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Ensemble Intercontemporain
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Classical
The Ensemble InterContemporain (EIC) is based in Paris, France. It was founded by Pierre Boulez and Jean Maheu in 1976 with the project to promote and disseminate contemporary music. This project is carried out in conjunction with a programme of public information and the training of young instrumentalists. Since its inception, the EIC has given the premières of more than 200 contemporary works.
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Popular Tracks 
Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) / Part 1: I. Mondestrunken on Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire; Herzgewächse; Ode to Napoleon by Arnold Schoenberg, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez Le marteau sans maître: Avant "l'Artisanat furieux" on Boulez: Le Marteau sans maitre; Derive 1 & 2 by Pierre Boulez, Hilary Summers & Ensemble Intercontemporain Concerto pour violon et orchestre: III. Intermezzo: Presto fluido on Ligeti by György Ligeti, Ensemble Intercontemporain & Pierre Bleuse Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) / Part 2: VIII. Die Nacht on Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire; Herzgewächse; Ode to Napoleon by Arnold Schoenberg, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez Reich/Richter: Opening on Steve Reich: Reich/Richter by Steve Reich, Ensemble Intercontemporain & George Jackson Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) / Part 1: II. Colombine on Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire; Herzgewächse; Ode to Napoleon by Arnold Schoenberg, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez Répons: Section 1 on Boulez: Répons; Dialogue de l'ombre double by Pierre Boulez, Alain Damiens & Ensemble Intercontemporain In Memoriam Dylan Thomas: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night on Boulez Conducts Stravinsky by Igor Stravinsky & Pierre Boulez Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) / Part 1: III. Der Dandy on Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire; Herzgewächse; Ode to Napoleon by Arnold Schoenberg, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez Reich/Richter: Patterns & scales on Steve Reich: Reich/Richter by Steve Reich, Ensemble Intercontemporain & George JacksonTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Music Pieces | Lucia Ronchetti – Michele Marco Rossi, Christian Dierstein, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher, The Orchestra Della Toscana, Luca Pfaff | 2018 | Album |
| New York | Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher | 2017 | Album |
| Bereshit | Matthias Pintscher - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2016 | Album |
| Bartók Ligeti | Béla Bartók, György Ligeti - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher | 2015 | Album |
| Vulcano / Art Of Metal I, III | Yann Robin - Alain Billard, Susanna Mälkki, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ircam | 2012 | Album |
| Drones | Pierre Jodlowski - Sophie Cherrier, Susanna Mälkki, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ircam | 2011 | Album |
| Oscuro Abismo De Llanto Y De Ternura | Alberto Posadas - Ensemble Intercontemporain, François-Xavier Roth | 2010 | Album |
| Hypermusic Prologue - A Projective Opera In Seven Planes | Hèctor Parra - Lisa Randall, Matthew Ritchie, Charlotte Ellett, James Bobby, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Clement Power | 2010 | Album |
| Boulez Conducts Schoenberg II | Pierre Boulez - Arnold Schoenberg - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta | 2009 | Compil. |
| Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio | Pierre Boulez - Anton Webern, Elliott Carter, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio - Ensemble Intercontemporain, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2009 | Compil. |
| Boulez Conducts Stravinsky, Messiaen, Dukas, Falla | Pierre Boulez - Igor Stravinsky, Olivier Messiaen, Paul Dukas, Manuel De Falla - BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Du Domaine Musical | 2009 | Compil. |
| Boulez Conducts Schoenberg I | Pierre Boulez - Arnold Schoenberg - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 2009 | Compil. |
| Etymo | Luca Francesconi - Ircam, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki | 2008 | Album |
| Mozart 13 Berg | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alban Berg - Pierre Boulez / Christian Tetzlaff / Mitsuko Uchida / Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2008 | Album |
| En Sourdine | Matthias Pintscher - Frank Peter Zimmermann, Christophe Desjardins, Truls Mørk, Ensemble Intercontemporain, NDR Sinfonieorchester | 2007 | Album |
| Metallics, Eclipse, Entrelacs, Sul Segno, Metal Extensions | Yan Maresz - Jonathan Nott, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2005 | Album |
| Akrostichon - Wortspiel | Unsuk Chin - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2005 | Album |
| Friede Auf Erden | Arnold Schoenberg - Chœur De Chambre Accentus / Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2005 | Album |
| Le Marteau Sans Maître Dérive 1 & 2 | Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2005 | Album |
| Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2 | Pierre Boulez - Jean-Guihen Queyras, Hae Sun Kang, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2004 | Album |
| Lichtung I / Lichtung II | Emmanuel Nunes - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jonathan Nott | 2003 | Album |
| Pli Selon Pli | Pierre Boulez - Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2002 | Album |
| Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2 | Pierre Boulez - Jean-Guihen Queyras, Hae Sun Kang, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 2000 | Album |
| Boulez Dirige ... Stravinsky & Schönberg | Igor Stravinsky ; Arnold Schoenberg ; The Cleveland Orchestra | 2000 | Compil. |
