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NEWS
2024

 
 

22. January 2024, 7.00 pm

Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich, Florhof, Kleiner Saal
School concert MKZ
 

14. March 2024, 5.00 pm

Klinik Schloss Mammern
SPRING AWAKENING WITH RECORDER AND POETRY
Kristina Schoch and narrator Andreas Leu show just how versatile the recorder can be. Music and words mix and inspire each other in works, selected texts and improvisation. Poetry and prose can be heard alongside music from different eras on various instruments of the recorder family.
 

22. and 23. March 2024

Zürich
Kristina Schoch is a jury member at the Swiss Youth Music Competition
 



ARCHIVE
2023

 
 

2023

CD production
CD production with Reinhold Friedrich
in memory of the victims from Theresienstadt


More information under
Ars Produktion.
 

UNTIL 31st OCTOBER 2023

APPLICATION
RECORDER ORCHESTRA ZURICH
ZURICH
Invitation to register and join the RECORDER ORCHESTRA
ZURICH

REHEARSAL
9th December 2023, 10.00am – 2.00pm
Kirchgemeindehaus St. Anton, Neptunstrasse 70, Zurich

REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE
15th January 2024
1.00 – 4.00pm Rehearsal
4.30 – 5.30pm Performance
Service St. Anton
Kirchgemeindehaus St. Anton, Neptunstrasse 70, Zurich

Flyer with more Information
 

7. MAY 2023, 5.00 pm

Evangelical Church, Berlingen
RECORDER ORCHESTRA AQUARELLA
Kristina Schoch, conductor
A musical journey around the world with works from different eras and nations
 

13. MAY 2023, 6.00 pm

Evangelical Church, Altnau
RECORDER ORCHESTRA AQUARELLA
Kristina Schoch, conductor
A musical journey around the world with works from different eras and nations

followed by an Apéro
 

8. JUNE 2023, 7.00 pm

Music School Conservatory Zurich, Florhof, Kleiner Saal
LET’S BAROCK
Students of Kristina Schoch's recorder class and guests from other MKZ classes will perform
Martin Zimmermann, harpsichord
 

3. JUNE, 24. JUNE 2023

RECORDER ORCHESTRA ZURICH
Rehearsal in the morning
Details follow
 

25. JUNE 2023

RECORDER ORCHESTRA ZURICH
Rehearsal in the morning
Details follow
 

5th November 2023, 9.45 am

Gottlieben
Musical Service with the
RECORDER ORCHESTRA AQUARELLA
conductor: Kristina Schoch
 

ARCHIVE
2022

 
 

19. OCTOBER 2022, 7.30 pm

Essen, Hoher Dom zu Essen

DIMENSION DOMORGEL III - O MENSCH, GIB ACHT
Works by Mahler, Bruch, Mendelssohn Bartholdy et al.
Prof. Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Andre Schoch, trumpet
Kristina Schoch, recorder
cathedral organist Sebastian Küchler-Blessing

World premiere
Otfried Büsing: Hevenu shalom aleichem
(Vier Epigramme nach hebräischen Liedern)
Kristina Schoch, recorder
Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, organ

more information
 

5th November 2023, 9.45 am

Gottlieben
Musical Service with the
RECORDER ORCHESTRA AQUARELLA
conductor: Kristina Schoch
 

18. – 22. OCTOBER 2022

CD produktion with Reinhold Friedrich
in memory of the victims from Theresienstadt
 

UNTIL 31. OCTOBER 2022
REGISTRATION
RECORDER ORCHESTRA ZURICH

ZURICH
Invitation to register and join the recorder orchestra Zurich!

EXERCISE DATES
17. December 2022, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Kirchgemeindehaus Enge, Bederstrasse 1, Zurich

14. January 2023, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Kirchgemeindehaus Wollishofen, Kilchbergstrasse 21,
8038 Wollishofen

PRESENTATION
15. January 2023, 10.30 am
As part of the service Church Enge

Flyer with more Information
 

ARTIST

„It was love at first sight, the recorder and I. From the first moment I held the instrument in my hands, I felt connected to it in an emotional sense. I was fascinated by its vast range of sounds and inspired by its power of brilliance. In the recorder, I have found a personal expression to bring my creativity and the joy of making music alive. Over the years, the recorder has brought me the opportunity to explore new dimensions in music, to broaden and to deepen my artistic being and at the same time, to keep my musical curiosity to seek further, wider.“ Kristina Schoch

Kristina Schoch is an award winner of several competitions, including the German “Jugend musiziert”, as a finalist in both recorder and piano. She is the recipient of a double scholarship from the DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service. She has performed in concert and recorded in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Canada. With her rich and varied repertoire for all instruments of the recorder family she engages listeners and is widely recognized as an accomplished virtuoso: she has already been featured on television with a live interview on SWR Southwest Broadcasting and has performed for the Swedish Royal Family. As chamber musician she played with artists such as Reinhold Friedrich, Leif Karlsson, Laurens Patzlaff, the members of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonics. As soloist she has performed with conductors Reinhard Goebel, Andrew Lawrence-King and Karlheinz Steffens. Since 2014 she has been the conductor of the recorder orchestra “Aquarella” in Switzerland.

In 2022, together with recorder player Sabrina Frey, she founded the Recorder Orchester Zurich (BOZH), which consists of more than 30 players and meets for several projects a year.
In collaboration with composers, many new works have been written for and premiered by Kristina Schoch. In Germany as well as in Canada she was invited as lecturer for workshops, talks and symposia.

