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The Olive Grove is a world-class, open-air con-
cert venue. It is relaxed and informal, promoting
a palpable intimacy between the artists and the
audience. The venue is surrounded by the idyllic
forest of Delikipos and is adorned with wooden
decks, shallowpools of water, Zen landscaping and
uniquely atmospheric lighting. Audience members
can relax on chairs, blankets and pillows and en-
joy a glass of wine while listening to world class
musical performances. The Foundation’s vision for
the Olive Grove is to make contemporary art less
intimidating by creating innovative events that are
fun and appealing without compromising the qual-
ity and vision of the musical performances.
ArirangWind Quintet
LeonieWolters / flute
Jörg Schneider / oboe
Steffen Dillner / clarinet
Sebastian Schindler / horn
Christoph Knitt / bassoon
&Marios Nicolaou / percussion
Established ten years ago, ArirangWind Quintet is
a product of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, one
of Germany’s leading orchestras. The orchestra
comprises more than 100 of the finest international
musicians selected frommore than 25,000 students
in the 24 music conservatories in Germany. The
orchestra maintains its high performance standards
through rigid auditions.
Arirang Wind Quintet’s repertoire includes clas-
sical, romantic and contemporary music, as well
as several works that were given their world pre-
miere by the Quintet. After a successful debut at
the Bochum theatre, Arirang Wind Quintet was
selected by Jeunesses Musicales Germany from
amongst a great many chamber music ensembles
to represent Germany in the International Show-
case of Young Musicians 2004 in Croatia. The
Quintet’s performances have included the North-
ern Lights Festival/Tromsø, Semanas Musicales
de Frutillar/Chile, the Vendsyssel Festival in Den-
mark, the Bach Fest Leipzig and the Festival Aix-
en-Provence.
Having been awarded 2
nd
prize at the International
Chamber Music Competition Schwerin in 2004,
the Quintet was invited on a concert tour toVienna,
Brünn and Prague (Prague Spring Festival). In
2005, theQuintet was awarded 2
nd
prize at the Inter-
national Wind Quintet Competition Henri Tomasi
inMarseille and 2
nd
prize at the Osaka International
Chamber Music Competition. After its successful
participation in the German Music Competition
in 2007, Arirang Wind Quintett won a Deutscher
Arirang Wind Quintet