Classical Music Concert in Nyon performed by Royal Academy of Music Graduates.

On the 22nd May at 19:30 the "Ansermet Ensemble" will be performing at the Salle de la Colombière in Nyon. This chamber orchestra is comprised of four students who have recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. They will play works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Jean Sibelius, Claude Debussy and Ernest Bloch. For tickets CHF 20/CHF 15 email ansermet.ensemble@gmail.com  Tel 079 575 4210.  Click here for Facebook page

"The "Ansermet Ensemble" takes its name from the Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969 - see more info below) The four members of the ensemble are; Hoei Lien The, Liam Brolly, Auriol Evans and Theodor Küng.

Ernest Ansermet was founder of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and a contemporary of Furtwängler and Klemperer.  Following several years teaching mathematics at the University of Lausanne he went on to have an extremely distinguished career that included several international tours, the directorship of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russe, and worldwide recognition from both his audiences and his peers. A champion of 20th century contemporary music - notably that of his compatriots Frank Martin and Arthur Honegger - he is perhaps most famous for conducting several notable premieres for Stravinsky, including 'Histoire d'un Soldat' (1918), Pulcinella (1920), and Les Noces (1923), and for his book Les Fondements de la Musique dans la Conscience Humaine. Written with great care over the course of 50 years, it examines the origins, meanings, and perception of music by the human mind. The great detail and intricacy of thought in this work makes it less a career memoir and more a philosophical treatise. A passionate though occasionally severe conductor, his letters reveal a personality that is intimate, friendly, and marvellously sincere. Amongst his correspondents and frequent collaborators on stage, one finds many great names of his time, including Pablo Casals, Alfred Cortot, Joseph Szigeti, Carl Flesch, and Kathleen Ferrier. The ensemble is named after him in order to honour his achievements and commemorate his contribution to music.