SWARM MUSIC

The IEMA-Ensemble 2025/26 embarks on their ULYSSES Journeys by inviting an ensemble dedicated to early and new music using only historical Instruments: Continuum XXI. Linking both worlds, the two ensembles perform together in February 2026 at the festival cresc… Biennial for Current Music Frankfurt Rhine Main. 

The programme opens with Georg Friedrich Haas’ tria ex uno, a classic of modernism which quotes Josquin Desprez and thus the world of the Renaissance. The work collapse by Alberto Arroyo is a metaphor for the breakdown indicated by its title: poetic, sensuous surfaces develop further and further, until they collapse in a staggering sonic heap. Inspired by current political events, social conflicts and ecological catastrophes, Eloain Lovis Hübner’s crunch modes deals with the dystopian sensitivities of our time. Here, electronic means create unforeseeable moments within a composed structure. 

The two world premieres by this year’s IEMA composer Haotian Yu and the Spanish composer Diego Ramos Rodríguez explore this year’s Festival theme, SCHWÄRMEN. Ramos Rodríguez‘ composition is also written for both ensembles, allowing the two soundscapes with their different tunings to merge.

 Programme

Georg Friedrich Haas: tria ex uno (2001)

Alberto Arroyo: collapse (2025)

Eloain Lovis Hübner: crunch modes 1.0 (2023)

Eloain Lovis Hübner: crunch modes 2.0 (2023)

Haotian Yu: orchid pavilion (telemusic) (2025), world premiere

Diego Ramos Rodríguez: PART (2026), world premiere

Venue: Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt

IEMA Ensemble 2025-26:

Ingvild Ness, flute

Luciano Maria Moricca, oboe

Neus Molero Beneito, clarinet

Johanna Mayr, bassoon

Li-Ting Tai, piano

Yue Zou, piano

Keith Ng, percussion

Suzune Masumoto, violin

Paul Rodriguez Flys, violin

Ynyr Pritchard, viola

Mari Nagahara, cello

Federico Ambruosi, sound design

Mariaconstanza D'Agostino, conductor

Delia Ramos Rodriguez, conductor

Haoatian Yu, composer

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