Ensemble Contrechamps

[b]Ensemble Contrechamps[/b] is a Swiss new music group, established in 1977 and based at [l=Studio Ernest Ansermet, RSR] in Geneva. Contrechamps has premiered works by [a=George Benjamin], [a=Unsuk Chin], [a=Hugues Dufourt], [a=Beat Furrer], [a=Stefano Gervasoni], [a=Heinz Holliger], [a=Michael Jarrell], [a=György Kurtág], [a=Martin Matalon], [a=Tristan Murail], [a=Isabel Mundry], [a=Rebecca Saunders], [a=Pierre Boulez], [a=Brian Ferneyhough], [a=Jonathan Harvey], [a=Klaus Huber], [a=Helmut Lachenmann], [a=Matthias Pintscher], [a=Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf], [a=Stefan Wirth] and other contemporary composers. Many prominent conductors performed with the Ensemble, such as [a=Peter Eötvös], [a=Stefan Asbury], [a=Pascal Rophé], [a=Jurjen Hempel], [a=Peter Hirsch], [a=Jean Deroyer], [a=Clement Power], [a=François-Xavier Roth], [a=Peter Rundel] and [a=Pierre-Laurent Aimard]. Notable international soloists who appeared with Contrechamps throughout the years include [a=Teodoro Anzellotti], [a=Luisa Castellani], [a=Hedwig Fassbender], [a=Isabelle Faust], [a=Rosemary Hardy], [a=Nicolas Hodges], [a=Salome Kammer], [a=Christoph Prégardien], [a=Yeree Suh] and [a=Kai Wessel]. [b]Artistic Director[/b] [a=Brice Pauset] – since 2013 [b]Music Director[/b] [a=Michael Wendeberg] – since 2011 [b]Ensemble Contrechamps Members[/b] [a=Laurent Bruttin] – clarinet [a=Gérard Métrailler] – trumpet [a=Olivier Darbellay], Charles Pierron – horn [a=Alberto Guerra] – bassoon [a=Pierre-Stéphane Meugé] – saxophone Sébastian Jacot – flute Jean-Marc Daviet – trombone Serge Bonvalot – tuba [a=Antoine Françoise], [a=Stefan Wirth] – piano [a=Sébastien Cordier], Thierry Debons – percussion [a=Simon Aeschimann] – guitar [a=Maximilian Haft], [a=Sabine Ahrendt] – violin [a=Hans Egidi], Tomoko Akasaka – alto [a=Olivier Marron] – cello [a=Noëlle Reymond], [a=Jonathan Haskell] – double bass Anne Bassand – harp