The members of ensemble unitedberlin

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Yan Dribinsky

manager

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Christoph Breidler

artistic co-director

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Andreas Bräutigam

artistic co-director

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Henry Koch

stage manager

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Damir Bačikin

trumpet

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Lea Rahel Bader

violoncello

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Martin Glück

flute

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Yoriko Ikeya

piano

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Stefan Siebert

bassoon

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Jean-Claude Velin

viola

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Erich Wagner

clarinet

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Juris Azers

percussion

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Renata Bruggaier

horn

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Christoph Enzel

saxophone

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Guillaume Vairet

percussion

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Michiko Feuerlein

violin

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Matthias Badczong

clarinet

About Yan Dribinsky

Yan Dribinsky engaged in artist management already during his studies in music and economy. He was privat secretary of wellknown artists as well as project manager with international agencies. Now he takes over the management of unitedberlin.

About Christoph Breidler

Christoph Breidler studied composition and conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Since 2014 engaged at the Komische Oper Berlin as Director of studies with conducting duties he now also takes responsibility for the future of ensemble uniedberlin as its artistic co-director.

About Andreas Bräutigam

Andreas Bräutigam, violinist, co-founder and for 35 years manager of unitedberlin has also curated and organized many of his own projects and intends to add to the ensembles story quite a few more spectacular events.

About Henry Koch

Henry Koch, composer, instrumentalist and excellent copyist, became within two years a very
valuable member of unitedberlin – no one wants to miss his engagement in and around the projects

About Damir Bačikin

Damir Bačikin has had a full carrier (including own CD production) in Jazz, that he was passionate about already in his home country Serbia. Now he has specialised in new music for trumpet and solo repertoire. He joined unitedberlin in 2009.

About Lea Rahel Bader

Lea Rahel Bader lives and loves the chamber music of the last centuries, be it on various historic or new instruments of the cello/gamba family. She stays connected with her hometown Berlin through her family as well as her profession.

About Martin Glück

Martin Glück is a member of unitedberlin since 2007, after teaching in Music Academies he became an appointed professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin – now he can indulge in his his passion for the fine things even more.

About Yoriko Ikeya

Yoriko Ikeya came from Tokyo to Berlin and after her studies she became a teacher at the Berlin Academy of Arts. As pianist with unitedberlin and co-founder of the modern art ensemble Berlin she took part in over 300 first performances, many of them documented on CD.

About Stefan Siebert

Stefan Siebert, one of the few real Berliners in the ensemble (and by the way a real fan of Union) came to play the bassoon rather late, after studying piano and organ. Embedded in the ensemble since 1998 he engages a lot in solo pieces for his instrument.

About Jean-Claude Velin

Jean-Claude Velin went after his studies form France to the U.S.A. where he was playing at the Metropolitan Opera New York before he came to Berlin. He joined unitedberlin in 2004 as viola player.

About Erich Wagner

Erich Wagner developed his passion for new music at the Freiburger Musikhochschule and in projects with the composer Dieter Mack. As a conductor he directed recordings for a personal CD with works by Juro Mětšk, other tasks in this profession followed.

Portrait von Juris Azers

About Juris Azers

Juris Azers from Latvia performs as soloist, ensemble musician and author of innovative concepts and programmes for concerts. His projects explore in depth the connection of different forms of art.

About Renata Bruggaier

Renata Bruggaier, coming to Berlin from Slovenia via her studies with Marie-Luise Neunecker in Frankfurt and other stations, faces for years all challenges that can be found in the numerous parts for horn (‚the horn is not an instrument, it’s a risk’)

Portrait von Christoph Enzel

About Christoph Enzel

Christoph Enzel explores as saxophonist and composer the complexity between arrangement and composition. This shows in the many adaptions for saxophone in various settings, you find his works at Chili Notes..

About Guillaume Vairet

Guillaume Vairet is intensively engaged in chamber music in French and German ensembles. He is part of unitedberlin since 2014 and takes care of all questions around the often highly specialised sets of instruments – a priceless engagement for the music

About Michiko Feuerlein

Michiko Feuerlein is playing with unitedberlin since 2019. Her passion beyond this is teaching violin to the Berlin youth and coaching them to participate successfully in important competitions.

About Matthias Badczong

Matthias Badczong creates and organizes together with the Accordion player Christine Paté since 1999 his own chamber music series named „klarinette-akkordeon plus“ focusing on first performances in close cooperation with the composers.