Profile
Asko|Schönberg is a trend-setting ensemble for new music in the Netherlands. Its principal cornerstones are quality, experimentation and an innovative programming with concern for current affairs. With its broad network of musicians, conductors, composers, versatile young makers and partners from various art disciplines, Asko|Schönberg plays an important part in ‘today’s making’. Together with innovative and energetic partners, the ensemble serves as an accessible platform that furthers the ongoing development of contemporary music composition in all its different forms. From its home base in Amsterdam, the ensemble operates throughout the world. Both the world-class oeuvre of the great 20th century composers and the very latest 21st century work are performed on concert stages, festivals and in interdisciplinary productions. Asko|Schönberg makes interdisciplinary theatre under the name NITE, a collaboration with Noord Nederlands Toneel, Slagwerk Den Haag and Club Guy & Roni. Asko|Schönberg is ensemble in residence at Muziekgebouw and has regularly featured at the Holland Festival since 1974.
Mayor work
Jaartallen o.a. werk van Andriessen, Messiaen, Ligeti, Kurtág, Oestvolskaja, Vivier, Van der Aa, Zuidam, Van de Putte, Padding, Kagel, Schönberg, Webern, Stockhausen, Goebaidoelina, Hirs, Reinbert de Leeuw
Awards
Jaartal Edison voor verschillende uitvoeringen/ opnames.Onder andere van Mauricio Kagel, Louis Andriessen, Martjjn Padding, György Ligeti.
Jaartal Edison voor de Schönberg Ensemble Edition, een 25-delige cd-/dvd-box met als ondertitel A century of music in perspective.
jaartal Edison als de prestigieuze Duitse prijs Echo Klassik voor de CD Im wunderschönen Monat Mai van Reinbert de Leeuw met Barbara Sukowa .
Jaartal Edison Klassiek voor het album Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir van György Kurtág werd genomineerd voor Grammy Award en bekroond met de Edison Klassiek.
Previously in Holland Festival
2016 Theatre of the World, Louis Andriessen
2019 Triptych, Bryce Dessner