Remix Ensemble Casa da Música

Since its debut in 2000, Remix Ensemble has given the world premieres of around 115 new works and has collaborated with some of the world’s most sought-after conductors, including Peter Rundel, Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Reinbert de Leeuw, Emilio Pomàrico, Ilan Volkov, Matthias Pintscher, Enno Poppe, Jörg Widmann, Baldur Brönnimann, Olari Elts, and Tito Ceccherini, among others. Stefan Asbury was the ensemble’s first principal conductor.

On the international stage, Remix Ensemble has performed at major venues in cities such as Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Cologne, Zürich, Hamburg, Donaueschingen, Antwerp, Brussels, Milan, Budapest, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Witten, Rotterdam, Luxembourg, Huddersfield, Orleans, Bourges, Toulouse, Reims, Norrköping, Barcelona, Madrid, Valence, and Ourense. Its appearances include festivals such as Wiener Festwochen and Wien Modern (Vienna), Agora (IRCAM – Paris), Printemps des Arts (Monte Carlo), Acht Brücken (Cologne), Musica Strasbourg, and Donaueschinger Musiktage. It was the first Portuguese ensemble to perform at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (2020), in 2023 as part of a tour with Matthias Goerne that also included the Cologne Philharmonie.

World premieres have included commissions from Wolfgang Rihm, Georg Friedrich Haas, Wolfgang Mitterer, Francesco Filidei, Hèctor Parra, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Rebecca Saunders, Justė Janulytė, Enno Poppe, Daniel Moreira, and Jörg Widmann, as well as works by Pascal Dusapin, Georges Aperghis, and Peter Eötvös. Remix Ensemble has also premiered operas such as Philomela by James Dillon (Porto, Strasbourg, and Budapest), Das Märchen by Emmanuel Nunes (Lisbon), Giordano Bruno by Francesco Filidei (Porto, Strasbourg, Reggio Emilia, and Milan), and a new production of Quartett by Luca Francesconi (Porto and Strasbourg). The ensemble presented a scenic project on Schuberts “Winterreise” by Hanz Zender, directed by Nuno Carinhas. The Ring Saga project, featuring Richard Wagner’s music adapted by J. Dove and G. Vick, took Remix Ensemble on tour across several European cities. Recent seasons have included the Portuguese premieres of works by Emmanuel Nunes, Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Eötvös, James Dillon, Georg Friedrich Haas, Magnus Lindberg, Luca Francesconi, Philippe Manoury, Olga Neuwirth, Wolfgang Mitterer, Thomas Larcher, Christophe Bertrand, Oscar Bianchi, Philip Venables, Cathy Milliken, Liza Lim, and Federico Gardella, as well as works by Portuguese composers from different generations.

In its 25th anniversary season, Remix Ensemble continues to present Portuguese premieres of works by Liza Lim, Sarah Nemtsov, Olga Neuwirth, Jo Kondo, Isabel Mundry, and Jorge E. López. It also performs new commissions from Steve Reich — joined by Synergy Vocals — and from Johannes Maria Staud, whose piece is inspired by Schubert’s song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin and features tenor Christoph Prégardien. The season closes with a revival of Frank Zappa’s final composition, Yellow Shark.

Remix Ensemble has featured on eighteen CDs, showcasing works by Pauset, Azguime, Côrte-Real, Peixinho, Dillon, Jorgensen, Staud, Nunes, Bernhard Lang, Pinho Vargas, Mitterer, Karin Rehnqvist, Dusapin, Francesconi, Unsuk Chin, Schöllhorn, Aperghis, and Eötvös. The prestigious Gramophone music magazine included the CD featuring works by Pascal Dusapin in its Critics’ Choice of 2013.

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