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Ensemble Garage

Band, DE

Ensemble Garage is a German contemporary music group, founded in 2009 by composer Brigitta Muntendorf as a platform for musicians, composers and performers to explore new ideas and concepts. The ensemble tries to bring young composers' works to life through collective rehearsing and other collaboration techniques. With a strong emphasis on theatrical and multimedia approaches to new music, Ensemble Garage develops an original concept for each live performance. Their debut concert was organized by ON – Neue Musik Köln, and since then Ensemble Garage performed in Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and other countries. The group appeared on various German radio stations, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR 3, Deutschlandfunk, and Hessischer Rundfunk. The ensemble produced live events in conjunction with Landesmusikrat.NRW, participated in Donaueschinger Musiktage and a few other international festivals, and gave recitals at several major European museums, including Bundeskunsthalle, Kölnischer Kunstverein, and Kolumba. Kölner Philharmonie invited Ensemble Garage to perform Peter Eötvös' portrait concert. Among composers and musicians who collaborated with Ensemble Garage are Jagoda Szmytka, Erik Bosgraaf, Michael Beil, Cio D'or, Manos Tsangaris, and Stephen Prina. Artistic Director Brigitta Muntendorf Conductor Mariano Chiacchiarini Musicians Małgorzata Walentynowicz – piano Rie Watanabe – percussion Maximilian Haft – violin Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg – viola, viola d'amore Eva Boesch – cello Liz Hirst – flute Nils Kohler – clarinet Frank Riedel – saxophone Till Künkler – trombone

Members

	Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg vn, vl *1978 DE
	Rie Watanabe perc *1979 JP
	Richard Haynes
	Sabine Ahrendt vn *1980 DE
	Małgorzata Walentynowicz p *1979 PO
	Maximilian Haft vn
	Eva Boesch vc *1985 CH
	Elizabeth Hirst

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