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    Ensemble Contrechamps
    Ensemble Contrechamps

    Ensemble Contrechamps is a Swiss new music group, established in 1977 and based at Studio Ernest Ansermet, RSR in Geneva.

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    Contrechamps has premiered works by George Benjamin, Unsuk Chin, Hugues Dufourt, Beat Furrer, Stefano Gervasoni, Heinz Holliger, Michael Jarrell, György Kurtág, Martin Matalon, Tristan Murail, Isabel Mundry, Rebecca Saunders, Pierre Boulez, Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Klaus Huber, Helmut Lachenmann, Matthias Pintscher, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Stefan Wirth and other contemporary composers.

    Many prominent conductors performed with the Ensemble, such as Peter Eötvös, Stefan Asbury, Pascal Rophé, Jurjen Hempel, Peter Hirsch, Jean Deroyer, Clement Power, François-Xavier Roth, Peter Rundel and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Notable international soloists who appeared with Contrechamps throughout the years include Teodoro Anzellotti, Luisa Castellani, Hedwig Fassbender, Isabelle Faust, Rosemary Hardy, Nicolas Hodges, Salome Kammer, Christoph Prégardien, Yeree Suh and Kai Wessel.

    Artistic Director
    Brice Pauset – since 2013

    Music Director
    Michael Wendeberg – since 2011

    Ensemble Contrechamps Members
    Laurent Bruttin – clarinet
    Gérard Métrailler – trumpet
    Olivier Darbellay, Charles Pierron – horn
    Alberto Guerra – bassoon
    Pierre-Stéphane Meugé – saxophone
    Sébastian Jacot – flute
    Jean-Marc Daviet – trombone
    Serge Bonvalot – tuba
    Antoine Françoise, Stefan Wirth – piano
    Sébastien Cordier, Thierry Debons – percussion
    Simon Aeschimann – guitar
    Maximilian Haft, Sabine Ahrendt – violin
    Hans Egidi, Tomoko Akasaka – alto
    Olivier Marron – cello
    Noëlle Reymond, Jonathan Haskell – double bass
    Anne Bassand – harp

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