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Ensemble Modern

Band, *1980 DE
Classical

Ensemble for contemporary music founded in 1980 and situated in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) since 1985. It's founding members were originally students of the German Youth Philharmonic Orchestra who wanted to create an ensemble with a grass-roots organization devoted to promoting and accurately performing New Music. 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. Each associate incorporates his/her own personal experience and preferences into the planning, the result of which is a unique and distinctive program, ranging from music theater, dance and video projects to chamber music, ensemble and orchestral concerts.

     
Members
PortraitGeoffry Wharton
vn US
PortraitSascha Armbruster
as *1974 DE
PortraitCharlotte Geselbracht
vl
PortraitWolfgang Stryi
bcl, sax DE
PortraitSusan Knight
vl *1969 GB
PortraitRoland Diry
cl
PortraitThomas Fichter
cb
PortraitDietmar Wiesner
fl *1955 DE
PortraitUwe Dierksen
tb
PortraitRainer Römer
perc *1956 DE
PortraitRumi Ogawa-Helferich
perc
PortraitFranck Ollu
alp, frh *1960 FR
PortraitHermann Kretzschmar
p *1958 DE
PortraitMichael Kasper
vc DE
PortraitHilary Sturt
vl, vn NZ
PortraitNoriko Shimada
bsn *1960 JP
Johannes Rupe
bsn
PortraitPascal Pons
perc *1968 FR
PortraitMats Bergström
g *1961 SE
PortraitPeter Rundel
vn *1958 DE
PortraitHåkon Thelin
cb, voc *1976
PortraitMichael Svoboda
tb *1960
PortraitAndrew Digby
tb
Gregory Johns
vc
PortraitCorin Long
cb, b 1966-2007 GB
PortraitWerner Dickel
vl *1959 DE
PortraitEva Böcker
vc
PortraitSwantje Tessmann
vn *1969 DE
PortraitDaniel Raabe
vc DE
PortraitGerdur Gunnarsdóttir
vn, voc
PortraitEva Gruesser
vn US
Adele Bitter
vc DE
Jozsef Hars
alp *1976 DE
Thomas Hofer
vn
PortraitBuggy Braune
p DE
Hubert Machnik
g
Wim Vos
perc
PortraitEllen Ruth Rose
vl US
PortraitUeli Wiget
p *1957 CH
PortraitCatherine Milliken
ob, eh DE
PortraitWilliam Forman
tr *1959 US
PortraitMathias Tacke
vn DE
Karl Ventulett
bsn DE
Etienne Godey
PortraitPeter Schlier
cb
PortraitMiriam Götting
vl
PortraitIrmela Boßler
fl
Jozsef Juhasz
tu
PortraitValentin Garvie
tr *1973
PortraitCarl Rosman
cl *1971 AU
David Haller
perc
Mechthild Sommer
vl
PortraitPauline Sachse
vl
PortraitFriederike Latzko
vl *1959 DE
Sherif Elrazzaz
cl
PortraitMichael Sieg
ob, eh
PortraitSava Stoianov
tr *1976
PortraitBruno Suys
b
PortraitJonas Bylund
tb
PortraitJagdish Mistry
vn *1963 IN
PortraitSimon Breyer
alp
Mechiel van den Brink
ob
PortraitIb Hausmann
bcl, cl DE
PortraitEllen Wegner
hrp DE
PortraitThomas Bender
tb
PortraitMichael Gross
tr
PortraitNorbert Ommer
p DE
Wolfgang Bender
vn DE
PortraitRainer Müller-van Recum
cl *1957 DE
Michael Stirling
vc
PortraitUlrike Stortz
vn DE
PortraitTom Dunn
vl
PortraitFreya Ritts-Kirby
vn
Manon Morris
hrp
PortraitJürgen Ruck
g, bj DE
Christopher Brandt
eb
PortraitDetlef Tewes
man
PortraitVeit Scholz
bsn DE
PortraitDane Roberts
cb US
PortraitFriedemann Dähn
vc *1958 DE
PortraitAndreas Böttger
perc DE
Daryl Smith
tu
PortraitStefan Geiger
tb
Claudia Sack
vn DE
PortraitSabine Pfeiffer
vl DE
PortraitMartin Dehning
vn *1958 DE
Annette Stoodt
DE
Friederike Koch
vc DE
PortraitElizabeth Randell
alp GB
PortraitStefan Rapp
perc *1968 DE
PortraitChristian Hommel
ob *1963 DE
PortraitJaan Bossier
BE
PortraitAlbrecht Holder
bsn *1958 DE
PortraitWolfgang Berg
*1959 DE
PortraitUlrike Kaufmann
