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Ensemble Modern

January 01, 1970

Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries.

Ensemble Modern February 2020 in Hamburg

History edit

Ensemble Modern was founded in 1980 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. From the beginning, the ensemble chose to organize itself democratically. There is no artistic director or chief conductor; instead, all projects, productions and financial matters are decided and supported by the musicians directly.[1][2] Currently, the ensemble combines 19 soloists from different backgrounds: Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States.[3]

Since 1985, Ensemble Modern has been based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. They offer a subscription series at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, host regular opera productions in cooperation with the Oper Frankfurt. Since 1993, the Opera has held the "Happy New Ears" workshop series in which composers are invited to present and discuss their works.[4] The programmatic scope of the ensemble includes music theater, chamber music, orchestral music, as well as dance and video projects. Over the years, Ensemble Modern has had significant collaborations with many composers, including John Adams, George Benjamin, Hans Zender, Péter Eötvös, Heiner Goebbels, Friedrich Goldmann, Hans Werner Henze, Mauricio Kagel, Helmut Lachenmann, György Kurtág, György Ligeti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Reich and Frank Zappa.

Each year, Ensemble Modern gives approximately 100 concerts and an average of 70 new works, including about 20 premieres. The ensemble was declared a "Leuchtturm" or "Beacon" of contemporary culture in Germany by the German Federal Cultural Foundation in 2003. Various tours have taken the group to Africa, Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, South America, Taiwan, Russia and the United States. It is regularly represented at major festivals, including inter alia, the Salzburg Festival, Klangspuren in Schwaz, the Berliner Festspiele, the Lucerne Festival, the Festival d'Automne à Paris and the Festival Ars Musica in Brussels.

In 2003, the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) was founded. The Academy, in conjunction with the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK), offers a one-year master's degree to composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and sound engineers. Additionally, IEMA provides scholarships, master classes, and various outreach programs.[5]

Members edit

Members of the Ensemble Modern are:[3]

  • Saar Berger (horn)
  • Eva Böcker (cello)
  • Jaan Bossier (clarinet)
  • Paul Cannon (double bass)
  • Uwe Dierksen (trombone)
  • David Haller (percussion)
  • Christian Hommel (oboe)
  • Megumi Kasakawa (viola)
  • Michael M. Kasper (cello)
  • Hermann Kretzschmar (piano)
  • Jagdish Mistry (violin)
  • Norbert Ommer (sound director)
  • Giorgos Panagiotidis (violin)
  • Rainer Römer (percussion)
  • Johannes Schwarz (bassoon)
  • Sava Stoianov (trumpet)
  • Dietmar Wiesner (flute)
  • Ueli Wiget (piano)

Their current chief manager is Christian Fausch.[6]

Former members include Ingo Metzmacher (piano),[7] Peter Rundel (violin) and Franck Ollu (horn),[8] now prominent conductors.

Discography edit

Ensemble Modern is credited on over 170 recordings.[9] Notable examples include:

  • 1989: Anthony Braxton: 2 Compositions (Ensemble) 1989/1991 (hatART CD 6086)
  • 1993: Frank Zappa: The Yellow Shark (Barking Pumpkin Records 21160572)
  • 1993: Mauricio Kagel: Exotica (MusiKado AUL 66099)
  • 1993: Conlon Nancarrow: Studies (RCA/BMG 09026 61180 2)
  • 1995: Hans Zender: Schuberts Winterreise (RCA/BMG 09026 68067 2)
  • 1996: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Blood on the Floor (DVD) (Arthaus Musik 100 430)
  • 1997: John Cage: The Piano Concerts (mode 57)
  • 1998: Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians (RCM/BMG 09026 68672 2)
  • 1998: Hanns Eisler: Roaring Eisler (RCA/BMG 74321 56882 2)
  • 1999: Charles Ives: Fourth Symphony (EM Medien EMCD-001)
  • 1999: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht: Die Dreigroschenoper (RCA/BMG 74321 6464 2)
  • 2000: George Benjamin: Sudden Time/Three Inventions/Viola, Viola (Nimbus Records NI 5732)
  • 2000: Fred Frith: Traffic Continues (Winter & Winter 910 044-2)
  • 2001: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 5 (BMC Records BMC CD 063)
  • 2001: Emmanuel Nunes: Quodlibet (Montaigne 782055)
  • 2002: Heiner Goebbels: Eislermaterial (ECM Records 1779 461 648-2)
  • 2002: Helmut Lachenmann: Schwankungen am Rand (ECM Records 1798 461949-2)
  • 2002: Steve Reich: City Life/New York Counterpoint/Eight Lines/Violin Phase (RCA/BMG 74321 66459 2)
  • 2003: Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (RCA Records 82876 56061 2 RCA Red Seal)
  • 2006: Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett (HatHutRecords hat[now]ART 142)
  • 2006: György Kurtág: Complete Choral Works (Hänssler Klassik CD 93.174)
  • 2007: Helmut Lachenmann: NUN (EM Medien EMCD-004)
  • 2007: Helmut Lachenmann: Concertini/Kontrakadenz (EM Medien EMSACD-001)
  • 2007: Steve Reich: City Life (DVD) (WMG B000O17184)
  • 2008: Heiner Goebbels: Schwarz auf Weiß (DVD) (WERGO NZ71)
  • 2008: George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill (Nimbus Records NI5828)
  • 2009: Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: utp_ (DVD) (Raster Noton r-n096)
  • 2011: Ensemble Modern – Ernest Bour (EM Medien EMCD-017)
  • 2012: Péter Eötvös and Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Bartók / Eötvös / Ligeti (Naïve V 5285)
  • 2013: Hans Zender: 33 Veränderungen über 33 Veränderungen (EM Medien EMCD-020)
  • 2019: Frederic D'Haene: Music with silent aitake's by Ensemble Modern and Reigakusha gagaku Ensemble (Parma Recordings)
  • 2020: Beschenkt: 40 Miniaturen zum Jubiläum (EM Medien EMCD-048/49)

Awards edit

  • 1985: Prize of the French foreign minister on the occasion of the European Year of Music
  • 1987: Prize of the Critics of "Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR" for excellent interpretation during the Music Biennale in Berlin
  • 1987: The German Record Critics' Award, Quarterly Critics' Choice 4/1987: Wolfgang Rihm – "umsungen", Peter Ruzicka – "...der die Gesänge zerschlug" (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Ernest Bour, conductor)
  • 1987: Schneider-Schott Music Prize Mainz[10]
  • 1989: Berlin Prize of the Critics of the "Verband deutscher Kritiker" in the category of music, awards ceremony at the Academy of the Arts
  • 1992: "Hessischer Kulturpreis" 1992 from the state of Hesse in the category "cultural mediation" for the interpretation of modern music
  • 1993: The German Record Critics' Award, Quarterly Critics' Choice 4/1993: György Kurtág – Song Cycles (Ensemble Modern/Peter Eötvös)
  • 1993: Grammy nomination. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominates the CD "Ives: A Portrait of Charles Ives" of the Ensemble Modern and Ingo Metzmacher as the best orchestral recording
  • 1994: "Kunstpreis Berlin" – Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948
  • 1994: Förderpreis Musik, awards ceremony at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin
  • 1995: Stern der Woche, Abendzeitung, for the week 19–26 May 1995, Ensemble Modern under the direction of Peter Eötvös in the course of Dance 95 (Muffathalle, Munich)
  • 1996: 1st "Binding Culture Prize"
  • 1997: Grammy Nomination (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) for best small ensemble performance for: "John Adams: Chamber Symphony/Shaker Loops/Phrygian Gates" (Sian Edwards, conductor)[11]
  • 1997: ECHO: German Record Award. Ensemble of the year with the recording "Fighting the waves" of George Antheil under the direction of HK Gruber
  • 1998: Prize of the Spanish theatre critics "best foreign production" 1998 for ›Black on White‹ by Heiner Goebbels
  • 2000: The German Record Critics' Award – Quarterly Critics' Choice 1/2000: Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill conducted by HK Gruber
  • 2000: 3rd prize of ›Scala‹ magazine in the category ›crossover vocal work‹
  • 2004: ECHO Klassik: German Record Award, in the category "best ensemble / orchestra" and "best recording of chamber music" for the CD Ensemble Modern plays Frank Zappa Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
  • 2006: Awarded "Artist of the Year" at Beijing Music Festival
  • 2007: Winner of the Landmarks in the Land of Ideas, Germany, 2007.
  • 2009: The Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie receives the Praetorius Music Prize Lower Saxony in the category "music innovation"
  • 2009: The Siemens AG awarded the ›Kulturförderpreis 2009‹ for "into…", a project of Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut
  • 2014: Grammy nomination (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) for best classical instrumental solo for "Bartók, Eötvös & Ligeti" with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Peter Eötvös, conductor (Ensemble Modern & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
  • 2021: Opus Klassik: German music prize. "Ensemble / Orchestra of the Year" for the double-CD Beschenkt: 40 Miniaturen zum Jubiläum.[12]
  • 2024: Venice Biennale: Silver Lion for music [13]

