›young_professionals‹ – Trailer | Mentoring Programme for Composers

This trailer introduces ›young_professionals‹, the practice-based mentoring programme for international composers by Ensemble Modern and the International Ensemble Modern Academy.

Through excerpts from the try-out sessions, the film offers a glimpse into the collaborative working process between young composers and the musicians of Ensemble Modern.

The four selected composers of the 2025/26 edition are:
Hed Bahack, Caio de Azevedo, Eungjin Lee and Yixie Shen.

The composers are accompanied throughout the programme by composer Michael Jarrell and conductor Toby Thatcher.

🎶 World Premiere Concert

cresc… SCHWÄRMEN – sonic synergies
📅 15 February 2026 | 6:00 pm
📍 Frankfurt LAB

Programme (*world premieres):

Hed Bahack
• ›Letting Go‹ (2025/2026)*
• ›Fantasien und Realitäten‹ (2021)

Caio de Azevedo
• ›Pierrot posting‹ (2025/2026)*
• ›Ela‹ (String Quartet, 2025)

Eungjin Lee
• ›Lumière mourante‹ (2025/2026)*
• ›Pour les voix inquiétantes‹ (2024)

Yixie Shen
• ›Joy without cause, death tendered on the back‹ (2025/2026)*
• ›ILLUSION – I. Der bewegte Wald‹ (2022)

Ensemble Modern | IEMA Ensemble 2025/26
Toby Thatcher – conductor | Michael Jarrell – composition coach

cresc… is made possible by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.

young_professionals is made possible by the Crespo Foundation as part of Sound Port Frankfurt 2030 and supported by the cooperation of the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy with the Ensemble Modern

Trailer by Stefan Knauer / Moving Visual Content