KLANGFORUM

Klangforum Wien

EVA FURRER

MARKUS DEUTER

BERNHARD ZACHHUBER

DONNA WAGNER MOLINARI

ZARGO PERISIC

CHRISTOPH WALDER

SASA DRAGOVIC

FRANZ GEROLDINGER

WILFRIED BRANDSTÖTTER

ADAM WEISMAN

BJÖRN WILKER

GENNY REITANO

FLORIAN MÜLLER

MARINO FORMENTI

GUNDE JÄCH-MICKO

ANNETTE BIK

ANDREW JEZEK

BENEDIKT LEITNER

ULI FUSSENEGGER

Klangforum Wien was founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer as an ensemble of soloists for contemporary music. The twenty four member ensemble was founded around a central philosophy of democracy where co-operation between performers, conductors and composers is both encouraged and nurtured and replaces the more traditional, hierarchical structure found in everyday musical practice.

This approach to the music, combined with an understanding of the varying aesthetical facets of contemporary works, allows the Klangforum to produce authentic performances of contemporary compositions.

Performances by the Klangforum Wien offer great stylistic variety, from the important works of the classical modern, especially of the Second Vienna School, to the works of up and coming young composers, experimental jazz and free improvisation. Further variety is provided by a number of regular composer’s workshops.

Concerts are held worldwide with more than eighty performances each season. Venues range from all over Europe, to the USA and Japan and include a series of programmatically ambitious concerts held at the Wiener Konzerthaus. In addition, Klangforum Wien participates in numerous music theatre, film and TV productions. CDs have also been released on labels such as accord, cpo, durian, Grammont, Musikszene Schweiz, pan classics, Wergo and Kairos.

Sylvain Cambreling has held the position of First Guest Conductor of Klangforum Wien since 1997.