1998

• 1st Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Auftakt
  Locations: Hannover, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Cologne, Frankfurt
  Helmut Lachenmann: Schwankungen am Rand (1974/75)
  Heiner Goebbels: Walden (1998) (premiere)

  commissioned by the EMO

  Conductor: Peter Eötvös

1999

• 2nd Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Ein Streifzug durch die Amerikanische Musik
  Locations: Edinburgh, Cologne, Lucerne, Frankfurt, Bochum, Bremen, Turin
  Charles Ives: Fourth Symphony (1909-16)
  Michael Gordon: "Sunshine of Your Love" (1999) (premiere)

  commissioned by the EMO

  John Adams: "Naive and Sentimental Music" (1999) (European premiere)

  commissioned by the EMO a.o.

  Conductor: John Adams

2000

• 3rd Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Messiaen
  Olivier Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Etoiles (1974)
  Locations: Gütersloh, Frankfurt, Berlin
  Conductor: George Benjamin
  
  
• 4th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Sudden Time
  Tristan Murail: Gondwana (1980)
  Magnus Lindberg: Cantigas (1999) (European premiere)
  Hanspeter Kyburz: Piano concert (2000) (premiere of complete version)
  George Benjamin: Sudden Time (1990-93)
  Locations: Cologne, Frankfurt, Vienna
  Conductor: George Benjamin
  
  
• 5th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Prometeo
  Luigi Nono: Prometeo - tragedia dell'ascolto (1981-85)
  Locations: Bochum, Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna, Milan
  Conductors: Emilio Pomarico, Yoichi Sugiyama
  

2001

• 6th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  Seltene Klangkombinationen
  Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Earth Dances (1985)
  Arnold Schönberg: Four Songs for voice and orchestra op. 22 (1913/16)
  Hanspeter Kyburz: Noesis (2001) (German and Austrian premieres)
  Pierre Boulez: Notations I-IV (1980), VII (1998)
  Locations: Munich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Cologne, Basel
  Conductor: Pierre Boulez

2002

• 7th Ensemble Modern Orchestra Tour
  György Ligeti zum 80. Geburtstag
  György Ligeti: Melodien (1971)
  Franco Donatoni: Le ruisseau sur l'escalier for cello solo and 19 musicians (1980)
  Hans Abrahamsen: Concerto for piano and orchestra (1999/2000) (Belgian premiere)
  György Ligeti: Double concert for flute, oboe and orchestra (1972)
  George Benjamin: Palimpsest I / II (2000 / 2002) (Belgian and German premieres)
  Locations: Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt
  Conductor: George Benjamin