Tak-Tak – ein Konzert in Gedenken an Walter Smetak

By Stephan Eckel, 27 February 2017

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“Vimbayi Kaziboni koordinierte systematisch exakt – ein kathartisches Erlebnis”

Reviewed at Alte Oper: Mozart Saal, Frankfurt am Main on 25 February 2017

Kampela, ...tak-tak...tak... (UA)

Lim, Ronda - The Spinning World, for 9 musicians (UA)

Moreira, Instrumentarium

Rios Filho, volvere (UA)

Ensemble Modern

Vimbayi Kaziboni, Conductor

Ensemble Modern stages a post-war Modernist revival

Kurt Gottschalk, 3rd July

In Frankfurt, a set of new works sound a little too familiar to one pair of old ears.

***11

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

*****

Sound and Vision: Enno Poppe and Arnulf Herrmann in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th August

On the third night of the Musikfest Berlin, Enno Poppe conducts Ensemble Modern in a double-feature concert that explores the potential of sound.

***11

Ensemble Modern at the Roundhouse

Benjamin Poore, 6th March

Bold and colourful invocations of twentieth-century classics from Ensemble Modern and composer George Benjamin.

****1

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Stephan Eckel

While studying Art History, French and German Literature in Frankfurt/Main and Montpellier, Stephan developed his first interests in theater, opera and dance. This led him to various productions for festivals and opera houses, including the Rheingau Musikfestival 2011, Montpellier Danse 2013, and the Frankfurt Opera. Stephan has a particular passion for 20th century and contemporary opera and dance. After a work experience in Paris for two years, he is now working on his PhD thesis at the University of Cologne.