As a music educator, she has been involved with school projects in collaboration with the clown Roger Koch. In 2011–2014 she was lecturer at the University of Music in Trossingen and presently she teaches at the Music School and Conservatory in Zürich, and dedicates herself in fostering and promoting young music talents. In addition to recorders, she also gives lessons on the piano. Adjudication in competitions completes her pedagogical aspect of musical work.

Born in 1982 in Karlsruhe, Kristina Schoch started playing the piano at age seven, followed by studies on accordion, violin and singing in the choir, then at ten, the recorder – first as an autodidact. At 15, she started the precollege at the University of Music in Karlsruhe with Karel van Steenhoven and finished her studies with distinction. With a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), she studied with Dan Laurin at Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at Mozarteum University Salzburg with Dorothee Oberlinger. Her musical education experience was enriched by lessons for flauto traverso from Karl Kaiser (Freiburger Baroque Orchestra). In addition to the recorder, the piano continues to be an important instrument for her and she particularly enjoys playing in chamber music settings. Her teachers, among others, were Sontraud Speidel, Rolf Lindblom and Dirk Mommertz.

Biography download PDF
 

TEACHING

"Teaching brings me profound joy. Through teaching I see how the passion for music can be awakened and shared. Music builds a bridge and creates a bond between two souls." Kristina Schoch

MUSIC SCHOOL AND CONSERVATORY UNIVERSITY

Since 2015 Kristina Schoch has been a recorder instructor at the Music School and Conservatory in Zürich (MKZ), working with young musicians and pre-college students. She has fostered and mentored young musicians on their professional path, including preparing them for their University entrance examination. Many of her students have won competitions.

UNIVERSITY

2011-2014 she was lecturer for recorder and pedagogic at the Trossingen University of Music.

TALENT PROMOTION

With her special engagement for young talented students, Kristina Schoch’s recorder and piano students have placed in the final rounds and gone on to be award winners at prestigious music competitions. She has also prepared students for successful  entrance examinations at Universities and mentored them on their way to careers in music.

Von der Blockflötenstunde zum Studium

JURY WORK, SEMINAR, WORKSHOP

Kristina Schoch was invited to join the juror panels at the "Jugend musiziert" competition in Germany, the "Prima la Musica" in Austria, and at the Academy of Music and Pedagogic and the Promotion of Young Talents in Switzerland. At the University of Calgary in Canada, and at the European Recorder Teacher Association (ERTA), she presented seminars and workshops.

CONDUCTING

Since 2014 Kristina Schoch has been the conductor of the Recorder Orchestra "Aquarella", a large ensemble performing regularly in concert and services. The rehearsals take place in Switzerland /Tägerwilen, Thurgau.

PROJECTS

"Music, like poetry, is magical. Both can reach the depth of the soul." Kristina Schoch

WORLD PREMIERES

Other than early music, Kristina Schoch is a strong advocate of contemporary music. She has commissioned and given the world premiere performance of many compositions. Her virtuosity and personal style of recorder playing has been a source of inspiration for many composers who created new works for her, including:

Lux in Tenebris – for recorder solo by David Eagle (*1955)
Animal Society – for the whole recorder family by Otfried Büsing (*1955)
Imaginary Garden IV – für Blockflöte und Trompete von Hope Lee (*1953)
Dunkles Bild – for recorder, percussion and choir by Otfried Büsing (*1955)

ROYAL MASQUE

This duo with percussionist Leif Karlsson presents music from 1300 till our modern time, including improvisation. Concerts in Germany and Sweden are in preparation.

SCHOCH DUO

 

Together with her brother Andre Schoch, a trumpeter of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 2017, Kristina Schoch continues to pursue her love for J.S. Bach and is planning to play the Brandenburg Concerto nr. 2 in concert.

LYRIC MOMENTS

Recorder meets poetry.
With speaker Andreas Leu, combining spoken texts, lyric and prose, Kristina shows how poetic the recorders can be when music from various epochs being played on various instruments of the recorder family, while music and words inspiring each other.

SHOWTIME

In collaboration with magician Stefan Alexander Rautenberg, Kristina ventures into a new realm with innovative and exciting ideas for programming, presentation, and reaching out to the public.

PUBLICATIONS

For the recorder magazine "Windkanal", Kristina demonstrates her passion for writing. As a published author, some of her articles and reviews (in German) can be found here:

Der Eisvogel – Solostück für ein Garkleinflötlein
Blockflötenstudium in Schweden
Bodil Diesen – Blockflötenbauerin
Porträt von Agnes Dorwarth –
Leidenschaftliche Wege zu Neuer Musik für die Jugend
Von der Blockflötenstunde zum Studium
www.windkanal.de

MEDIA

VIDEOS

INTERVIEW
Kristina Schoch as guest in live television (Landesschau Baden-Württemberg)

 
KRISTINA SCHOCH,
playing the smallest of the recorder family, the GARKLEIN recorder Kingfisher from the “Animal Society” by Otfried Büsing (*1955)

 
CSAKAN DUO
Kristina Schoch & Nik Tarasov,
playing the Csakan (a kind of walking flute)
Anton Kargl (around 1820): Duo op. 9 for two Csakans

 

PHOTOS

 

Click on images for high resolution and download.
Photos © Bernd Hentschel

CONTACT

Kristina Schoch
info@kristinaschoch.com
www.kristinaschoch.com

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