The PostClassical Ensemble is a classical music musical ensemble from Washington, D.C. The organization was founded by conductor Angel Gil-Ordoñez and music historian Joseph Horowitz in 2003.[1]
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Short name | PCE |
Founded | 2003 (2003) |
Location | Washington DC, United States |
Concert hall | Harman Center for the Arts |
Music director | Angel Gil-Ordoñez |
Website | www |
For the first period of its history, the PCE performed in a variety of locations in the Washington, D.C. area. The ensemble debuted in 2005 with a performance of “Celebrating Don Quixote,” featuring a commissioned production of Manuel de Falla’s puppet opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show, along with rarely heard works by Oscar Espla and Roberto Gerhard. In the 2000s, the ensemble received a $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
In 2016, PCE's presentation of three American documentaries; “The Plow that Broke the Plains,” “The River,” and “The City,” with original scores by Virgil Thomson generated two Naxos DVDs. Its release of a newly recorded score for the Mexican docu-film Redes received a strongly positive view from the Los Angeles Times,[2] and its festival honoring the works of Bernard Hermann was praised by several U.S. music critics for highlighting Hermann's works.[3][4][5]
PostClassical Ensemble's repertoire emphasizes music composed after 1900, producing the work of artists such as Lou Harrison,[6] Bernard Hermann,[4] and Silvestre Revueltas.[7]
PCE has collaborated with such artists as pianists Jeremy Denk, Benjamin Pasternak, Alexander Toradze, William Wolfram, clarinetist David Krakauer, baritones Christòpheren Nomura and William Sharp, bass-baritone Kevin Deas, pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-fen, and other internationally prominent artists.
The group is also an artistic partner of Georgetown University as well as an educational partner of the National Gallery of Art.[1]
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