Ensemble Modern
- Country(activity based)：
- Germany
- Genre：
- Music
Profile
Founded in 1980 and situated in Frankfurt am Main since 1985, the Ensemble Modern (EM) is one of the world's leading ensembles of New Music. Currently, the EM is comprised of 18 soloists from Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Poland, and Switzerland, all of whom provide the ensemble with its rich cultural background.
The EM is famous for its special working and organizational form, which is unlike any other in the world. All the members are responsible for jointly selecting and dealing with artistic directors, projects, guest musicians, co-productions, and financial matters. Its unique and distinctive program consists of Music Theater, dance and video projects, chamber music, ensemble and orchestral concerts.
[ Members ]
"At International Ensemble Mordern Academy 2008 at Tokyo Wonder Site" (May 12, 2008)
Markus Bellheim / Jarrod Cagwin / Monika Cordero / Roland Diry / Felix Dreher / Christian Hommel / Michael Kasper / Hermann Kretzchmar / Rumi Ogawa / Norbert Ommer / Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne / Rainer Roemer / Michael Schmidt / Ulrich Wiget
About works / performance
In past years, the EM has gone on tour to Russia, South America, Japan, Australia, India, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. It regularly performs at renowned festivals and outstanding venues, such as the Lincoln Center Festival in New York, Festival d'Automne in Paris, Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Lucerne Festival, Klangspuren in Schwaz, Salzburg Festival, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Oper Frankfurt, Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonic Orchestra of Essen, and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. The EM gives approximately 100 concerts each year. The musicians rehearse an average of 70 new works every year, 20 of which are world premieres.
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