Asko|Schönberg

Asko|Schönberg, the leading ensemble for new music from Amsterdam, performs music from the 20th and 21st century in instrumental formations ranging from 5 to 50 musicians. Besides performing music by great, established names such as Andriessen, Gubaidulina, Kurtág, Ligeti and Stockhausen, it also champions younger composers such as Van der Aa, Padding, Widmann and Zuidam. However the founders of 20th-century music are also amply represented: from Weill to Schönberg and from Stravinsky to Messiaen. This diverse music-making takes place in series in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and in the Concertgebouw both in Amsterdam, during guest appearances in the Holland Festival and De Nederlandse Opera, and in a variety of concert halls throughout the Netherlands and abroad. Asko|Schönberg regularly appears in festivals in Cologne, Kraków, Paris and elsewhere, often but not exclusively under the baton of Reinbert de Leeuw.