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About Ensemble Intercontemporain
Hometown
Paris, France
Formed
1976
Genre
Classical
One of the first groups in the world dedicated specifically to contemporary music, the Ensemble Intercontemporain remains among the most influential. The Ensemble was led by Pierre Boulez, who founded the Ensemble in Paris in 1976. Boulez held the position of president of the Ensemble Intercontemporain; he appointed a series of music directors, beginning with Péter Eötvös in 1979. In 1982, the group released an album of works by Berg and Stravinsky on the Deutsche Grammophon label. In 2022, Ensemble Intercontemporain moved to Nonesuch for the album Reich/Richter. Pierre Bleuse is set to become music director in 2023.
Members of Ensemble Intercontemporain include, or have included, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alain Planès, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Gérard Caussé, Magali Mosnier, Philippe Muller, Sébastien Vichard, Garth Knox, Florent Boffard, Marie-Claire Jamet, André Cazalet, Alain Damiens, Eric-Maria Couturier, Laszlo Hadady, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Daniel Arrignon, Dimitri Vassilakis, Florence Millet, Hideki Nagano, Jacques Ghestem, Jean-Paul Celea, Jérôme Comte, Alain Billard, Samuel Favre, Maryvonne Le Dizes, Andre Trouttet, Didier Pateaux, Gérard Buquet, Emmanuelle Ophèle-Gaubert, and Hae Sun Kang.
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