Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

Russian Modern Classical Ensemble

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME) or Московский ансамбль современной музыки (МАСМ) was founded in 1990 by Yuri Kasparov under the patronage of composer Edison Denisov. The ensemble focuses on promoting contemporary classical music of the XX and XXI centuries. MCME had premiered over 800 compositions, and they are widely known for their recitals of Russian composers of the 1920-30s and 1960s, including Nikolai Roslavetz, Alexander Mossolov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke. They also performed works by Edgard Varèse, Iannis Xenakis, Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Rihm, Louis Andriessen, Theo Loevendie, Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio and other notable contemporary composers. Moscow Ensemble regularly performs across Russia and all over the world in Armenia, Austria, Belorussia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and USA. The orchestra participated in various festivals and events, such as Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Diaghilev Fest, FrankfurtFest, Maerzmusik, Gaudeamus Music Week, The Night of the Unexpected, Warsaw Autumn, Klangspuren, etc. Conductors Fedor Lednev Teodor Currentzis Philipp Chizhevsky Alexei Vinogradov Guest conductors Enno Poppe (DE) Beat Furrer (SZ/AU) Jean Deroyer (FR) Olivier Cuendet (SZ) Jean Thorel (FR) Line-up Mikhail Dubov, piano Vladislav Pessin, violin Elizaveta Koshkina, violin Yekaterina Nazarova, violin Evgeny Subbotin, violin Dmitri German, violin Gleb Khohlov, violin Ilya Rubinshtein, violoncello Emil Salaridze, viola Igor Solokhin, double-bass Leonid Voznesensky, horn Ilia Feropontov, trumpet Andrian Printsev, trombone Petr Shagov, tuba Denis Osver, oboe Stanislav Katenin, bassoon Oleg Tantsov, clarinet Ivan Bushuev, flute Nicolai Gorshkov, double bass Dmitri Vlassik, percussion Alexander Suvorov, percussion Andrey Vinnitskiy, percussion Sergei Tchirkov, accordion Christina Rozhkova, harp