S.E.M. Ensemble

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S.E.M. Ensemble

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S.E.M. Ensemble was founded in 1970 when Petr Kotik organized a group of musicians of the fellows at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY/Buffalo. The first S.E.M. Ensemble concert was presented in April of that year in Buffalo at the Domus Theater in the former showroom of the Pierce-Arrow car manufacturer. The program included works by Cornelius Cardew, John Cage, Petr Kotik and Rudolf Komorous. Under the headline, “Ensemble Audience in Retreat,” the concert review’s opening sentence read, “An audience of 17, including wives and other relatives, remained out of an original 100 attendees, at the conclusion of the newly-formed S.E.M. Ensemble, setting some sort of local record…”

Since then, S.E.M. Ensemble has established itself as one of the distinguished ensembles for new music in the U.S., maintaining a continuous schedule of concerts in New York, touring annually in Europe and also performing in South America and Japan. New York Times has hailed SEM, “S.E.M. Ensemble represents the best of what is left of the experimental tradition.”

SEM continues to perform a yearly series of concerts at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York and at the Willow Place Auditorium, its own space in Brooklyn Heights. SEM also performs major concerts at high-profile venues such as Carnegie Hall (Stern and Zankel Halls), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Merkin Concert Hall.

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Femenine

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Musical Sculpture

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Mariee Mise a Nu Par Ses Celibataires, Meme. Erratum Musical

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Mariee Mise a Nu Par Ses Celibataires, Meme: Erratum Musical

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Erratum Musical (For Three Voices)

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2 releases · data from Discogs

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6 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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2006
1992
1987
1978

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July 25, 2006

The Stone

New York, New York, United States

  • 1. Ryoanji(John Cage cover)

  • 2. Piano 2(Julius Eastman cover)

  • 3. Composition 1960 #7(La Monte Young cover)


July 25, 2006

The Stone

New York, New York, United States

  • 1. leaving without/palimpsest(Reiko Füting cover)

  • 2. the night sweats and the day sweats(Sam Hillmer cover)

  • 3. Margaret or Olivier(Andy Guthrie cover)

  • 4. Why Patterns?(Morton Feldman cover)


October 29, 1992

Carnegie Hall

New York, New York, United States


February 19, 1987

Rote Fabrik

Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland


April 14, 1978

Kleine Aula Universiteit Antwerpen

Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

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S.E.M. Ensemble has released 2 albums between 1981 and 1993. Notable releases include Concert For Piano And Orchestra / Atlas Eclipticalis, Many Many Women. Explore their complete discography on this page.

S.E.M. Ensemble's most-played tracks include Femenine, Musical Sculpture, Mariee Mise a Nu Par Ses Celibataires, Meme. Erratum Musical, Mariee Mise a Nu Par Ses Celibataires, Meme: Erratum Musical, Erratum Musical (For Three Voices). Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

S.E.M. Ensemble was founded in 1970 when Petr Kotik organized a group of musicians of the fellows at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY/Buffalo. The first S.E.M. Ensemble concert was presented in April of that year in Buffalo at the... Read the full biography on this page.

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