In Lucerne, Enno Poppe kicks things off in style

Enno Poppe

Ensemble Intercontemporain

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 14 August 2023

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“Always, a sense of something slippery, chromatic, vanishing just out of reach”

Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Lucerne Hall, Lucerne on 13 August 2023

Poppe, Blumen (world premiere)

Poppe, Prozession

Ensemble intercontemporain

Enno Poppe, Conductor

Ensemble intercontemporain revel in the sounds of our time

Christopher Woodley, 3rd May

The charismatic Ustina Dubitsky leads EIC in first-rate performances, including a world premiere from Katherine Balch, to support of Wigmore Hall's flagship ‘Voices of Today’ initiative.

*****

Masters of style and grace: Ensemble intercontemporain in Huddersfield

Christopher Woodley, 19th November

Ensemble intercontemporain finally make it to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – and leave an indelible mark with their unrivalled artistry.

*****

A late night homage to Pierre Boulez

James Imam, 2nd September

This Late Night Prom was a fitting way to remember the man. Such events draw a lighter scattering of musical night owls, minimising the hall and allowing for meditative concentration.

****1

Neuwirth’s Le Encantadas in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 14th August

At the Lucerne Festival, composer Olga Neuwirth, Ensemble Contemporain and a sound team from IRCAM recently shone in a theatrical performance of an complex and ocean shore-inspired score.

*****

A Pierre Boulez hommage in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 23rd August

The Lucerne Festival recently celebrated the life and musical achievement of the great French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

***11

Sharing a Stockhausen Momente at the Cité de la Musique

Leopold Tobisch, 25th March

Péter Eötvös conducts the WDR choir and the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Stockhausen at the Cité de la Musique.

****1

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.

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