Klangforum Wien

Basics

Artistic director:	Sven Hartberger
Conductor:	Since 1997 Sylvain Cambreling has been the first guest-conductor of Klangforum Wien
Size:	24 members with flexibility
Instruments:	2fl, 1ob, 2cl, 1fg, 1sax, 1hr, 1tr, 1pos, 3vl, 2vla, 2vlc, 1cb, 2pf, 2perc, 1acc, 1hf.
Specific equipment:	Can be arranged
Country	Austria
Partner	Music Information Centre Austria

Statistics

	2006	2005	2004
Performances	70	80	70
Pieces	220	200	230
National Pieces	80	80	80
International Pieces	150	150	150
First performances	80	80	80
Commisions	80	80	80
Audience	0	0	0

Repertoire

Main national repertoire
Peter Ablinger Friedrich Cerha Beat Furrer Georg Friedrich Haas Clemens Gadenstätter Bernhard Gander Bernhard Lang Klaus Lang Wolfgang Mitterer Olga Neuwirth

International repertoire
Georges Aperghis Luciano Berio Pierluigi Billone Brian Ferneyhough Gérard Grisey Helmut Lachenmann Brice Pauset Salvatore Sciarrino Iannis Xenakis Hans Zender

Potential use of the Re:new repertoire
to be completed

Submitted pieces
to be completed

Address book

Adress	Klangforum Wien Diehlgasse 51 A - 1050 Wien Austria Tel +43 (1) 521 67 - 0 Fax +43 (1) 521 67 - 30 E-Mail: info@klangforum.at
website	www.klangforum.at/

Information

Klangforum Wien was founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer
as an ensemble of soloists for contemporary music. The 24 member
ensemble was founded around a central philsophy of democracy. Where
co-operation between performers, conductors and composers is both
encouraged and nurtured and replaces the more traditional, hierarchical
structure found in everyday musical practice.

This approach to the music, combined with an understanding of
the varying aesthetical facets of contemporary works, allows the
Klangforum to produce authentic performances of contemporary
compositions.

Performances by the Klangforum Wien offer great stylistic
variety, from the important works of the classical modern, especially
of the Second Vienna School, to the works of up and coming young
composers, experimental jazz and free improvisation. Further variety is
provided by a number of regular composer’s workshops.

Concerts are held worldwide with more than eighty performances
each season. Venues range from all over Europe, to the USA and Japan
and include a series of programmatically ambitious concerts held at the
Wiener Konzerthaus. In addition, Klangforum Wien participates in
numerous music theatre, film and TV productions. CDs have also been
released on labels such as accord, cpo, durian, Grammont, Musikszene
Schweiz, pan classics, Wergo and Kairos.

Sylvain Cambreling has held the position of First Guest Conductor of Klangforum Wien since 1997.

Activity

Participation

Participation in several international and national festivals, such as
Ars Musica Brussels, La Biennale di Venezia, Donaueschingen Festival, Intern. Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Festival Agora, Holland Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Münchner Biennale, Musica de Hoy, Ruhrtriennale, Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Salzburger Festpiele, Steirischer Herbst, Wiener Festwochen, Wien Modern, et al.

Participation abroad
Amsterdam, Basel, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Hamburg, Cologne, London, Madrid, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Stockholm Tokyo, Venice, Warsaw

Discography
More than 50 Cds (cf. http://www.klangforum.at

Concert relations
No formal connections

Media relations
No formal connections

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