les contes d'Hoffmann"

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Marc Niemann nominated as new artistic director of Sendesaal Bremen

One of Germany's most interesting and renowned concert halls is under new artistic direction: Marc Niemann was introduced today in the Sendesaal as the new artistic director and managing director. A highly accomplished musician and experienced cultural manager is thus taking over responsibility for this acoustic jewel.

The selection committee, made up of representatives of the Friends of the Sendesaal e.V. association, long-standing artistic partners and curators of the concert series, voted unanimously in favour of Marc Niemann. Peter Schulze, chairman of the supporting association and long-standing artistic director, will thus hand over the management of this exciting music venue and the only former public radio-hall that has been saved and is now privately run, with effect from 1 January 2025.
Peter Schulze commented: ‘I am delighted that we have been able to find an excellent and sustainable solution in Marc Niemann, which will ensure the stability of the Sendesaal for years to come.’

Marc Niemann will now further develop the profile of the Sendesaal, which is world-famous for its excellent acoustics and has always offered an exciting mix of international and regional musicians of all genres and styles.

‘The Sendesaal is one of the most exciting music venues in Germany and its programme is based on the unique synergy of production studio and concert hall. I would like to continue the immense variety and the artistic and qualitative level of the concert programme, but also set new accents that will attract new audiences to the Sendesaal in addition to the regular visitors. I will use my international and regional network to develop new formats with cooperation partners - I dream of events that combine literature or visual art with music, silent films with live music accompaniment, unplugged concerts by international stars, live radio plays and so on - there is no shortage of ideas,’ says Niemann.

Triumphant season opening with Puccini's Turandot

In the symphony concert Tief im Abendrot on 13, 14 and 15 January 2025, Marc Niemann will bring Johanna Senfter's (1879-1961) Second Symphony to the concert stage for the first time since its premiere. With nine symphonies, Max Reger's master student left behind an extensive oeuvre that points from late Romanticism to modernism without crossing the boundaries of tonality.

After Senfter's death, her work was largely forgotten and her musical legacy has remained dormant in the archives of the Cologne University of Music and Dance ever since. In recent years, these musical jewels have gradually been rediscovered, and for the concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven, the symphony was reconstructed from the manuscript sources and set as a professional, printed score.

Deutschlandfunk Kultur will record and broadcast the concert

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