ELISION Ensemble
| ELISION Ensemble | |
|---|---|
| Origin |
 Australia |
| Genres | Contemporary classical |
| Occupation(s) | Chamber ensemble, Chamber orchestra, Music theatre/opera, Installation art, New media art |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | elision.org.au |
| Members |
Artistic Director Daryl Buckley Chair Graham McKenzie |
The ELISION Ensemble (often referred to as simply ELISION) is a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, concentrating on the creation and presentation of new works. The ensemble comprises a core of around 20 virtuoso musicians from Australia and around the world.
Since 1986 it has maintained an active schedule of concerts, recordings, broadcasts, and music-theatre/opera, installation art and new media art performances, principally in Australia and Europe. During 2008 the ensemble presented 36 individual works, including 11 world premieres, in 18 concerts or events in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Berlin and London. Its 18th compact disc was released in 2009 (see Discography).
ELISION combines its Australian perspective with a long-term exploration of complex musical aesthetics, and in so doing has developed an international reputation for Australian new music and performance practice.Paul Griffiths, in Modern Music and After, writes of ELISION "… whose splendiferous range of colours … has produced a kind of sensuous complexity that may be uniquely Australian".
ELISION's musical aesthetic is at the complex and virtuosic end of the contemporary classical compositional spectrum. A strong element of this music is the sheer difficulty of its performance; multiple compositional layers, complex and heavily detailed musical notation pose significant interpretative challenges. Interplay between the resultant unpredictabilities and performative decisions required by complex multi-layered and paradoxical strands of information embedded in notational practice can lead to a frustration for the player, or to a fascination born of engagement in the act of "what it is to make music". The latter is a key aspect for the members of ELISION; a further is the physicality of performance, the intimate connection between the musician and the instrument.
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