Orchester des Wandels - "Orchestras of Change"

Climate protection? That’s music to our ears!

We are musicians of professional orchestras in Germany.
We play for climate, nature and species protection.
Sounds good? We think so too!
Welcome to the “Orchestras of Change”!

Unsere Idee

Madagaskar-Projekt

Aktuelles

Our Upcoming Concerts

03. May 2025

Great Ocean of Music

22. May 2025

Pilgrimage on the Climate Trail

26. May 2025

Climate Concert- Recycling Concerto

Concert calendar

Our Orchestras

Münchner Symphoniker

Bielefelder Philharmoniker

Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt

Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester

Pfalzphilharmonie Kaiserslautern

STEGREIF.orchester

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Orchester der Musikalischen Komödie Leipzig

Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Augsburger Philharmoniker

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie

Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie

Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg

Neue Philharmonie Westfalen

Staatsorchester Kassel

Staatskapelle Berlin

Bremer Philharmoniker

Saarländisches Staatsorchester

Staatsorchester Braunschweig

Bochumer Symphoniker

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Philharmonisches Orchester Landestheater Coburg

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe

Essener Philharmoniker

Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal

Staatsoperette Dresden

Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover

Münchner Philharmoniker

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Our orchestras

*Our member orchestras are private associations of the musicians and not the public legal form of the respective orchestras.

Our Idea

As musicians, we view protection of the climate, nature and species as part of our cultural mission. We strive to be active in this mission and to confront the current crisis in creative ways through music. We want to use the emotional power of music to reach and inspire people.

Conservation Projects

The illegal cutting and trade of precious woods is a major global problem, and in some places contributes to the disappearance of, or threat to, entire ecosystems. Some of these threatened woods are used for our instruments, so the protection of these woods and their ecosystems lies near to our hearts. To ensure that this protection has a lasting effect, our projects focus on ecology, economy and social issues for the local people.

Double Award Winner

Orchester des Wandels has been awarded the 17th German Sustainability Award in the category Media and Culture / Culture Economy, as well as the Culture for Climate Wirkmächtig Prize 2024!

News

16. March 2025

Update on the Brazil Project ARAPONGA

ARAPONGA focuses on tree species crucial for the making of musical instruments. Based on scientific studies, 22 relevant tree species have been identified, including rare varieties such as Rio rosewood, cedro, and ipé. These species will be actively replanted in the project areas to ensure both biodiversity and the sustainable availability of these woods for future generations. In principle, the higher the biodiversity in the renaturation areas, the more resilient the individual plants are.

07. November 2024

Orchester des Wandels e.V.  wins German Sustainability Award 2025!

Orchester des Wandels is the winner of the 17th German Sustainability Award 2025 in the category of culture and media industries! The renowned award for best-practice examples of sustainable transformation was presented on November 28, 2024 as part of the German Sustainability Day in Düsseldorf. On this occasion, "Bachianas Brasileiras No.5" by H. Villa-Lobos with the Brazilian soprano Carla Cottini and a wonderful cello octet with musicians from six OdW member orchestras and our ambassador Armida quartet was performed, musically highlighting our latest sustainability project “Araponga” in the Brazilian rainforest.

05. October 2024

Orchester des Wandels awarded the Culture4Climate Wirkmächtig Prize 2024!

The award honors and promotes extraordinary commitment by initiatives from the cultural sector in Germany that have developed and implemented innovative, impact-oriented solutions for climate protection in the cultural sector, demonstrating special climate protection potential, a high degree of creativity and innovation as well as a great impulse and broad impact.

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