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Ensemble Modern

Ensemble for contemporary music founded in 1980 and situated in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) since 1985. It's founding members were originally students of the German Youth Philharmonic Orchestra who wanted to create an ensemble with a grass-roots organization devoted to promoting and accurately performing New Music. The EM is famous for its special working and organizational form which is unlike any other in the world. All the members are responsible for jointly selecting and dealing with artistic directors, projects, guest musicians, co-productions, and financial matters. Each associate incorporates his/her own personal experience and preferences into the planning, the result of which is a unique and distinctive program, ranging from music theater, dance and video projects to chamber music, ensemble and orchestral concerts.

Members: John Scofield, Peter Erskine, Martin Owen, Geoffry Wharton, Sascha Armbruster, Charlotte Geselbracht, Wolfgang Stryi, Susan Knight, Roland Diry, Thomas Fichter, Dietmar Wiesner, Uwe Dierksen, Rainer Römer, Rumi Ogawa-Helferich, Franck Ollu, Hermann Kretzschmar, Michael Kasper, Hilary Sturt, Noriko Shimada, Johannes Rupe, Pascal Pons, Mats Bergström, Peter Rundel, Håkon Thelin, Michael Svoboda, Andrew Digby, Gregory Johns, Corin Long, Werner Dickel, Eva Böcker, Swantje Tessmann, Sif Tulinius, Rumi Ogawa, Daniel Raabe, Gerdur Gunnarsdóttir, Eva Gruesser, Adele Bitter, Jozsef Hars, Boris Müller, Thomas Hofer, Buggy Braune, Stephan Meier, Ernst Kovacic, Karin Schmeer, Hubert Machnik, John Corbett (2), Wim Vos, Ellen Ruth Rose, Ueli Wiget, Catherine Milliken, William Forman, Mathias Tacke, Karl Ventulett, Etienne Godey, Peter Schlier, Miriam Götting, Irmela Boßler, Jozsef Juhasz, Valentin Garvie, Carl Rosman, David Haller, Mechthild Sommer, Pauline Sachse, Friederike Latzko, Sherif Elrazzaz, Michael Sieg, Sava Stoianov, Bruno Suys, Jonas Bylund, Jagdish Mistry, Simon Breyer, Mechiel van den Brink, Ib Hausmann, Ellen Wegner, Thomas Bender, Michael Gross (7), Norbert Ommer, Wolfgang Bender, Rainer Müller-van Recum, Michael Stirling, Ulrike Stortz, Tom Dunn, Freya Ritts-Kirby, Manon Morris, Jürgen Ruck, Christopher Brandt, Detlef Tewes, Veit Scholz, Dane Roberts, Lorelei Dowling, Elsbeth Moser, Friedemann Dähn, Andreas Böttger, Daryl Smith (5), Paul De Clerck, Stefan Geiger, Claudia Sack, Sabine Pfeiffer, Martin Dehning, Annette Stoodt, Friederike Koch, Joseph Sanders, Henri Foehr, Elizabeth Randell, Lila Brown, Stefan Rapp, Klemens Kerkhoff, Christian Hommel, Jaan Bossier, Michael Tiepold, Albrecht Holder, Wolfgang Berg, Ulrike Kaufmann, Udo Grimm, Michael Büttler, Christiane Albert, Aaron Baird, Johannes Schwarz, Alexander Von Puttkamer, Matthew McDonald, Isabel Adam, Jochen Scheerer, Matthias Stich, Sabine Ahrendt, Christian Fausch, Hans-Joachim Tinnefeld, Barbara Kehrig, Kerstin Hüllemann, Nina Janßen-Deinzer, Saar Berger, Uwe Schrodi, Megumi Kasakawa, Gerda Wind-Sperlich, Kerstin Huelleman, Reinhold Ernst, Paul Cannon (2), Maiko Matsuoka, Werner Dickhel, Giorgos Panagiotidis, Dejan Prešiček, Yumi Olsson Kimachi, Eva Debonne, and Filip Eraković