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Ensemble Mediterrain

Ensemble Mediterrain is a chamber music formation founded in Berlin in 2002, and its artistic career already includes performances in concert halls and festivals of international standing - in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina or Brazil, among others.

From the Palau de la Música in Barcelona to the Teatro Oriente in Santiago de Chile, from the Berlin Konzerthaus to the Teatro Municipal in São Paulo, from the Salle Gaveau in Paris to Sarajevo's International Music Festival, Ensemble Mediterrain's interpretations are highly praised by audiences and press alike.

The ensemble's instrumentation is as flexible as its repertoire - it ranges from a trio to a chamber orchestra: all the musicians come from renowned German orchestras such as the Philharmonic Orchestras in Berlin, Munich or Dresden, the German Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Komische Oper, the Staatskapelle or German Opera in Berlin, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, the NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg and many others.

In addition to composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Messiaen, Schubert, Schönberg or Stravinsky, the Ensemble Mediterrain is also committed to modern music - this is reflected in its close and intensive collaboration with contemporary composers from various countries.

Since 2006, the ensemble's first CD has been on the market with four original works dedicated to the group by four young Portuguese composers. The production was released by the Austrian label CCR. On the Dreyer&Gaido label and in co-production with Deutschlandradio, a CD with Beethoven's Septet op. 20 and the world premiere of a version for chamber ensemble of the famous Suite Española op.47 by Isaac Albéniz were released in June 2009. Ensemble Mediterrain's recordings and concerts have been broadcast by Portuguese and Chilean Radio, the UER (European Broadcasting Union) and Deutschlandradio Kultur.