Ensemble Exposé was formed in 1984 by the composers Richard Barrett, Roger Redgate and Michael Finnissy and has become known for its commitment to presenting the most challenging of contemporary music. The ensemble has assembled an international membership of virtuoso musicians and a repertoire whose power and directness is matched by its lack of intellectual compromise.

The group has given extensive concerts and broadcasts throughout Europe and has appeared at many of the major festivals on new music in France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy and Sweden as well as appearing at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The ensemble records regularly for the BBC and has broadcast on Radio France, Dutch Radio, Hessische Rundfunks, RAI (Italy) and Swedish Radio. It has been featured on BBC TV’s Omnibus and was a resident ensemble at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in 1986, 1988, 1990 (when on each occasion prizes for both performance and composition were awarded to several of its members) and the International Bartok Festival and Seminar in Szombathely, Hungary.

The ensemble received a project grant from the London Arts Board for a series of concerts featuring the music of the American composer and improviser Anthony Braxton.

‘The Group is made of strong stuff… complexity and technical challenges gave rise to a special kind of poetry.’
The Times

‘..unashamed virtuosity..’ 
The Times

‘…a committed team of young virtuosi.’ 
The Guardian

‘The instruments, it seemed, were being re-invented before one’s very ears…one was once again in awe of ensemble Exposé’s exciting and provocative performance.’ 
The Scotsman

‘ If anyone can make sense of the New Complexity it must surely be ensemble Exposé and its brilliant young director Roger Redgate.'
The Guardian

The ensemble is featured on a CD recording of the music of Michael Finnissy.





Ensemble Exposé
Roger Redgate
29 Ladas Road,
West Norwood London
SE27 0UP
Tel/fax: +44 020 8670 5761
Email: r.redgate@gold.ac.uk

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