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This Fall, the International Contemporary Ensemble will present two concerts in celebration of George Lewis and his legacy at Wien Modern, Vienna’s highly influential festival of new music. These programs are presented in collaboration with the Webern Ensemble Neue Musik of the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (MDW). As part of ICE’s Composing While Black series, the first program features works by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Anthony Braxton and others, while the second includes large-scale works by Lewis, Chaya Czernowin and Hannah Kendall.
PROGRAM
Nyokabi Kariuki: The Colour of Home (2021)
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson: Rotations III (2017)
George Lewis: Melodies for Miles (2022)
Andile Khumalo: Schaufe[r]nster II (2024)
Njabulo Phungula: Playground Postcard (2020)
Anthony Braxton: Ghost Trance Music (1995–2006, Auswahl)
PERFORMERS
International Contemporary Ensemble
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE
Described as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is dedicated to supporting living composers through commissioning, developing, and premiering new works. Now in its third decade, ICE 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, ICE continues to redefine the possibilities of contemporary music.
ICE 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, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Arlene and Larry Dunn Fund for Afrodiasporic Music, Fromm Music Foundation, 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.