Les Percussions de Strasbourg
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Les Percussions de Strasbourg is a contemporary music ensemble made up of six percussionists. Founded in 1962 the ensemble is still performing and commissioning music. The current lineup has played together for 15 years.
It has introduced over 250 works of contemporary classical music, including Iannis Xenakis
' Pléïades and Karlheinz Stockhausen's
Musik im Bauch
. Their official bio claims that the group founded "the tradition of repertoire for classical percussion ensemble".
It has introduced over 250 works of contemporary classical music, including Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
' Pléïades and Karlheinz Stockhausen's
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
Musik im Bauch
Musik im Bauch
Musik im Bauch is a piece of scenic music for six percussionists and music boxes composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1975, and is Number 41 in his catalog of works. The world premiere was presented on 28 March 1975 by the Royan Festival. The performance was given by Les Percussions de Strasbourg...
. Their official bio claims that the group founded "the tradition of repertoire for classical percussion ensemble".
Current
- Bernard Lesage
- Claude Ferrier
- François Papirer
- Jean-Paul Bernard
- Keiko Nakamura
- Olaf Tzschoppe
Former
- Bernard Balet
- Jean Batigne
- Jean-Pierre Bédoyan
- Guillaume Blaise
- Gabriel Bouchet
- Olivier Dejours
- Lucien Droller
- Jean-Paul Finkbeiner
- Stéphane Fougeroux
- Pierre Gasquet
- Georges van Gucht
- Christian Hamouy
- Jean-Louis Hennequin
- Norbert Jansen
- Détleff Kieffer
- Pierre MoerlenPierre MoerlenPierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield.-Biography:...
- Keiko Nakamura
- Claude Ricou
- Claire Talibart
- Vincent Vergnais