Founded in 1980 and situated in Frankfurt am Main since 1985, the Ensemble Modern (EM) is one of the world’s leading ensembles of Contemporary Music. Currently, the EM is comprised of 19 soloists from Argentina, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Poland, and Switzerland, all of whom provide the ensemble with its rich cultural background. n 2003, the German Federal Cultural Foundation nominated the Ensemble Modern as one of Germany’s »beacons« of contemporary culture. With this honor, the Ensemble Modern receives a funding package from the German Federal Cultural Foundation to support three important pillars of the Ensemble Modern – the Ensemble Modern Orchestra, the International Ensemble Modern Academy and eminent projects of Ensemble Modern.

