Violist Laura Hovestadt is active in both the classical and contemporary music scenes. She lives as a freelance musician in Cologne and works with various ensembles and orchestras, including the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, the Ensemble Modern and the oh ton-Ensemble Oldenburg. She is also a member of several ensembles of her own. As co-founder and artistic director of the young Cologne-based ensemble Kollektiv3:6Koeln for contemporary and experimental music, founded in 2017, she is, for example, concerned not only with the musical aspects but also in depth with the possibilities of new concert formats.