ALBUMKurt Weill. Mahagonny. Chansons des Quais. Kleine DreigroschenmusikEnsemble Modern, Heinz Karl Gruber, Ute Gfrerer, Winnie Bowe & Amarcord
ALBUMD'Haene: Music with Silent Aitake'sReigakusha, Ensemble Modern & Kasper de Roo
ALBUMRolf Riehm: Die schrecklich-gewaltigen Kinder, O DaddyPiia Komsi, Ensemble Modern, SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Hermann Bäumer & Kazimierz Kord
ALBUMDurchgangEnsemble Modern
ALBUMHenze: Lieder von einer Insel, Orpheus Behind the Wire & 5 MadrigäleSWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble Modern & Marcus Creed
ALBUMWesselmann: Ensemble Works, Vol. 2Ensemble Modern & Franck Ollu
ALBUMWesselmann: Ensemble Works, Vol. 1Ensemble Modern & Franck Ollu
ALBUMPorträt-Reihe: Travelling Pieces (Ensemble Modern Presents Saar Berger & Ensemble Modern)Saar Berger & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMZender: 33 Veränderungen über 33 Veränderungen (Eine komponierte Interpretation von Beethovens Diabelli-Variationen)Ensemble Modern & Hans Zender
ALBUMWalter Zimmermann: SynastriaEnsemble Adapter, Ensemble Modern, SWR Symphonieorchester, Péter Eötvös, Manuel Nawri, Ingo Metzmacher & James Clapperton
ALBUMArnulf Herrmann: Wasser (Musiktheater in 13 Szenen)Ensemble Modern, Schola Heidelberg & Hartmut Keil
ALBUMErnest BourEnsemble Modern, Ensemble Koln, Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler & Ernest Bour
ALBUMNancarrow: As Fast As PossibleBugallo-Williams Piano Duo & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMBenjamin: Piano FiguresEnsemble Modern
ALBUMPorträt-Reihe: Ut Supra (Ensemble Modern Presents Valentín Garvie & Ensemble Modern)Valentin Garvie & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMUtp_ (Remaster)Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMPorträt-Reihe: Knotts Klavier und andere Werke 1991-2007 (Ensemble Modern Presents Hermann Kretzschmar, Frankfurt Contemporary Stringquartet & Ensemble Modern)Hermann Kretzschmar, Frankfurt Contemporary Stringquartet & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMLachenmann: Concertini & KontrakadenzEnsemble Modern, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Brad Lubman & Markus Stenz
ALBUMMathias Spahlinger: Works for EnsembleEnsemble Modern, Hans Zender, ensemble recherche & Arditti String Quartet
ALBUMKurtag: Choral WorksMarcus Creed, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMMernier: An die nacht, Trio à clavier, Blake SongsOrchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Patrick Davin, Laure Delcampe, Trio Fibonacci, Ensemble Modern & Carmen Fuggiss
ALBUMBenjamin: PalimpsestsEnsemble Modern, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, George Benjamin & Oliver Knussen
ALBUMBirtwistle: Theseus Game - Earth DancesEnsemble Modern, Martyn Brabbins, Pierre Boulez & Pierre Andre Valade
ALBUMGoebbels: EislermaterialEnsemble Modern & Joseph Bierbichler
ALBUMSchwankungen am RandEnsemble Modern & Péter Eötvös
ALBUMRihm: Jagden und FormenEnsemble Modern & Dominique My
ALBUMDufourt: Les HiversEnsemble Modern
ALBUMSteve Reich: City Life - 8 LinesEnsemble Modern
ALBUMEötvös: Zeropoints - Beethoven: 5th SymphonyGöteborgs Symfoniker, Ensemble Modern & Péter Eötvös
ALBUMTraffic ContinuesFred Frith & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMLiza Lim: The Heart's EarElision Ensemble & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMReich: Music for 18 MusiciansEnsemble Modern
ALBUMJohn Adams: Shaker Loops, Phrygian Gates & Chamber SymphonyEnsemble Modern
ALBUMTurnage: Blood on the FloorJohn Scofield, Ensemble Modern, Peter Rundel, Peter Erskine & Martin Robertson
ALBUMKagel: Finale & Den 24. XII. 1931Roland Hermann, Mauricio Kagel & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMKagel: VariétéMauricio Kagel & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMFighting The WavesEnsemble Modern
ALBUMMaria de Alvear: Vagina - SingleMaria de Alvear, Ensemble Modern & Diego Masson
ALBUMHans Zender: Schubert's Winterreise - A Composed InterpretationHans-Peter Blochwitz, Ensemble Modern & Hans Zender
ALBUMGoebbels: La Jalousie& Red Run & Herakles 2 & BefreiungEnsemble Modern & Heiner Goebbels
ALBUMNancarrow: Studies, Tango, Piece No. 2, TrioEnsemble Modern
ALBUMHolliger: Scardanelli-ZyklusTerry Edwards, Aurèle Nicolet, Ensemble Modern & London Voices
ALBUMExoticaMauricio Kagel & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMA Portrait of Charles IvesIngo Metzmacher & Ensemble Modern
ALBUMFor Samuel Beckett (1987)Morton Feldman & Ensemble Modern
About Ensemble Modern
Artist Biography
The Ensemble Modern performed its first concert on October 30, 1980, in the Deutschlandfunk broadcast hall, Cologne, Germany. Over the years it has consisted of about 20 players and is a fairly typical chamber orchestra in makeup, its members filling the orchestral sections of strings, brass, woodwind, and percussion in traditional proportions.
Founded with the intent of promoting new and unusual compositions, the ensemble's roots actually go back to 1973-1974, when the German Youth Orchestra was formed. From this group there soon emerged offshoot ensembles for strings, woodwinds, and various other instrumental factions. In 1979 percussionist Hans-Peter Gluckner took the initiative to begin assembling yet another group from the orchestra, which would become known as the Ensemble Modern of the German Youth Philharmonic.
The aforementioned 1980 inaugural concert, which featured works by Schönberg, Webern, Spahlinger, Goldmann, and Schnebel, was broadcast over German radio, giving the new group a measure of overnight recognition. The Ensemble soon developed a schedule of about 100 concerts per year and would perform at many of the world's major concert venues, including Lincoln Center, the Salzburg Festival, the Holland Festival (Amsterdam), and the Festival d'Automne (Paris). Since 1985 it has been based in Frankfurt and has regularly performed at the Alte Oper concert hall.
The Ensemble eventually began making recordings for various labels, including RCA, BMG, and Rykodisc. Its 1995 recording of Frank Zappa's Yellow Shark achieved great success, and was followed by another Zappa disc, as well as a highly acclaimed 1999 version of Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera.
In 1998 the Ensemble Modern formed its own offshoot with the founding of the Ensemble Modern Orchestra, a full-sized orchestra created to perform large-scale repertory. It is only a part-time ensemble, however, assembling for specific occasions. In 2003 a second offshoot was born, this one of an educational nature, the International Ensemble Modern Academy. This organization offers scholarships, master classes, and is involved in many other educational endeavors. In 2006 the Ensemble Modern, faithful to its stated mission, introduced much new music at its concerts, including works by Ludger Kisters (In between and further), Annesley Black (LAUF), and Yaeko Asano (Berg, Stern, Stein -- Sonne). To help support itself over the years, the Ensemble has received funding from the city of Frankfurt, other German government agencies, and several cultural foundations.
Hometown
Witten, Germany
Genre
Classical
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