Tradition meets innovation
The New Classical Society combines tradition with contemporary creativity. We present old and new musical works inspired by the European classical tradition in an effort to bridge the gap between the past and the present.
Our musical vision
We showcase how classical music and modern creativity are intertwined, fostering a dialogue between different musical styles and eras to sustain a living tradition.
Founders
Paula Heise
paula.heise@newclassicalsociety.com
Paula Heise is a conductor and musician focused on 20th-century music. She studied at the Landesgymnasium für Musik Wernigerode (2015–2022) and performed with the Magdeburg Neue Musik Ensemble specializing in 21st-century repertoire, collaborating with renowned groups such as Mosaik Ensemble. She served as musical director at the Schauspiel Leipzig, contributed to projects with the Deutsche Chorverband, and developed projects for the Hanns-Eisler-Gesellschaft. Since 2023, she is studying choral conducting at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under Jörn Hinnerk Andresen.
Erik Aren Schroeder
erik.schroeder@newclassicalsociety.com
Erik Aren Schroeder is an Italian-American composer and violinist. His studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in historical performance practice, under Hiro Kurosaki and Reinhard Goebel, and music theory, under Dr. Juliane Brandes, have afforded him broad expertise in the music of the past five centuries. His compositions, grounded in historical styles, include an opera, an oratorio, diverse instrumental works, and music for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. He is active regularly and internationally as a violinist, performing with various period instrument ensembles and orchestras, and since 2024 has been employed in archival and musicological work at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg.
