Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, is one of the world's premier
chamber orchestra
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numbe ...
s specializing in
contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...
. It was founded in 1989 by
Lorraine Vaillancourt
Lorraine Vaillancourt, (born September 23, 1947) is a Canadian pianist and conductor living in Quebec.
She was born in Arvida, Quebec and studied with Hélène Landry at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec and with Pierre Dervau ...
, who serves as the ensemble's conductor.
The orchestra comprises 15 musicians:
string quintet
A string quintet is a musical composition for five string players. As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet" ...
,
wind quintet
A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon).
Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the in ...
, a second clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion.
The Nouvel Ensemble Moderne has released 14 CDs of 20th and 21st century music.
References
External links
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne official websiteFacebook PageTwitter
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Contemporary classical music ensembles
Chamber orchestras
Musical groups established in 1989
Musical groups from Montreal
Canadian orchestras
1989 establishments in Quebec