Aurora Orchestra

‘Orchestral music for everyone’ is the motto of the Aurora Orchestra, which was founded in London in 2005. And the musicians do indeed succeed in inspiring a wide audience - with unusual concert formats, surprising programmes and a lively performance practice. The musicians perform standing up, play without sheet music, they combine capoeira sounds with baroque music, tango with Bernstein, klezmer with Mahler - or African percussion with Beethoven's no less rhythmic Seventh Symphony, as in their debut in Frankfurt. Also taking part is cellist, singer and composer Abel Selaocoe, who also likes to play with genre boundaries. The musician feels just as connected to his native South Africa as he does to Western musical traditions. It is precisely this exciting mixture that characterises his captivating cello concerto ‘Four Spirits’.