vl DE
Udo Grimm
bs
Christiane Albert
fl, pic
Aaron Baird
cb
PortraitJohannes Schwarz
bsn *1970
PortraitAlexander Von Puttkamer
tu *1973 DE
PortraitMatthew McDonald
b AU
PortraitMatthias Stich
sax, bcl *1961 DE
PortraitSabine Ahrendt
vn *1980 DE
PortraitHans-Joachim Tinnefeld
b
Barbara Kehrig
b DE
Kerstin Hüllemann
vl, str DE
PortraitNina Janßen-Deinzer
cl, bcl DE
PortraitSaar Berger
frh, alp *1980
PortraitMegumi Kasakawa
vl JP
Gerda Wind-Sperlich
alp, frh
Karin Dornbusch
bcl, cl SE
Kerstin Huelleman
vl
Reinhold Ernst
alp
PortraitPaul Cannon
cb
Maiko Matsuoka
vn
Werner Dickhel
vl
PortraitGiorgos Panagiotidis
vn *1982
Popular Tracks   
Ives: Set No. 3 for Chamber Orchestra: I. At Sea. Adagio sostenuto on A Portrait of Charles Ives by Charles Ives & Ingo Metzmacher
Studies for Player Piano: Study No. 6 on Nancarrow: Studies / Tango / Piece No. 2 / Trio by Conlon Nancarrow & Ensemble Modern
Attack/Transition on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
City Life: I. Check It Out on Steve Reich: City Life / 8 Lines by Steve Reich, Ensemble Modern, Peter Rundel & Brad Lubman
Grains on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
Particle 1 on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
Silence on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
Broken Line 2 on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat von Mackie Messer on Kurt Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper by Kurt Weill, Ensemble Modern & H.K. Gruber
Transition on Utp_ by alva noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern

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Band Membership
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
for violaMegumi Kasakawa, Ensemble Modern2017Album
Lieder von einer Insel, Orpheus Behind the Wire, Fünf MadrigaleHans Werner Henze, Ensemble Modern, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed2017Album
ensemble works IIMarcus Antonius Wesselmann, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu2016Album
Take Death!Bernhard Gander, Ensemble Modern, Patrick Pulsinger2014Album
Peng! Gründungskonzert Ensemble ModernEnsemble Modern2014Album
ChangementsDavid Philip Hefti - Ensemble Modern, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern2013Album
Bartók Eötvös LigetiPatricia Kopatchinskaja, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös2012Album
RoorEnsemble Modern, Uwe Dierksen2010Album
GhibliEnsemble Modern, Dietmar Wiesner2010Album
XX/XXIEnsemble Modern, Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne2010Compil.
Spoken TonesEnsemble Modern, Eva Böcker2010Album
VigiliaWolfgang Rihm – ChorWerk Ruhr, Ensemble Modern, Rupert Huber2010Album
Rounds Per MinuteEnsemble Modern, Michael Kasper2009Album
PiùEnsemble Modern, Johannes Schwarz2009Album
utp_Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern2009Album
FuriosoMathias Spahlinger - Ensemble Modern, ensemble recherche, Arditti Quartet2007Album
Complete Choral Works: Omaggio A Luigi Nono; Eight Choruses To Poems By Dezsö Tandori; Songs Of Despair And SorrowGyörgy Kurtág / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble Modern, Marcus Creed2006Album
Listen How They TalkHilda Paredes, Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Modern, Ian Pace, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Stefan Asbury2005Album
Instrumentale Kammermusik: Ensemble ModernEnsemble Modern2005Compil.
