Group
Ensemble intercontemporain
- From
- Paris, France
- Since
- 1976–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 70
- classical
- contemporary classical
- orchestral
About
The Ensemble intercontemporain (EIC) is a French music ensemble, based in Paris, that is dedicated to contemporary music. Pierre Boulez founded the EIC in 1976 for this purpose.
Members
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Jean-Paul Céléa double bass
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Jérôme Naulais trombone
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Didier Pateau oboe
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Jens McManama horn
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László Hadady oboe
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André Trouttet clarinet
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Hidéki Nagano piano
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Diego Tosi violin
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Sébastien Vichard piano
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Victor Hanna percussion
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Martin Adámek clarinet
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Valeria Kafelnikov harp
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Aurélien Gignoux percussion
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Lucas Ounissi trombone
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Daniel Arrignon oboe
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Odile Auboin viola
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Vincent Bauer percussion
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Alain Billard clarinet
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Florent Boffard piano
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André Cazalet French horn
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Michel Cerutti percussion
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Sophie Cherrier flute
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Jérôme Comte clarinet
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Jeanne-Marie Conquer violin
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Eric-Maria Couturier cello
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Alain Damiens clarinet
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Géraldine Dutroncy piano
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Samuel Favre percussion
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Pascal Gallois bassoon
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Jean-Jacques Gaudon trumpet
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Jacques Ghestem violin
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Philippe Grauvogel oboe
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Hae-Sun Kang violin
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Charles-André Linale violin
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Magali Mosnier flute
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Jean‐Guihen Queyras cello
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Grégoire Simon violin, viola
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Benny Sluchin trombone
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Frédéric Stochl double bass
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Pierre Strauch cello
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Nathalie Vandebeulque viola
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Marie-Claire Jamet harp, principal
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Daniel Bourgue French horn
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Philippe Muller cello
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Pierre‐Laurent Aimard piano
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Gérard Buquet tuba
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Alain Planès piano
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Maryvonne Le Dizès violin
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Daniel Ciampolini percussion
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Jacques Deleplancque French horn
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Antoine Curé trumpet
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Gérard Caussé viola
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Christophe Desjardins viola
Discography
Albums
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Kammermusik
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Chamber Concerto - Ramifications - Aventures - Nouvelles aventures
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Rituel / Eclat/Multiples
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Shéhérazade / Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé / Chansons madécasses / Don Quichotte à Dulcinée / Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
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Ecuatorial / Déserts / Intégrales / Hyperprism / Octandre / Offrandes / Density 21.5
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Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 / Suite, op. 29
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Hommage à Olivier Messiaen
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Chinese Opera / Intervalles/Interieurs
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Arcana / Amériques / Ionisation / Offrandes / Density 21,5 / Octandre / Intégrales
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Corale / Chemins II & IV / Ritorno degli snovidenia / Points on the Curve to Find
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Zeitlauf
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Esquisses / Musik der Frühe
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Songs
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Phlegra / Jalons / Keren / Nomos Alpha / Thalleïn
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Serenade / Five Pieces for Orchestra / Ode to Napoleon
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Suite, Op. 29 / Verklärte Nacht / 3 Pieces
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Boulez Conducts Ligeti: Concertos for Cello / Violin / Piano
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Ebony Concerto / Dumbarton Oaks
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Six miniatures en trompe-l'œil / Leçon de choses / Opcit / Pour l'image
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So schnell, zu früh / Devenir / Là, au-delà
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Canti di prigionia / Cinque frammenti di Saffo
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Boulez Conducts Boulez: ...Explosante-fixe... / Notations I–XII / Structures II
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Secret Theatre / Tragoedia / Five Distances / Three Settings of Celan
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Boulez Conducts Webern
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Carter: A Symphony of Three Orchestras / Varèse: Deserts; Ecuatorial; Hyperprism
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La Partition du ciel et de l'enfer / Jupiter
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Pierrot lunaire / Herzgewächse / Ode to Napoleon
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Répons / Dialogue de l’ombre double
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One Evening... / Advaya / Death of Light/Light of Death
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Sequenzas
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American Clarinet
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Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2
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Pli selon Pli
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Pulcinella / Le Chant du rossignol
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Le Marteau sans maître / Dérive 1 & 2
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Metallics / Eclipse / Entrelacs / Sul segno / Metal Extensions
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Schönberg
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Le Sette Chiese / Streets / Eclair de Lune
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Etymo / Da Capo / A Fuoco / Animus
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Mozart: "Gran Partita" / Berg: Kammerkonzert
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Cassandre
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Fragments pour un portrait / Partita I
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Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura / Nebmaat / Cripsis / Glossopoeia
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Fantaisie mécanique / Xi / Akrostichon-Wortspiel / Double Concerto
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Drones / Barbarismes / Dialog/No Dialog
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Vulcano / Art of Metal I, III
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Bartók / Ligeti
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Bereshit
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Dystemporal
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New York
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action music pieces
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Chamber Music : Harmonieuses Dissonances
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Nemeton
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Reich/Richter
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Quanta
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Ligeti
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Newborn
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Unsuk Chin
Live
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Sept haïkaï / Couleurs de la cité céleste / Un Vitrail et des oiseaux / Oiseaux exotiques
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Le Marteau sans maître / Notations pour piano / Structures pour deux pianos, livre II
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2009-09-14: Sacrum Profanum Festival, Laznia Nowa Theater, Cracow, Poland
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2009-06-09: Festival Agora, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
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2008-11-28: Salle des Concerts de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
Compilations
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Schoenberg
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Boulez Conducts Ravel, Roussel
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Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio
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Berg: Kammerkonzert / Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto / Dumbarton Oaks / 8 Miniatures
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Chamber Concerto / Ramifications / String Quartet No. 2 / Aventures / Lux aeterna
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Dufourt: Antiphysis / Ferneyhough: Funérailles / Harvey: Mortuos plango, vivos voco / Höller: Arcus
Links
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Concerts
Conductor position
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Also known as
EIC · Ensemble InterContemporain, Paris
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 567ff4c3-97ef-4eb3-9aae-9982c951b98d
- ISNI
- 0000000123641853
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