The Ensemble 2e2m is a French

musical ensemble A musical ensemble, also known as a music group, musical group, or a band is a group of people who perform Instrumental music, instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist ...

specializing in the interpretation of works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

History

The Ensemble 2e2m was founded by

Paul Méfano Paul Méfano (March 6, 1937 – September 15, 2020), was a French composer and conductor. Biography Paul Méfano was born in Basra, Iraq. He pursued musical studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, and then later at the Paris Conservato ...

in 1972. 2e2m means (Studies and expressions of musical modes). It is one of the oldest ensembles devoted to

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st-century classical music, 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 Modernism (music), post-tonal music after the death of ...

Repertoire

The repertoire of the Ensemble 2e2m is essentially oriented towards contemporary music and the creation of new works. Over 600 scores have been created by the ensemble since its founding.Dominique Druhen, ''

Le Monde de la musique ''Le Monde de la musique'' was a French monthly musical magazine published from 1978 to 2009 with a circulation of 20,000 copies in 2008. It was founded in 1978 by ''Le Monde'' and ''Télérama'' at the initiative of Jean-Michel Croissandeau, in c ...

'', Présentation de l'ensemble 2e2m sur le site officiel

Music directors

* 1971–2003: Paul Méfano * 1982–1985:

Costin Miereanu Costin Miereanu (born 27 February 1943) is a French composer and musicologist of Romanian birth. Biography Miereanu was born in Bucharest in 1943. At the age of eleven, he enrolled in the Bucharest School of Music, where he completed six year ...

(artistic co-director) * 2003–2018:

Pierre Roullier Pierre Roullier (born 16 February 1954 in Rabat), is a French flautist and conductor. Biography Roullier first studied mathematics and philosophy. He obtained the first prize for flute unanimously at the Conservatoire de Paris, in Jean-Pierre R ...

* 2019–2021: Fernando Fiszbein * Since 2022: Léo Margue

References

External links

Official site

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