Ensemble Phorminx

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The Ensemble Phorminx was founded in 1988 by musicians and composers in Darmstadt . The starting point was the idea of ​​a direct and long-term cooperation between interpreters and composers.

Works of the new music are developed and performed by the ensemble almost without exception in close cooperation with the respective composer. Over 80 compositions have now been written and premiered for Phorminx. The ensemble also sees an important task in building a broad, constantly evolving repertoire. New ways of mediation, introducing young people to the often difficult subject of New Music is an important concern of the ensemble's musicians. For this, the ensemble was awarded the Darmstadt Music Prize in 2011 .

Invitations to various festivals

International summer courses in Darmstadt and Frankfurt festivals, concerts at home and abroad, cooperation with the Frankfurt Chamber Opera (contemporary music theater), radio productions ( Südwestrundfunk , Hessischer Rundfunk , Bayerischer Rundfunk , SFB ), and concert recordings document the artistic work of Phorminx. On the occasion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 250th birthday , the ensemble conceived a project in conjunction with the Siemens cultural program, with which it made its debut at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in August 1999 .

The musicians of the Ensemble Phorminx

Angelika Bender ( flute ), Thomas Löffler ( clarinet ), Carola Schlüter ( soprano ), Alwyn Tomas Westbrooke ( violin ), Wolfgang Lessing ( cello ), Markus Stange ( piano ), Bernd Mallasch ( drums ), Helmut Oesterreich ( guitar )

Composers who have composed for the ensemble

Hartmut Andres, Volker Blumenthaler , Jörg Birkenkötter , Konrad Boehmer , Giovanni Bonato, Achim Bornhöft , Dieter Buwen , Dietrich Boekle , Alois Bröder , Roberto Carnevale, André Cezanne, Sidney Corbett , Gerald Eckert , Hans Ulrich Engelmann , Johannes Fritsch , Stefan Hakenberg , Keiko Harada , Franz Jochen Herfert, Adriana Hölszky , Nicolaus A. Huber , Jan Kopp , Hubert Machnik, Dario Maggi, Cord Meijering , Olga Neuwirth , Karola Obermüller , Christoph Reimann, Rainer Pezolt , Michael Quell, Younghi Pagh-Paan , Valerio Sannicandro , Burkhard Söll, Andreas Sorg, Stefan Streich , Annette Schlünz , Benjamin Schweitzer, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler , Hans Thomalla , Toni Voelker, Jörg Widmann , and others. a.

CDs

  • “Ensemble Phorminx” (in collaboration with Südwestfunk ; with works by Volker Blumenthaler, Dieter Buwen , Gottfried Michael Koenig, Cord Meijering and Iannis Xenakis ). ambitus 97 955 (1995)
  • “Liberated from the ice” (compositions by Olga Neuwirth, Younghi Pagh Paan, Annette Schlünz, Nicolaus A. Huber, Jörg Widmann and Andreas Sorg). EMI (1999; awarded the German Record Critics' Prize )
  • “Ensemble Phorminx” (compositions by Hanns Eisler, Konrad Boehmer, Iannis Xenakis, Michael Finnissy, Richard Barrett and Willem Breuker). BVHAAST CD 0400 (2001)
  • “2x2-two composers and two ensembles” (works by Volker Blumenthaler and Cord Meijering). Corviello Classics, COV 60403 (2005)

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