Ensemble Modern

Ensemble Modern is a contemporary music ensemble formed in Germany in 1980 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, and based in Frankfurt am Main since 1985. The group is self-governing: it has no artistic director or chief conductor, and its soloists decide projects and finances together. It works closely with living composers and gives many premieres each year. The ensemble gave its first concert on 30 October 1980 in a Deutschlandfunk studio in Cologne. Since 1987 it has been organised as a civil-law partnership of its musicians.