Ekmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde. They have a special focus on microtonal works, and have been praised for their “extraordinary sense of pitch” by the New York Times. They are the recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation’s 2023 Ensemble Prize, the first American group to receive the honor.
Description
Saturday, September 27th, at 7:30PM at The DiMenna Center’s Cary Hall, Ekmeles performs Another World, a program focused around the world premiere of a new NYSCA commission by Georg Friedrich Haas.
Ekmeles has a special focus on exploring the limits of the possible in pitch. This ongoing project has found a perfect partner in Georg Friedrich Haas. His work has explored many aspects of tuning, always to expressive ends. His new work for Ekmeles …wie aus einer anderen Welt… or “like from another world” is no exception. The familiar and resonant overtone sonorities from his earlier work are complemented here by a litany of new experimental approaches, all embarked on with the particular skills and voices of Ekmeles in mind.
The program will also feature a work performed in memory of Peter Ablinger, a titan whose work expanded the notion of what music can be. His evocative Studien nach der Natur, or Nature Studies, has been in Ekmeles’s repertoire since 2011. In a series of tightly constructed canons, the work elevates environmental sounds to the level of concert music.
Date & Time
Sat, Sep 27, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Details
The DiMenna Center
450 West 37th StreetNew York, New York 10018
