Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
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Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), based in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
, is one of the world's premier chamber orchestras specializing in contemporary classical music
. It was founded in 1989 by Lorraine Vaillancourt, who serves as the ensemble's conductor and pianist.
The orchestra comprises 15 musicians: string quintet
, wind quintet
, a second clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion.
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne has released 14 CDs of 20th and 21st century music.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
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, Canada
Canada
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, is one of the world's premier chamber orchestras specializing in contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
. It was founded in 1989 by Lorraine Vaillancourt, who serves as the ensemble's conductor and pianist.
The orchestra comprises 15 musicians: string quintet
String quintet
A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...
, wind quintet
Wind quintet
A wind quintet, also sometimes known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players . The term also applies to a composition for such a group....
, a second clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion.
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne has released 14 CDs of 20th and 21st century music.