After the summer break, we are looking forward to two major concert highlights in our kammerkonzete.koeln series. On 8 November 2025, the outstanding Eternum Saxophone Quartet will be performing in the Humboldt Hall. Under the title ‘Ciudades – the sound of cities’, the quartet will present a very varied programme centred on the famous suite ‘Ciudades’, in which Guillermo Lago has created unique musical portraits of five other cities in addition to Cologne.
This will be followed on 13 December 2025 by a concert with Aleksey Semenenko and Inna Firsova.
Since winning second prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2015, Aleksey Semenenko has been one of the world's elite violinists. Together with pianist Inna Firsova, the Cologne-based duo have been performing together for many years in the most prestigious concert halls and festivals. With works by Ravel, Brahms, Skoryk, Tchaikovsky and Copland, this concert will be a grand finale to the 2025 programme.
We hope to be able to present our new programme for 2026 in December. Five concerts are planned throughout the year, which – in addition to our Cologne Classical Ensemble in residence – will once again bring top ensembles from Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia to the Humboldt Hall.
However, the space situation has not yet been fully clarified. Thanks to the great commitment of the City of Cologne's Cultural Space Management (KRM), we are confident that by the end of the year there will be a good solution for the long-term and professional use of the Humboldt Hall. And, of course, as every year, we must hope that we will continue to have sufficient funding available to realise these concerts.
I would therefore like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to our private friends and patrons. Without their ongoing and reliable support, we would never be able to continue in such uncertain times. So I would like to make a big request to everyone who enthusiastically attends our chamber concerts: please remain loyal to us, enjoy the fantastic concerts in the Humboldt Hall and support us by becoming a supporting member of our non-profit association.
Thank you very much,
Yours sincerely Tobias Kassung
(Artistic Director)