Theseus Game - Earth DancesHarrison Birtwistle, Ensemble Modern2004Album
Racing Hearts / Tessalation Row / CallingElliott Sharp - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Peter Rundel, Ensemble Modern, Kasper de Roo2003Album
Plays Frank Zappa - Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions - A Selection Of WorksEnsemble Modern2003Album
City Life • New York Counterpoint • Eight Lines • Violin PhaseSteve Reich - Ensemble Modern2002Album
Jagden Und FormenWolfgang Rihm - Ensemble Modern / Dominique My2002Album
EislermaterialHeiner Goebbels, Ensemble Modern, Josef Bierbichler2002Album
Mit Werken Aus Dem Nachwuchsforum Der GNMEnsemble Modern2001Album
zeroPoints / Symphony No. 5Peter Eötvös / Ludwig van Beethoven - Göteborgs Symfoniker / Ensemble Modern2001Album
Traffic ContinuesFred Frith - Ensemble Modern with Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins2000Album
Music For 18 MusiciansSteve Reich - Ensemble Modern1999Album
The Threepenny Opera = Die DreigroschenoperKurt Weill - Max Raabe · Nina Hagen, HK Gruber, Ensemble Modern1999Album
Black On WhiteHeiner Goebbels / Ensemble Modern1997Album
Chamber Symphony / Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates For Solo PianoJohn Adams, Ensemble Modern1997Album
Sextett - Zwei Worte - Paronomases - Einfarbig GebündeltAndreas Fervers - Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart - Christophe Gaugué - Ensemble Modern, Mark Foster - Manfred Schreier - Hans Zender1996Album
Antiphonen · Omnia Tempus Habent · PrésenceBernd Alois Zimmermann / Tabea Zimmermann, Ensemble Modern, Hans Zender1996Album
Fighting The Waves (Music Of George Antheil)George Antheil - Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber1996Album
QuodlibetEmmanuel Nunes – Ensemble Modern, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Kasper de Roo, Emilio Pomárico1995Album
Schubert's Winterreise - A Composed InterpretationHans Zender - Hans Peter Blochwitz, Ensemble Modern1995Album
The Chamber Concertos / Kammermusiken 1-7Paul Hindemith - Ensemble Modern, Markus Stenz1995Album
Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto, Chamber ConcertoGyörgy Ligeti, Ensemble Modern1994Album
Sixteen DancesJohn Cage - Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher1994Album
RequiemHans Werner Henze, Ensemble Modern1994Album
Song Cycles, Quasi Una FantasiaGyörgy Kurtág - Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös1993Album
StudiesConlon Nancarrow - Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher1993Album
The Yellow SharkFrank Zappa - Ensemble Modern1993Album
La Jalousie / Red Run / Herakles 2 / BefreiungHeiner Goebbels - Ensemble Modern1993Album
Pierrot Lunaire / Chamber Symphony, Op. 9Arnold Schoenberg - Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös1993Album
For Samuel BeckettMorton Feldman - Ensemble Modern Conducted By Arturo Tamayo1992Album
ExoticaMauricio Kagel - Ensemble Modern1992Album
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1991Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Ensemble Modern1992Album
Finale / ...den 24.xii.1931Mauricio Kagel - Ensemble Modern, Roland Hermann1992Album
A Portrait Of Charles IvesCharles Ives - Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher1992Album
VariétéMauricio Kagel, Ensemble Modern1992Album
Le Miracle De La Rose / An Eine ÄolsharfeHans Werner Henze – Ensemble Modern, Hans Deinzer, David Tanenbaum1991Album
Musikprotokoll '90 - Steirischer Herbst - ORFEnsemble Modern - Peter Eötvös, György Kurtág, Michael Jarrell, York Höller1990Album
Berlin Im LichtKurt Weill – Ensemble Modern, Rosemary Hardy, HK Gruber1990Album
Mugung-Dong / Teile Dich Nacht / Oktett / ImpressionIsang Yun - Ensemble Modern, Christine Whittlesey, Hans Zender1987Album
Umsungen / ...Der Die Gesänge Zerschlug...Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Ruzicka - Ensemble Modern, Ernest Bour, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau1987Album
Résonance / Madi / Invenzioni / ChimèresYork Höller / Younghi Pagh-Paan / Aribert Reimann / Manfred Trojahn - Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös1986Album
Sechs Bagatellen / Mouvement (- Vor Der Erstarrung)Ensemble Modern - Nicolaus A. Huber, Helmut Lachenmann1985Album
Tokyo Opera City May 21st, 2008Steve Reich & Ensemble Modern & SynergyAlbum
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