Ensemble ULYSSES

The ULYSSES Ensemble, created by the ULYSSES Network, an ephemeral chamber ensemble, will tour the three major European summer contemporary music events. Fifteen young European artists ages 18 to 30 have been selected especially for the occasion. Like the orchestras in other large summer academies and festivals, this ensemble will have the opportunity to work with leading conductors and performers. Workshops and master classes follow one after the other at IRCAM’s ManiFeste festival (to work on key pieces of the repertoire with electronics under the baton of Beat Furrer), at the Aldeburgh Festival, and at the Fondation Royaumont.

Musicians: flute, Jaume Dabra Fa (Spain) ; oboe, Claire Colombo (France/Italy) ; clarinets, Ettore Biagi (Italia) and Juan Gabriel Olivares (Canada) ; bassoon, Olivia Palmer-Baker (United Kinkdom) ; cor, Mari Tirkkonen (Finland) ; trumpet, David Schmidt (Australia) ; trombone, Joseph Mumm (United States) ; percussions, Tom Goemare (France) and Jonathan Jakshøj (Denmark) ; piano, Andrew Zhou (United States) ; violins, Anna Jalving (Denmark) and Ernst Spyckerelle (Belgium) ; viola, Julie Michael (United States) ; cello, Andrew Power (United Kingdom) ; double bass, Jonathan Heilbron (Australia).