Ruining My Brain by ÄTNA x NDR Bigband | Arrangement by Falkenberg

See Zacharias conducting his arrangement of Ruining My Brain by ÄTNA with the NDR Bigband live from the Elbphilharmonie. Sold out concert during the Reeperbahnfestival! Great audience, great music, awesome video in an awesome location.

Happy to announce that Zacharias will be conducting & arranging for "ÄTNA feat. the NDR Big Band" project at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg during the Reeperbahnfestival.

Thanks to  Digital in Berlin for the interview. Learn more about Zacharias' work, inspiration, favourite places in Berlin, etc.

EL GORO- performed by Them Caged Dogs (fromerly known as The Chronometer's Orchestra)- is a 2017 composition originally written on a FM-synthesizer. First premiered in the 2019 The Chronometer's Orchestra feat Matangi tour it got re-arranged and re-written a couple of times. This is the result. Music straight from the Covid-19 lockdown.

„Zacharias (...) is a curious composer and arranger that thinks outside the box. He also reveals a strong sense for different musical styles through a repertoire where composed music is easily integrated with improvised music. (…) [We are] positively surprised by the distinct and genuine structure of [Zacharias’] compositions. In his work for bigger ensembles he plays with surprising combinations of instruments and his works show undeniable expertise without being too academical. Besides the high level of craftsmanship Zacharias also exposes a broad and very formative conceptual range of sounds.“

Composer, conductor, enfant terrible! Zacharias S. Falkenberg is not only a versatile composer covering genres such as classical music, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Avantgarde and Punk, which he combines with great audacity, but is also a fierce bandleader and orchestral conductor doing things against the grain. He is quoted as an „undeniable expert“ with a „high level of craftsmanship“ by Grammy- Award winning conductor Jules Buckley and „unconventional“, „exciting“ and „brilliantly successful in a field where a lot of other composers failed“ by various press.

As a composer & conductor he stood on stages like the Elbphilharmonie, Tivoli/Vredenburg, LantarenVenster, XJAZZ and Reeperbahnfestival. In recent times he is known for his collaboration and artistic direction for ÄTNA feat. NDR Bigband, also working with Henrik Schwarz for the projects Plunderphonia and CCMYK. Other projects include Them Caged Dogs (formerly known as The Chronometer's Orchestra). His compositions are regularly played and performed by orchestras, ensembles and festivals, also airing on radio and TV.