Source.[14]

In film edit

  • Leidenschaft Neue Musik. Über Vielfalt und Freiheiten im Ensemble Modern. (Passion for New Music. On Diversity and Freedom in Ensemble Modern.) Documentary, Germany, 2011, 27:40 Min., Direction: Joachim Meißner und Marion Morawek, Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, Series: wissen und mehr, Premiere: 20 March 2012 on hr-Fernsehen, Contents from ARD, online-Video available until 10 March 2016.
  • Wenn die Bühne brennt ... Ein Porträt des Ensemble Modern. (When the Stage is on Fire... A Portrait of Ensemble Modern.) Documentary, Germany, 2011, 53:20 Min., Direction: Manfred Scheyko, Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, arte, Premiere: 5 December 2011 on arte, Contents from Musik Heute.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ensemble Modern – About us – Ensemble / Chronicle 2020". www.ensemble-modern.com.
  2. ^ "Playing from the same songsheet". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ a b "Ensemble Modern – About us – Members". www.ensemble-modern.com.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "About". International Ensemble Modern Academy.
  6. ^ "Ensemble Modern – Contact". www.ensemble-modern.com.
  7. ^ "Home". Ingo Metzmacher.
  8. ^ "Franck Ollu". Askonas Holt.
  9. ^ "Ensemble Modern". Discogs.
  10. ^ "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis". Landeshauptstadt Mainz (in German). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ensemble Modern". GRAMMY.com. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Opus Klassik".
  13. ^ https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/2024-lion-awards-music
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ensemble Modern news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers Formed in 1980 the group is based in Frankfurt Germany and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries Ensemble Modern February 2020 in HamburgContents 1 History 2 Members 3 Discography 4 Awards 5 In film 6 References 7 External linksHistory editEnsemble Modern was founded in 1980 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie From the beginning the ensemble chose to organize itself democratically There is no artistic director or chief conductor instead all projects productions and financial matters are decided and supported by the musicians directly 1 2 Currently the ensemble combines 19 soloists from different backgrounds Belgium Bulgaria Germany Greece India Israel Japan Switzerland and the United States 3 Since 1985 Ensemble Modern has been based in Frankfurt am Main Germany They offer a subscription series at the Alte Oper Frankfurt host regular opera productions in cooperation with the Oper Frankfurt Since 1993 the Opera has held the Happy New Ears workshop series in which composers are invited to present and discuss their works 4 The programmatic scope of the ensemble includes music theater chamber music orchestral music as well as dance and video projects Over the years Ensemble Modern has had significant collaborations with many composers including John Adams George Benjamin Hans Zender Peter Eotvos Heiner Goebbels Friedrich Goldmann Hans Werner Henze Mauricio Kagel Helmut Lachenmann Gyorgy Kurtag Gyorgy Ligeti Ryuichi Sakamoto Karlheinz Stockhausen Steve Reich and Frank Zappa Each year Ensemble Modern gives approximately 100 concerts and an average of 70 new works including about 20 premieres The ensemble was declared a Leuchtturm or Beacon of contemporary culture in Germany by the German Federal Cultural Foundation in 2003 Various tours have taken the group to Africa Australia China India Japan South Korea South America Taiwan Russia and the United States It is regularly represented at major festivals including inter alia the Salzburg Festival Klangspuren in Schwaz the Berliner Festspiele the Lucerne Festival the Festival d Automne a Paris and the Festival Ars Musica in Brussels In 2003 the International Ensemble Modern Academy IEMA was founded The