Quasars Ensemble

quasars ensemble, established in 2008, is a music ensemble, unique in its breadth of the repertoire consisting of contemporary classical music as well as of the music of the past eras. it confronts the latest contemporary works with the structural principles of the foregone classical music. the orchestra’s focus is on the introduction of rare and forgotten ensemble pieces, particularly by the slovak authors. the ensemble performed concert works of some of the world’s most influential contemporary music composers such as bent sørensen, michael jarrell, kaija saariaho and toshio hosokowa with composers themselves in attendance. quasars ensemble cooperated with artists like camilla hoitenga (flute) mario caroli (flute), dalibor karvay (violin), lionel peintre (barytone) sergej kopčák (bass) and stephan loges (barytone). in 2012, quasars ensemble was selected to take part in international summer course for new music in darmstadt, germany, considered to be the most prestigious contempora