Ensemble 13

The Ensemble 13 was on contemporary music specialist ensemble of Baden-Baden . It emerged from the Badisches Kammerorchester in 1973 and was founded by Manfred Reichert (1942–2018). The ensemble has performed regularly at contemporary music festivals such as the Dresden Days of Contemporary Music . Since 1997 the ZKM Karlsruhe has been the place of activity of the ensemble. After Reichert's departure in 2007, the group disbanded.

Awards

• 1999 Schneider Schott Music Prize in Mainz

Discography (selection)

• 1992: Wolfgang Rihm : No Firmament (1988) for 14 players ( CPO )
• 1993: John Cage : Thirteen (For 13 instruments) (CPO)
• 1996: Detlev Müller-Siemens : Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ( WERGO )
• 1996: Nicolaus Richter de Vroe : Variations on a Lander by Schubert (WERGO)

Web links

• Ensemble 13 at Discogs (English)

literature

• Manfred Reichert: Foreign place, home. Manfred Reichert and the Ensemble 13. A search for traces . Simon Verlag für Bibliothekswissen, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-945610-41-1 (268 pages).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Joachim Draheim: Karlsruhe Music History. Info-Verlag, Karlsruhe 2004, ISBN 3-88190-357-7 .
2. ↑ Manfred Reichert. In: ZKM . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ines Stricker: One less expected unreasonable: unfortunately. To the last festival program of Manfred Reichert and his Ensemble 13 in Karlsruhe. In: Neue Musikzeitung . December 2007 .