E-MEX Ensemble

E-MEX Ensemble, which specializes in contemporary music of a wide variety of shades and colors, was founded in 1999. E-MEX has set itself the goal of making the boundaries between genres, styles, and art forms as permeable as possible. This has been demonstrated by numerous concerts in museums whose programs refer to exhibitions or particular exhibits, and by frequent, close cooperation with very diverse personalities of the contemporary music scene as well as from the fields of jazz, sound, video, and performance art, dance, and acting.

Composers from Germany, France, Eastern Europe, the USA, China, and Korea have written works for E-MEX. E-MEX frequently relates recent works to music from other eras in order to create points of connection and access for the audience.

Many CD productions bear witness to the ensemble’s cooperation with broadcasters such as SWR, WDR, and Deutschlandfunk. Concert tours regularly take E-MEX to other European countries, South America, the USA, and Asian countries.

In 2023, the GENUIN album Sterne steigen dort ... featuring music by the rediscovered composer Maria Herz won the German Record Critics’ Award.

Christoph Maria Wagner, conductor/piano
Evelin Degen, flute
Joachim Striepens, clarinet
Lauren Whitehead, horn
Andreas Roth, trombone
Kalina Kolarova, violin
Alba González i Becerra, viola
Amaryllis Bartholomeus, viola
Burkart Zeller, violoncello
Elio Herrera, violoncello
Eberhard Maldfeld, Double Bass
Cécile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot
Ute Blaumer, Harp
Martin von der Heydt, Piano
Carsten Langer, Percussion
Michael Pattmann, Percussion
Yukari Yagi, Percussion
Theodoros Koskinas, Percussion

Picture: Martin Gendig

The artist's homepage:

https://e-mex.de