For centuries, humans have shaped events on Earth. In the ongoing quest for answers on coexistence, various values and ideologies are lived and negotiated within societal systems. Today, democratic and autocratic approaches face off as opposing entities more than ever. The project “#freesolo” by Navina Neuschl explores these forms of social coexistence and questions how these guidelines are musically expressed today. It examines the balance between action and reaction, between loud demands and careful listening, in the tension between autocracy and democracy. For the first time, the Stegreif Orchestra focuses not on a single historical work but on an entire genre – the solo concerto – and develops a contemporary, collaborative form based on historical quotes. The classical solo concerto genre uniquely represents competition and collaboration, as well as the negotiation of different leadership styles. The program “#freesolo” tells its own story of development from autocracy through competition and anarchy to collaboration, both in musical structure and content. This is achieved through various improvisation techniques, from solo to group, and re-compositions of classical concertos such as Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, J.S. Bach’s Double Concerto, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. Composer in Residence, Noam Sivan, along with the Stegreif Orchester, explores the influences of improvisation on the composition of “#freesolo.” Different orchestra musicians present diverse solos, staying true to the Stegreif approach – reimagining the classical music heritage through contemporary forms, radical re-compositions, and performing from memory, without a conductor, within a performative spatial concept.