The ensemble Ars nova (founded 1963) is a French contemporary music instrumental chamber ensemble. It was founded by

Marius Constant Marius Constant (7 February 192515 May 2004) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Although known in the classical world primarily for his ballet scores, his most widely known music was the iconic guitar theme for ''The Twilight Zon ...

.François Madurell L'ensemble Ars Nova: Une contribution au pluralisme esthétique ...- 2003 "L'Ensemble Ars nova, fondé en 1963 par Marius Constant, se différencie des autres groupes de musique contemporaine par la singularité de ses aspirations esthétiques et la provocante indépendance de son chef." The current director is Philippe Nahon (conductor) (b. 1946). The ensemble works with composers such as Pascal Dusapin,

Bernard Cavanna Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

, Andy Emler,

Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis ( el, Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non- programmatic chamber music. He lives in Fr ...

, Claude Barthélemy,

Luc Ferrari Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer of Italian heritage and a pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alongsid ...

, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Alexandros Markeas and

Nguyen-Thien Dao Nguyễn Thiên Đạo (3 July 1940 – 20 November 2015) was a Vietnamese-French composer who worked in contemporary classical music. He was born in Hanoi, French Indochina, and came to France in 1953, where he studied composition with Olivier Mes ...

. The ensemble is supported by the

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication The Ministry of Culture (french: Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual ...

(DRAC Poitou-Charentes, DRAC Nord-Pas de Calais),

Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, D ...

Nord-Pas de Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-C ...

, the town of Poitiers and SACEM.

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{{Authority control Contemporary classical music ensembles Musical groups established in 1963