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Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung
2009-07-21



Surrounded by Chinese Fans

CULTURE: The Jacaranda Ensemble returned just a few days ago from its long concert tour

The five Brandenburg musicians of the Jacaranda Ensemble have covered almost 34,000 kilometres during their latest tour. Thomas Hoffmann, Matthias Dressler, Richard Mosthaf, Sebastian Pietsch and Thomas Ringleb held concerts in various regions of China and fascinated around 10,000 people.

Thomas Hoffmann explained that the highlight of this year’s tour was the concert on July 11th in the Shenzhen Concert Hall, a location which enjoys high acclaim among musicians from all over the world for its excellent acoustics. A further highlight was the concert on July 12th in the Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall in which Jacaranda played in front of an audience of over 3000 people.

The guests went wild with excitement, they kept snapping away madly with their cameras to keep the concert a living memory. The Brandenburg musicians had to sign many an autograph that night.

The Jacaranda Ensemble, made up of musicians and soloists from the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, already visited the People’s Republic of China on tour in 2007 and 2008. The Chinese concert promoters have told Jacaranda that they will of course be organizing another tour because "not all of China’s inhabitants have been lucky enough to see them yet." MAZ

Photo: Thomas Hoffmann and the other Jacaranda musicians had to give lots of autographs.