Early years

The orchestra was formed in 2003 by seven musicians. It is based in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

. They played their first public performance at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

The Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik is a music festival for contemporary chamber music, jointly organised by the town Witten in the Ruhr Area and the broadcasting station Westdeutscher Rundfunk...

 music festival.

Current composition

The current line up of Ascolta, according to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is held in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It has a repertoire of cutting-edge jazz, orchestral, choral and electroacoustic performances, along with film, dance and music theatre...

 2008 Programme, where they performed some works of Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

under the title 'Ascolta / Zappa' on 29 November 2008, is:

Erik Borgir announcements / cello / electric cello

Andrew Digby trombone / euphonium

Boris Müller percussion

Markus Schwind trumpet

Martin Homann percussion

Hubert Steiner guitars / electric bass

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