cresc… 2026 – Biennale für aktuelle Musik
Frankfurt Rhein Main / Theres mit Julian Prégardien / Sound Port Frankfurt / Liberation Orchestra / Seminare für Komponist*innen
Goodbye Tongyeong — hello Seoul 🇰🇷 Final applause, one last load-in, and back on the road. Music by George Benjamin, Unsuk Chin and Younje Cho — with all three composers joining us for the final bow. Next stop: Seoul with ›Music for Strings‹ by @_ryoji_ikeda_ . While some of us continue in South Korea, others are heading back to Frankfurt am Main — where ›Happy New Ears‹ is already waiting. Upcoming: 📍 ›Music for Strings‹ — Ryoji Ikeda April 1 & 2 National Museum Of Modern And Contemporary Art, Seoul 📍 ›Happy New Ears‹ — Porträt Iris ter Schiphorst April 8, 19:30 Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt with Ensemble Modern & Dirk von Lowtzow (voice, @tocotronic_official) #EnsembleModern #TourLife #BehindTheScenes #SouthKorea #OnTheRoad @younjech @unsukchinofficial @timf_tongyeong @oper_frankfurt @hfmdk.frankfurt @mmca_performingarts @ryoji_ikeda_studio @codexedition
Goodbye Tongyeong — hello Seoul 🇰🇷 Final applause, one last load-in, and back on the road. Music by George Benjamin, Unsuk Chin and Younje Cho — with all three composers joining us for the final bow. Next stop: Seoul with ›Music for Strings‹ by @_ryoji_ikeda_ . While some of us continue in South Korea, others are heading back to Frankfurt am Main — where ›Happy New Ears‹ is already waiting. Upcoming: 📍 ›Music for Strings‹ — Ryoji Ikeda April 1 & 2 @mmcakorea Seoul 📍 ›Happy New Ears‹ — Porträt Iris ter Schiphorst April 8, 19:30 Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt with Ensemble Modern & Dirk von Lowtzow (voice, @tocotronic_official) #EnsembleModern #TourLife #BehindTheScenes #SouthKorea #OnTheRoad @younjech @tobycthatcher @unsukchinofficial @timf_tongyeong @oper_frankfurt @hfmdk.frankfurt @mmca_performingarts @ryoji_ikeda_studio @codexedition
New CD release: ›Dancing on a Volcano – Music between 1920 and 1933‹ Today, Ensemble Modern Media releases a new album featuring works by Paul Hindemith, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Arnold Schoenberg and Kurt Weill, performed by Ensemble Modern, mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and the vocal ensemble amarcord under the direction of HK Gruber. Recorded live at the Cologne Philharmonie in 2025, the programme brings together works by composers who were forced into exile after 1933—reflecting the tensions between artistic awakening and political upheaval. Paul Hindemith: ›Chamber Music No. 1‹ Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite from ›Much Ado About Nothing‹ Arnold Schoenberg: ›Accompaniment to a Film Scene‹ Kurt Weill: ›The Seven Deadly Sins‹ This recording has been made with major support from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, which also initiated the commission of the 15-player version of ›The Seven Deadly Sins‹. Available now digitally and in stores. → Order now: in our webshop at http://www.ensemble-modern.com → or via our Bandcamp: http://ensemblemodern.bandcamp.com #EnsembleModern #KurtWeill #Hindemith #Korngold #Schoenberg @kurtweillfndn @wallis.giunta @amarcordofficial @rosenthal_musikmanagement