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TIME:SPANS 2026

  • The DiMenna Center for Classical Music 450 W 37th St New York, NY 10018 United States (map)

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The TIME:SPANS festival is dedicated primarily to the presentation of twenty-first century music and produced and presented by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust. The International Contemporary Ensemble is excited to perform at this renowned festival, presenting works by Njabulo Phungula, Imsu Choi, Farzia Fallah, and Márton Illés.


Njabulo Phungula, ochre song (2024)
Imsu Choi, Pop (2023)
Farzia Fallah, I did not paint the war. I lived the war. - une Aubade (2025)
Márton Illés: Forajzok (2021)

PERFORMERS

International Contemporary Ensemble

Rebekah Heller, conductor
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
Jasmine Daquin, oboe
Emmalie Tello, clarinet
Alexander Davis, bassoon
Erin Rogers, baritone & soprano saxophone
Nicolee Kuester, horn
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Michael Lormand, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
Modney, violin
Leah Asher, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
Irène Han, cello
Randall Zigler, bass
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Ross Karre, percussion
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano


INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Described as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), International Contemporary Ensemble is dedicated to supporting living composers through commissioning, developing, and premiering new works. Now in its third decade, the Ensemble has premiered over 1,000 works and plays a pivotal role in launching and shaping the careers of today’s most influential composers. Through its bold programming and innovative curation, the Ensemble continues to redefine the possibilities of contemporary music.

The Ensemble has brought its vision of a mosaic musical ecosystem to festivals and venues all over the world including Carnegie Hall, Maerzmusik/Berliner Festspiele, Warsaw Autumn, Miller Theatre Composer Portraits, Museum of Modern Art New York, Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, HEAR NOW Los Angeles, Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, NYU Skirball, Pioneer Works, Oberlin College, House of World Cultures, Ojai Music Festival, Peabody Conservatory, TIME:SPANS Festival, Big Ears Festival, Adelaide Festival, the Dutch National Opera, Cité de la Musique (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Japan Society.

CREDITS

The International Contemporary Ensemble’s performances and commissioning activities during the 2025-26 concert season are made possible by the generous support of our board of directors, many individuals, as well as the Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Arlene and Larry Dunn Fund for Afrodiasporic Music, Amphion Foundation, The Cheswatyr Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Siemens Musikstiftung, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council for the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and New York State Legislature. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for the International Contemporary Ensemble.