Academy in conjunction with the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts HfMDK offers a one year master s degree to composers conductors instrumentalists and sound engineers Additionally IEMA provides scholarships master classes and various outreach programs 5 Members editMembers of the Ensemble Modern are 3 Saar Berger horn Eva Bocker cello Jaan Bossier clarinet Paul Cannon double bass Uwe Dierksen trombone David Haller percussion Christian Hommel oboe Megumi Kasakawa viola Michael M Kasper cello Hermann Kretzschmar piano Jagdish Mistry violin Norbert Ommer sound director Giorgos Panagiotidis violin Rainer Romer percussion Johannes Schwarz bassoon Sava Stoianov trumpet Dietmar Wiesner flute Ueli Wiget piano Their current chief manager is Christian Fausch 6 Former members include Ingo Metzmacher piano 7 Peter Rundel violin and Franck Ollu horn 8 now prominent conductors Discography editEnsemble Modern is credited on over 170 recordings 9 Notable examples include 1989 Anthony Braxton 2 Compositions Ensemble 1989 1991 hatART CD 6086 1993 Frank Zappa The Yellow Shark Barking Pumpkin Records 21160572 1993 Mauricio Kagel Exotica MusiKado AUL 66099 1993 Conlon Nancarrow Studies RCA BMG 09026 61180 2 1995 Hans Zender Schuberts Winterreise RCA BMG 09026 68067 2 1996 Mark Anthony Turnage Blood on the Floor DVD Arthaus Musik 100 430 1997 John Cage The Piano Concerts mode 57 1998 Steve Reich Music For 18 Musicians RCM BMG 09026 68672 2 1998 Hanns Eisler Roaring Eisler RCA BMG 74321 56882 2 1999 Charles Ives Fourth Symphony EM Medien EMCD 001 1999 Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht Die Dreigroschenoper RCA BMG 74321 6464 2 2000 George Benjamin Sudden Time Three Inventions Viola Viola Nimbus Records NI 5732 2000 Fred Frith Traffic Continues Winter amp Winter 910 044 2 2001 Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonie Nr 5 BMC Records BMC CD 063 2001 Emmanuel Nunes Quodlibet Montaigne 782055 2002 Heiner Goebbels Eislermaterial ECM Records 1779 461 648 2 2002 Helmut Lachenmann Schwankungen am Rand ECM Records 1798 461949 2 2002 Steve Reich City Life New York Counterpoint Eight Lines Violin Phase RCA BMG 74321 66459 2 2003 Frank Zappa Greggery Peccary amp Other Persuasions RCA Records 82876 56061 2 RCA Red Seal 2006 Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett HatHutRecords hat now ART 142 2006 Gyorgy Kurtag Complete Choral Works Hanssler Klassik CD 93 174 2007 Helmut Lachenmann NUN EM Medien EMCD 004 2007 Helmut Lachenmann Concertini Kontrakadenz EM Medien EMSACD 001 2007 Steve Reich City Life DVD WMG B000O17184 2008 Heiner Goebbels Schwarz auf Weiss DVD WERGO NZ71 2008 George Benjamin Into the Little Hill Nimbus Records NI5828 2009 Alva Noto Ryuichi Sakamoto utp DVD Raster Noton r n096 2011 Ensemble Modern Ernest Bour EM Medien EMCD 017 2012 Peter Eotvos and Patricia Kopatchinskaja Bartok Eotvos Ligeti Naive V 5285 2013 Hans Zender 33 Veranderungen uber 33 Veranderungen EM Medien EMCD 020 2019 Frederic D Haene Music with silent aitake s by Ensemble Modern and Reigakusha gagaku Ensemble Parma Recordings 2020 Beschenkt 40 Miniaturen zum Jubilaum EM Medien EMCD 048 49 Awards editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message 1985 Prize of the French foreign minister on the occasion of the European Year of Music 1987 Prize of the Critics of Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR for excellent interpretation during the Music Biennale in Berlin 1987 The German Record Critics Award Quarterly Critics Choice 4 1987 Wolfgang Rihm umsungen Peter Ruzicka der die Gesange zerschlug Dietrich Fischer Dieskau baritone Ernest Bour conductor 1987 Schneider Schott Music Prize Mainz 10 1989 Berlin Prize of the Critics of the Verband deutscher Kritiker in the category of music awards ceremony at the Academy of the Arts 1992 Hessischer Kulturpreis 1992 from the state of Hesse in the category cultural mediation for the interpretation of modern music 1993 The German Record Critics Award Quarterly