KAMEL

The ensemble

The Laubenheim Chamber Music Ensemble (KAMEL) consists of young musicians who are former or current members of renowned orchestras (e.g. the German National Youth Orchestra or the German Philharmonic String Orchestra), music students or professional musicians. With over 80 concerts a year at home and abroad, the ensemble can draw on many years of experience and a broad repertoire that is constantly expanding.

Concert tours have taken KAMEL throughout Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Bulgaria, Liechtenstein and Sweden. In 2019, the ensemble was given the honour of performing at the 22nd International Music Festival in Kuwait City at the invitation of the National Council of Culture, Literature and Arts in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, representing Germany. This was followed in 2022 by an impressive concert tour to Namibia.

Johannes Christ's arrangements of well-known and unknown melodies from classical music to today's charts, specially arranged for KAMEL, are particularly popular. Special musical requests of any kind are gladly realised.

KAMEL conveys youthful vigour on stage and reflects this in its interpretations.

Cast

The ensemble mainly performs in line-ups ranging from quintet to string orchestra, but varies from duo to large symphony orchestra depending on the occasion and requirements. It regularly collaborates with choirs, musical ensembles, soloists and bands. The following instrumentations are possible:

• Instrumental string duo (or string and wind duo)
• Instrumental string trio (or string and wind trio)
• Instrumental string quartet (or string and wind quartet)
• Instrumental string quintet (or string and wind quintet)
• Instrumental string quintet plus percussion (minimum standard for the performance of the above arrangements)
• String quintet plus singer (ideal for weddings)
• Instrumental string sonnet plus percussion (optimum instrumentation for the performance of the above arrangements)
• String orchestra
• Chamber orchestra with additional winds and percussion
• Symphony orchestra
• Intermediate sizes

Special services (for an extra charge)

• Preparation of individual arrangements
• Provision of instruments (e.g. harpsichord, drum set, timpani)
• Transport of the above-mentioned instruments
• Light and sound equipment incl. technician