Ensemble Musikfabrik
The Ensemble Musikfabrik (music factory ensemble) is an ensemble for contemporary classical music located in Cologne. Their official name is Ensemble Musikfabrik Landesensemble NRW e.V. (Ensemble Musikfabrik of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, registered association).
Overview
Ensemble Musikfabrik was founded in 1990, and is regarded as one of the leading
History
They gave their debut under the name „Ensemble Neue Musik Nordrhein-Westfalen“, 28 April 1991, at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Witten Days for new chamber music). The formation of the ensemble took place at the end of 1990. The founders of the ensemble, Bernhard Wambach, Nicolaus A. Huber, and Gerhard Stäbler and the designated conductor and artistic director Johannes Kalitzke selected and summoned almost 20 musicians and presented the proposed project. Most of the musicians present were excited about the idea of forming a full-time professional ensemble that would be working on contemporary music and programs in close collaboration with composers.[2]
Since 1997, the ensemble has organised itself and made all important artistic decisions within its own ranks. The emphasis shifted then from North Rhine-Westphalian composers to a more international focus.[3]
Founded after the Amsterdam
In 2003, Ensemble Musikfabrik moved from Düsseldorf to Cologne. Thanks to generous support from the Kunststiftung NRW, WDR (West German Radio) and KölnMusik, musikFabrik has now a highly successful world Première concert series "musikFabrik in WDR“. MusikFabrik prepares for these concerts and for other projects in their new domicile in the KOMED building in MediaPark (Cologne), where they moved in the summer of 2008.
Profile
The musicians of Ensemble Musikfabrik have collaborated with both the younger generation of
The experimentation and implementation with modern forms of
Members
Helen Bledsoe (
References
- ^ "Ensemble Musikfabrik - Ensemble Musikfabrik". www.musikfabrik.eu.
- ^ Interview mit Thomas Oesterdiekhoff (in German)
- ^ a b Wieschollek, Dirk: Erfolgreich als Kollektiv, in: FonoForum 08/06, pages 59, 60.
- ^ Mosch, Ulrich: Ensemble - zusammen, in: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Donaueschingen e.V. (eds.), Donaueschinger Musiktage 2008, pages 44, 48 f.
- ^ "Ensemble Musikfabrik". Ensemble Musikfabrik. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Ensemble