Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, also known as KNM Berlin, is a music ensemble for contemporary music based in Berlin

Berlin

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Germany

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The ensemble was founded in 1988 in then East Berlin by students of the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". The players collaborated with composers such as Mark Andre

Mark Andre

Mark Andre is a French composer living in Germany. The Guardian said of him, "though Manchester festival director Alex Poots's claim that Mark Andre is "one of Europe's leading composers" is far-fetched, there is no doubt that Andre's music remains virtually unknown in the UK...

, Georg Katzer

Georg Katzer

Georg Katzer is a German composer. He was one of the pioneers of electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic .-Biography:...

, Chris Newman

Chris Newman (artist)

Chris Newman is a contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist.- Life and work :Chris Newman is an experimental interdisciplinary artist using the medium of music, painting, video, drawing and literature. From 1976 to 1979 he studied music at King’s College London, taking a...

, Helmut Oehring

Helmut Oehring

Helmut Oehring is a German composer. He studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Akademie der Künste. He was guest of the Villa Massimo....

, Dieter Schnebel

Dieter Schnebel

Dieter Schnebel is a composer. From 1976 until his retirement in 1995, Schnebel served as professor of experimental music at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste.-Career:...

 and conductor Roland Kluttig

Roland Kluttig

Roland Kluttig is a German conductor.From 1986 to 1991 he studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden. He attended master classes with Sylvain Cambreling, Peter Eötvös and John Eliot Gardiner. From 1992 to 1999 he was conductor of the Kammerensemble Neue Musik...

. They are described as "a group which combines openness to the experimental music tradition with a high level of playing in the conventional mode." Musicians who have been involved with the ensemble include Barbara Buchholz

Barbara Buchholz

Barbara Buchholz is a Berlin-based german musician and composer. She is one of the leading Theremin-players of the world.- Life :...

, Philipp Maintz

Philipp Maintz

-Professional career:Maintz studied composition with Michael Reudenbach and Robert HP Platz, and electronic music with Karlheinz Essl. He studied further at the CRFMW of the University of Liège and the IRCAM . He received the Ernst von Siemens Composer' Prize in 2005...

, ‎Michael Mantler

Michael Mantler

Michael Mantler is a composer and trumpeter in new jazz and contemporary music.-Career: United States:Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria...

 and Graham Waterhouse

Graham Waterhouse

Graham Waterhouse is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Piccolo Quintet, Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra, and works for speaking voice and cello,...

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