Ensemble Modern has announced that it will be the ensemble-in-residence of Prague Spring Festival’s “Prague Offspring” project from 2025 to 2027. This May, the Ensemble Modern will present a series of concerts, master classes, and reading lessons. The concert on May 30, conducted by Michael Wendeberg, will include a total of four world premieres by young Czech composers. Sir George {…}
Ensemble Modern has been named the recipient of the “Silver Lion” at the 2024 Biennale Musica di Venezia. In addition to the ensemble’s award, composer Rebecca Saunders receives the “Golden Lion” for Lifetime Achievement. Starting off the celebrations, on Sept. 26, Ensemble Modern opens the festival at the Teatro la Fenice with the Orchestra del Teatro under the baton of {…}
(Photo credit: Dario Acosta) Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and Ensemble Modern will give two concerts on an upcoming U.S. tour. Giunta and the vocal quartet amarcord join Ensemble Modern on its first US tour since 2011. The focus of the tour dedicated to “Weimar” is Kurt Weill’s “Die Sieben Todsünden.” Together they present a new version for chamber ensemble of the {…}