Ensemble Modern
About
Ensemble Modern is a Frankfurt-based ensemble for contemporary music, founded in 1980 and run as a self-governing collective of soloists from many countries who decide jointly on projects, collaborations and finances. Its repertoire spans musical theatre, dance and multimedia projects, chamber music and ensemble and orchestral concerts, and it tours to major festivals and venues worldwide. Together with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra it has organised the cresc... Biennial for contemporary music since 2011, it runs the International Ensemble Modern Academy (founded 2003) and its own label, Ensemble Modern Medien (since 2000), and in 2024 it received the Silver Lion of the Biennale Musica di Venezia.