Critics Choice 4 1993 Gyorgy Kurtag Song Cycles Ensemble Modern Peter Eotvos 1993 Grammy nomination The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominates the CD Ives A Portrait of Charles Ives of the Ensemble Modern and Ingo Metzmacher as the best orchestral recording 1994 Kunstpreis Berlin Jubilaumsstiftung 1848 1948 1994 Forderpreis Musik awards ceremony at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin 1995 Stern der Woche Abendzeitung for the week 19 26 May 1995 Ensemble Modern under the direction of Peter Eotvos in the course of Dance 95 Muffathalle Munich 1996 1st Binding Culture Prize 1997 Grammy Nomination National Academy of Recording Arts amp Sciences for best small ensemble performance for John Adams Chamber Symphony Shaker Loops Phrygian Gates Sian Edwards conductor 11 1997 ECHO German Record Award Ensemble of the year with the recording Fighting the waves of George Antheil under the direction of HK Gruber 1998 Prize of the Spanish theatre critics best foreign production 1998 for Black on White by Heiner Goebbels 2000 The German Record Critics Award Quarterly Critics Choice 1 2000 Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill conducted by HK Gruber 2000 3rd prize of Scala magazine in the category crossover vocal work 2004 ECHO Klassik German Record Award in the category best ensemble orchestra and best recording of chamber music for the CD Ensemble Modern plays Frank Zappa Greggery Peccary amp Other Persuasions 2006 Awarded Artist of the Year at Beijing Music Festival 2007 Winner of the Landmarks in the Land of Ideas Germany 2007 2009 The Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie receives the Praetorius Music Prize Lower Saxony in the category music innovation 2009 The Siemens AG awarded the Kulturforderpreis 2009 for into a project of Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program in collaboration with the Goethe Institut 2014 Grammy nomination National Academy of Recording Arts amp Sciences for best classical instrumental solo for Bartok Eotvos amp Ligeti with Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Peter Eotvos conductor Ensemble Modern amp Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra 2021 Opus Klassik German music prize Ensemble Orchestra of the Year for the double CD Beschenkt 40 Miniaturen zum Jubilaum 12 2024 Venice Biennale Silver Lion for music 13 Source 14 In film editLeidenschaft Neue Musik Uber Vielfalt und Freiheiten im Ensemble Modern Passion for New Music On Diversity and Freedom in Ensemble Modern Documentary Germany 2011 27 40 Min Direction Joachim Meissner und Marion Morawek Production Hessischer Rundfunk Series wissen und mehr Premiere 20 March 2012 on hr Fernsehen Contents from ARD online Video available until 10 March 2016 Wenn die Buhne brennt Ein Portrat des Ensemble Modern When the Stage is on Fire A Portrait of Ensemble Modern Documentary Germany 2011 53 20 Min Direction Manfred Scheyko Production Hessischer Rundfunk arte Premiere 5 December 2011 on arte Contents from Musik Heute References edit Ensemble Modern About us Ensemble Chronicle 2020 www ensemble modern com Playing from the same songsheet The Irish Times a b Ensemble Modern About us Members www ensemble modern com Happy New Ears at the Oper Frankfurt Archived from the original on 14 February 2015 About International Ensemble Modern Academy Ensemble Modern Contact www ensemble modern com Home Ingo Metzmacher Franck Ollu Askonas Holt Ensemble Modern Discogs Schneider Schott Musikpreis Landeshauptstadt Mainz in German 12 October 2018 Retrieved 28 August 2020 Ensemble Modern GRAMMY com 19 November 2019 Retrieved 28 August 2020 Opus Klassik https www labiennale org en news 2024 lion awards music Ensemble Modern awards Archived from the original on 14 February 2015 Retrieved 14 February 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ensemble Modern amp oldid 1213488088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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