Het Amsterdamse Nieuw Ensemble

The Amsterdam Nieuw Ensemble is organizing a competition for Chinese composers. Participants are requested to write a work for the Nieuw Ensemble. The compositions of the winners will be premiered during the europalia.china festival.

The Nieuw Ensemble was founded in Amsterdam in 1980. It has a unique instrumental line-up, with plucked instruments such as the mandolin, guitar and harp in combination with wind, string and percussion instruments. Ed Spanjaard has been the main conductor since 1982.

The Nieuw Ensemble is famous for its successful collaboration with Chinese composers such as TAN Dun, QU Xiaosong, JIA Daqun, XU Shuya, CHEN Qigang andGUO Wenjing.