| American Clarinet | Elliott Carter - Steve Reich - Howard Sandroff - John Adams / Alain Damiens - André Trouttet - Ensemble Intercontemporain - David Robertson | 1999 | Album |
| One Evening... - Advaya - Death of Light/Light of Death | Jonathan Harvey - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Stefan Asbury | 1999 | Album |
| Joël F. Durand | Joël-François Durand - Stefan Litwin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Brad Lubman / Ensemble Intercontemporain / Sextuor Schœnberg | 1998 | Album |
| Pour L'ensemble | Pierre Boulez, Franco Donatoni, Elliott Carter, Gérard Grisey - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1996 | Compil. |
| Seuils / Diadèmes | Marc-André Dalbavie, Pierre Boulez and Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1996 | Album |
| Versets; Paroles; Failles; Metres; Variants | Patrick Marcland, Gilbert Amy, Trio Debussy, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1996 | Album |
| Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert / Igor Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto - Dumbarton Oaks - 8 Miniatures | Alban Berg - Igor Stravinsky / Daniel Barenboim - Pinchas Zukerman - Pierre Boulez - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1995 | Compil. |
| Six Miniatures En Trompe-l'œil - Leçon De Choses - Opcit - Pour L'image | Philippe Hurel - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ed Spanjaard | 1995 | Album |
| So Schnell, Zu Früh - Devenir - Là, Au-Delà | Frédéric Durieux, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ircam | 1995 | Album |
| UR/ Corrente/ Duo concertante/ Joy | Magnus Lindberg, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1994 | Album |
| Pierrot Lunaire - Lied Der Waldtaube - Erwartung | Arnold Schoenberg / Pierre Boulez - Yvonne Minton - Janis Martin - Jessye Norman - Pinchas Zukerman - Lynn Harrell - Michel Debost - Antony Pay - Daniel Barenboim - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1993 | Compil. |
| Serenade - 5 Pieces For Orchestra - Ode To Napoleon | Arnold Schoenberg - Pierre Boulez - Yvonne Minton - John Shirley-Quirk - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1993 | Compil. |
| Phlegra / Jalons / Keren / Nomos Alpha / Thalleïn | Iannis Xenakis - Pierre Strauch, Benny Sluchin, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Michel Tabachnik | 1992 | Album |
| Sonatine Pour Flûte Et Piano / Première Sonate Pour Piano / Dérive / Mémorial / Dialogue De L'Ombre Double / Cummings Ist Der Dichter | Pierre Boulez - Sophie Cherrier, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Alain Damiens | 1991 | Album |
| Chinese Opera - Intervalles / Interieurs | Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1990 | Album |
| Esquisses / Musik Der Frühe | Emmanuel Nunes, Arditti Quartet, Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1990 | Album |
| Oboe Concerto - Esprit Rude / Esprit Doux - A Mirror On Which To Dwell - Penthode | Elliott Carter / Heinz Holliger, Sophie Cherrier, André Trouttet, Phyllis Bryn-Julson - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1990 | Album |
| Passeport Pour Le XXe Siècle | Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1989 | Album |
| Hommage A Olivier Messiaen | Olivier Messiaen / Pierre Boulez, Yvonne Loriod, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1988 | Album |
| Études Pour Piano, 1er Livre / Trio Pour Violon, Cor Et Piano / Tema-Cadeau | György Ligeti / Franco Donatoni / Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1987 | Album |
| Diagonal / Maipú 994 / Epilogue / Paral.Lel | Philippe Fenelon - Ensemble Intercontemporain / Peter Eötvös / Caroline Haffner / Alexandre Ouzounoff | 1986 | Album |
| Varèse: Ecuatorial / Déserts / Intégrales | Edgard Varèse / Pierre Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1984 | Album |
| Antiphysis / Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco / Modulations | Hugues Dufourt / Jonathan Harvey / Gérard Grisey - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1984 | Album |
| Chamber Concerto - Ramifications - Aventures - Nouvelles Aventures | György Ligeti - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1983 | Album |
| Éclipse / Eau-Forte / Ogive | Allain Gaussin - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Peter Eötvös, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Atelier Musique De Ville D'Avray, Jean-Louis Petit | 1983 | Album |
| Ebony Concerto - Dumbarton Oaks - Chamber Works | Igor Stravinsky - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 1982 | Album |
| The Song Of The Nightingale / 4 Etudes For Orchestra / 4 Russian Peasant Songs (The Saucers) / Etude For Pianola (Madrid) / 3 Pieces For String Quartet | Pierre Boulez Conducts Igor Stravinsky, Rex Lawson, Ensemble Intercontemporain / Chœur de Radio France, Orchestre National De France | 1982 | Album |
| Pulcinella (Ballet Avec Voix & Petit Orchestre) 1919 - Concertino Pour Douze Instruments 1952 - Stravinsky | Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Ann Murray, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Estes | 1982 | Album |
| L'Histoire Du Soldat | Igor Stravinsky - Pierre Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporain / Patrice Chéreau / Roger Planchon / Antoine Vitez | 1982 | Album |
| Die Glückliche Hand / Lieder Op. 22 / Kammersinfonien 1 & 2 / Erwartung / Jakobsleiter / Drei Stücke (1910) | Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez | 1982 | Album |
| Lied Der Waldtaube (From "Gurrelieder") • Serenade Op. 24 • Ode To Napoleon Bonaparte Op. 41 | Arnold Schoenberg / Jessye Norman, John Shirley-Quirk, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1982 | Album |
| Kammermusik • Chamber Music | Alban Berg - Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Pinchas Zukerman, Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1978 | Album |
| Antiphysis / Funérailles - Versions I & Il / Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco / Arcus | Hugues Dufourt / Brian Ferneyhough / Jonathan Harvey / York Höller - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez & Peter Eötvös | Compil. |
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