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The Ensemble Resonanz is a German string ensemble that combines the performance and promotion of Neue Musik with the interpretation of classical repertoire. It sees itself at the interface between chamber orchestra and soloist ensemble for Neue Musik.[citation needed] The ensemble is based in Hamburg, where it is an Ensemble in Residence of the Elbphilharmonie.
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The ensemble was founded in 1994 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. After stations in Frankfurt and in Diez an der Lahn, in 2002[1] the Hamburg became the home of the ensemble. There it established itself as the ensemble in residence of the Laeiszhalle – Musikhalle Hamburg with the concert series Resonanzen. Since January 2017,[2] the residency has continued in the chamber music hall of the Elbphilharmonie. In Hamburg's Schanzenviertel, Ensemble Resonanz has established the concert series urban string since 2011, which combines classical music and club culture.
Their awards include the Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany (2002) and the Rudolf Stilcken Prize for Cultural Communication.[citation needed] From 2002 to 2004, it was ensemble in residence of the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. From 2005 to 2008, it accompanied the construction of the Elbphilharmonie with the concert series "Kaispeicher entern!" in Hamburg-HafenCity.[citation needed]
From 2010 to 2013, the cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras was an Artist in Residence of the ensemble. Since September 2013, Tabea Zimmermann has followed him in this position.[citation needed] Other partners of the ensemble are not only composers, soloists and conductors, but also media artists, directors and performing and visual artists. These included among others Helmut Lachenmann, Beat Furrer, Rebecca Saunders, Fazıl Say, Matthias Goerne, Tabea Zimmermann, Emilio Pomàrico, Reinhard Goebel, Riccardo Minasi, Imre Kertész, Roger Willemsen, Falk Richter and the RIAS Kammerchor.
Since 2014, the ensemble has been cooperating with the free music radio station ByteFM – also based in the Bunker Hamburg – in the context of a monthly classical music programme.[3]
The ensemble made their debut at the UK Proms on 20 August 2024, with an all-Mozart programme, conducted by Riccardo Minasi, featuring the Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, played by Clara-Jumi Kang, violin and Timothy Ridout, viola.[4]
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