The new interdisciplinary event series Into the Open presents the premiere of #FREESOLO – a concert with Performance and light Show with, among others, recompositions of classical solo concerts such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Violin Concerto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.

The #FREESOLO programme tells its very own story - both in terms of musical structure and expression - of the development from autocracy to competition and anarchy to collaboration. Musically, this is realised using various improvisation techniques from solo to group improvisation as well as recompositions of classical solo concerts such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Violin Concerto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. As composer in residence, the composer, pianist and improviser Noam Sivan will develop new improvisation methods and the compositional concept for #FREESOLO with the orchestra's musicians, which will be transformed by director Tristan Braun into a moving concert performance that breaks down the boundaries between composition and improvisation, between musicians and visitors.

Into the Open (ITO) is the new-generation music festival that combines music with other art forms and creates unique experiences. With the 2024/25 season, ITO is presenting for the first time its own series of events at various iconic Berlin venues. The ITO season kicks off with the premiere of #FREESOLO.

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Without notes - Without conductor - Without chairs: Stegreif - The Improvising Symphony Orchestra is a collective of 30 international, cross-genre musicians who combine the heritage of classical compositions with improvisation and see the classical symphony as the starting point for a new concert experience. The elaborate playing of these recompositions creates freedom for movement, interaction and immersive spatial concepts.
The orchestra has performed on renowned stages such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and at festivals such as FUSION.