Uusinta Ensemble is a Finnish chamber ensemble, focusing on

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. Until 2013, the ensemble was known as "Uusinta Chamber Ensemble", or "Uusinta-kamariyhtye" in Finnish. Uusinta Ensemble was started in 1998 by the composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä, and in the early years most of its members were composers, such as Max Savikangas, Riikka Talvitie, Kimmo Leppälä and Lauri Toivio. The ensemble has premiered a vast number of Finnish and Nordic composers' music. In recent years, Uusinta's repertoire has widened internationally, much as a result of the ensemble's co-operation with various organizations and festivals. Apart from its native Finland, Uusinta has performed in France, Spain,

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, Germany,

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and the United States. Uusinta has premiered over one hundred works by composers of various nationalities. Uusinta’s American debut in New York in April 2014 received very good reviews. Uusinta Ensemble released its first album, ''at the edge of time'', in 2004. The ensemble’s current members belong to the most prominent Finnish musicians born in the 1970s and the 1980s. Inside the ensemble, there is an established string quartet, Uusinta String Quartet, which comprises the violinists

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and Teija Kivinen, the

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Max Savikangas, and the

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Markus Hohti. The artistic director of the Uusinta Ensemble is the composer Perttu Haapanen. Uusinta Ensemble has co-performed with among others the Helsinki Chamber Choir, the French

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, the German ensemble adapter and the Spanish Ensemble Espai Sonor. During the season 2009–2010, Uusinta Ensemble was part of the EU funded re:new project,re:new -projekti Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskuksen sivuilla which promoted European contemporary music in 11 countries. In 2009, Uusinta Ensemble celebrated its tenth season. The contemporary music concert series Klang, which started in Helsinki in 2011, was launched by the initiative of the Uusinta Ensemble members. Besides the ensemble, Uusinta also started the publishing house Uusinta Publishing Company Ltd. in 2000, but the two now work separately.

Discography

* ''Extraterrestrial'' (2003), 2CD * ''at the edge of time'' (2004) * '' Rock Painting'' (2006) * '' Being Beauteous'' (2011) * '' Suså 3'' (2011) * '' Hyperorganism'' (2016) * '' Beat Furrer Works for Choir and Ensemble'' (2016)

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