The NEC was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1994 and currently has 20 members, all of them curious, passionate and awarded with the highest musical distinctions.
The aim of the NEC is to popularise and to increase the appreciation of music by composers of the 20th and 21st century, mainly by premiering new works (almost 80 premieres to date).
A further interest is to build bridges between various forms of artistic expression (music and literature, theatre, photography, cinema and dance).
The chief conductor Pierre-Alain Monot regularly shares his baton with other renowned conductors, and many exceptional soloists have adorned concerts with their distinguished presence.
Roland Moser:
Wortabend Sopran, Bariton, Fl (Alt-Fl), Ob (Engl-Hn), Klar (B-Klar), Fag, Alt-Sax, Hn, Trp, Pos, Klav, Schlgz, V, Vc, Kb
Grammont Sélection 7 (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 142, 2014)
Interpreters:
Wyttenbach, JürgKarlen, IngridKeller, SimoneNouvel Ensemble Contemporain NECEnsemble Phoenix BaselCamerata variabileWorks:
Zimmerlin, Alfred:
tiw - saw (1913)
Haubensak, Edu:
Pur (2004-2005)
Kelterborn, Rudolf:
Sinfonie 5 in einem Satz "La Notte" (2011-2012)
Moser, Roland:
Pierrot Soldat (2012)
Giger, Jannik:
Contaminare (2013)
Wirth, Stefan:
This glacial shore (2013)
Rosenberger, Katharina:
Erzählung (2013)
Ammann, Dieter:
unbalanced instability (2013)
Furrer, Beat:
strane costellazioni (2013)
Moreau, Benoît:
Encre et Trompette (2013)
Schuler, Denis:
Ek Balam (2013)
Charrière, Caroline:
Envol (2013)
Grammont Sélection 3 - Créations de l'année 2009 en Suisse (Grammont MGB Nr. CTS-M 125, 2010)
Interpreters:
Aequatuorensemble für neue musik zürichNouvel Ensemble Contemporain NECWorks:
Zea, Daniel:
Cambuche (2005)
Bolens, Nicolas:
Quatuor à cordes n°2 "Tempus Fugit" (2006)
Schneider, Urs Peter:
Dies III (2008)
Corrales, Arturo:
re (2008)
Mettraux, Laurent:
Stèles, M. 670 (2009)
Hoch, Francesco:
Trio "Ischia" (2009)
Mariétan, Pierre:
Fragments scéniques, Part I (2009)
Furrer-Münch, Franz:
Entfalten - verweilen (2009)
Pelzel, Michael:
Piano Operation (2009)
Moreau, Benoît:
Continuums (2009)
Thirvaudey, Ludovic:
Capriccio II (2009)
Grammont Sélection 2 (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 120, 2009)
Interpreters:
Gubler, RicoNäf, FritzHenneberger, JürgHaag, IvoSoós, AdrienneMonot, Pierre-AlainZiegler, MatthiasFurrer, BeatQuatuor Sine NomineBasler MadrigalistenEnsemble ContrechampsKlavierduo Adrienne Soós und Ivo HaagCollegium Novum ZürichNouvel Ensemble Contemporain NECEnsemble Phoenix BaselWorks:
Wirth, Stefan:
Yhôll/Gennff (2005-2008)
Blank, William:
Traces (2006)
Furrer, Beat:
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester (2007)
Kelterborn, Rudolf:
Kammersinfonie 3 (2007)
Scartazzini, Andrea Lorenzo:
Siegel (2007)
Schmucki, Annette:
hagel und haut (2007-2008)
Roth, Michel:
Pessoa (2008)
Knüsel, Alfred:
inmitten der Fülle das Verschwinden als verbindendes Element (2008)
Frank, Patrick N.:
Responsorium I-X (2008)
Grammont Sélection 1 - Uraufführungen 2007 (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 115, 2008)
Interpreters:
Kissóczy, MarcSpina, AnnaMonot, Pierre-AlainDarbellay, Olivier
Ensemble ContrechampsSwiss Chamber SoloistsNouvel Ensemble Contemporain NECCamerata ZürichWorks:
Gasser, Ulrich:
Zeit/Züge II (2004)
Käser, Mischa:
Drei Sätze für Streichquartett (2005-2006)
Skrzypczak, Bettina:
Initial (2005)
Jaggi, Martin:
Trieb (2006-2007)
Dayer, Xavier:
"…d'un amour lancé" (I) (2007)
Gubler, Rico:
RIT (2007)
Zimmerlin, Alfred:
Cuellis par la mémoire des voûtes (2007)
Gaudibert, Eric:
A... in Wonderland (2007)
Blank, William:
Dans l'instant (2007)
Huber, Klaus:
Vida y muerte non son mundos contrarios (2007)
With more works of: Martin Jaggi
Festival L'art pour l'Aar. Die Konzerte. 2006 / 2007 (Müller und Schade Nr. 5050/2, 2007)
Interpreters:
Frischknecht, Hans EugenMonot, Pierre-AlainNouvel Ensemble Contemporain NECWorks:
Furer, Arthur:
Sechs geistliche Lieder (1963-1964)
Henking, Christian:
Ich bin so müde von Seufzen (2001)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen:
4 Stücke (2001)
Schweizer, Alfred:
Gitarrenmusik 5 (2002)
Frauchiger, Katrin:
Lontano (2003-2004)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc:
Postojna (2004)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen:
4 Bilder (2005)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc:
Alize (2006)
Gut, Ursula:
ricercare (2006)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc:
Tschara (2007)
Schweizer, Alfred:
Orchesterstück Nr. 5 "Greina" (2007)
With more works of: Hans Studer, Pierre-André Bovey, Gerhard Holzer, Olivia Schweingruber, Raphael Gogniat, Alain Corbellari, Daniel Andres, Christian Giger, Daniel Glaus, Willy Merz
Caldara, Alexandre: De la lune à l'Orient. Le Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain a fêté en dépaysant, in:
Dissonanz (Juni 2010) 110 (2010), S. 81-82 [
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