Ensemble Modern stages a post-war Modernist revival

Par Kurt Gottschalk, 06 juillet 2024

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“such pastiche is more postmodern than post-war modern, but Paxton put his unique stamp on it”

Critique faite à Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Francfort-sur-le-Main, le 3 juillet 2024

Paxton, Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall (Kite n Finger run)

Sowa, Friction of the Wooden Dragon (World premiere)

Gryvul, Skvyrk (World premiere)

Kryeziu, Infuse: Playtime

Yazdani, Shimmering of White Phosphorus (World premiere)

Norbert Ommer, Son

Ensemble Modern

Jonathan Stockhammer, Direction

Olga Neuwirth à l'honneur de la 35e édition du Festival Présences

Chloë Rouge, 4th February

Consacrée à la musique de la compositrice autrichienne, l'édition 2025 du festival a proposé une pléiade de créations d'esthétiques variées, de l'énergie folle de Christophe Bertrand au bruitisme de Margareta Ferek-Petrić.

A House of Call de Goebbels aux confins du temps et de la mémoire

Chloë Rouge, 25th November

Entrer dans l'œuvre bouillonnante de Heiner Goebbels, c’est voir son expérience d’écoute du concert se transformer. Retour sur un événement mémorable, porté par la virtuosité de l'Ensemble Modern Orchestra.

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Habt keine Angst: Muntendorfs Melencolia beim Holland Festival

Michael Klier, 19th June

Melencolia ist ein komplexes Projekt, das das Potenzial moderner Technologien im traditionellen Format der Oper demonstriert und uns gleichzeitig einen Spiegel vorhält.

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Ensemble Modern brings music of global migration to New York City

Kurt Gottschalk, 13th April

Ensemble Modern devote a night at Zankel Hall to musical tracings of migratory patterns with works by ex-pat composers born in Cuba, South Africa and the United States.

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Ensemble Modern the ultimate precision instrument in Amsterdam

Eleanor Knight, 16th September

Sir George Benjamin conducts Ligeti and his own Into the Little Hill at the Concertgebouw.

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Sounds of nature: Francesco Filidei world premiere in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 3rd September

At the Musikfest Berlin, Sir George Benjamin and the Ensemble Modern present an all-contemporary programme reflecting on nature, including Cantico delle Creature.

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Ensemble Modern stages a post-war Modernist revival, because we're never really post-war