CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Ensemble Signal
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Performers
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, Conductor
with Special Guest Steve Reich
Program
ALL-STEVE REICH PROGRAMClapping Music
Quartet
Runner (NY Premiere)
Pulse
Double Sextet
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.In the Artist's Own Words
—Brad Lubman
Bios
Ensemble Signal
Ensemble Signal--described by The New York
Times as "a new-music ensemble that by this point practically guarantees quality
performances"--is a New York-based ensemble dedicated to offering the broadest possible
audience access to a diverse range of contemporary works through performance,
commissioning, recording, and education. Since its debut in 2008, the ensemble has
performed more than 150 concerts; has given the New York, world, or US premieres of more
than 20 works; and co-produced nine recordings.
Signal was founded by Co-Artistic / Executive Director Lauren Radnofsky and Co-Artistic
Director / Conductor Brad Lubman. Called a "new-music dream team" (Time Out New
York), Signal regularly performs with Lubman and features a super-group of independent
artists from the modern music scene.
Signal's passion for the diverse range of music being written today is a
driving force behind its projects. The ensemble's repertoire ranges from minimalism or
pop-influenced to the iconoclastic European avant-garde. Signal's projects are carefully
conceived through close collaboration with cooperating presenting organizations, composers,
and artists. Signal is flexible in size and instrumentation--everything from solo to large
ensemble and opera, including film or multimedia, in any possible combination--enabling it
to meet the ever-changing demands on the 21st century performing ensemble.
Signal is a frequent guest of the finest concert halls and international festivals,
including theLincoln Center
Festival,Los Angeles Philharmonic's series at
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Big Ears Festival, Lincoln Center's American Songbook, Cal
Performances, Tanglewood Music Festival of Contemporary Music, Ojai Music Festival,
Wordless Music Series, and Bang on a Can Marathon. The ensemble regularly works
directly with nearly all the composers whose works it performs in order to offer the
most authentic interpretations.
Signal's recording of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians was released
in May 2015 on harmonia mundi; it received a Diapason d'Or and appeared on the
Billboard Classical Crossover charts. Additional recordings include an album and
DVD of music by Helmut Lachenmann with the composer as soloist, and Reich's Double Sextet
and Radio Rewrite.
Signal's educational activities include community outreach programs in
diverse settings, as well as workshops with the next generation of composers and
performers.
Brad Lubman
Brad Lubman is one of the foremost conductors of modern music and a leading figure in the
field for more than two decades. A frequent guest conductor of the world's most
distinguished orchestras and new-music ensembles, he has gained widespread recognition for
his versatility, commanding technique, and insightful interpretations. His flexibility in a
variety of settings has led him to conduct a broad range of repertoire from classical to
contemporary works. He is founding co-artistic and music director of Ensemble Signal.
Lubman has led major orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra,Los Angeles
Philharmonic,San Francisco
Symphony, Dresdner Philharmonie,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony
Orchestra Cologne, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, and National Symphony
Orchestra.In addition, he has worked with some of the
most important European and American ensembles for contemporary music, including Ensemble
Modern, London Sinfonietta, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Musikfabrik, ASKO Ensemble, Ensemble
Resonanz, and Steve Reich and Musicians. Lubman has conducted at new-music festivals across
Europe, including those in Lucerne, Salzburg, Berlin, Huddersfield, Paris, Cologne,
Frankfurt, and Oslo.
Lubman has conducted numerous world premieres. Among these are Steve Reich's Three
Tales; Daniel Variations; Radio Rewrite; and Variations for
Vibes, Pianos, and Strings. Additional world premieres include Helmut
Lachenmann's Concertini; and Michael
Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe's Shelter; as well as works by Philip Glass,
Charles Wuorinen, John Zorn, and Hilda Paredes.
Lubman's own music has been performed in the United States and Europe, and can be heard on
his album, Insomniac. He is also on faculty at the Eastman School of Music and the
Bang on a Can Summer Institute.