World Catching Cultures Orchestra

4+ (group) performers

Indoor and outdoor

Orchestra

2 hours

Depending on composition (12-25-strong)

NL, EN

All cultures in one orchestra! Musicians with 12 different nationalities play each other's music and mix musical traditions within songs. Also check out our other acts! With us you will find everything from a grand overwhelming orchestra to an intimate duo, from all corners of the world.

Catching Cultures is a Utrecht-based intercultural collective. Our organization of committed musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds, especially newcomers, creates high-quality intercultural musical offerings for diverse audiences.

The orchestra forms the core and consists of about 25 musicians from different backgrounds. That core group includes Syrian, Chinese, Kurdish, Nigerian, Iraqi, Nepalese, Palestinian, Venezuelan and Dutch musicians. Among them are a number of renowned professionals, ambitious semi-pros and enthusiastic amateurs, of all ages, genders and orientations. Guest musicians, crew, substitutes, arrangers and composers have roots in Ukraine, Morocco, Turkey, Latvia and Jordan. We are proud of our unique mix of musicians and collaborators.

We play everywhere; from festivals to community centers and from clubs to concert halls and do so in all kinds of formations; as an energetic party band, intimate duo, trio or quartet and of course as a grand, overwhelming orchestra. But we always do it with the idea of bringing different musical cultures and people together.

But we are more than just an orchestra, we are also an institute for world music. For example, we are also available in small ensembles, see our profile for more information.

Our musicians also give workshops for all ages (from €350) and can also provide lessons (individual and groups, from €65 p/h).

We also do projects with other ensembles, teaching and performing our music in ensemble (price on request).

Finally, we have our own children's theater performance (Back to Home, €4750) and an interactive performance for children (Sensitive Strings, €1750).

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