PHACE

Passion, fire and an unbridled delight in music-making without genre boundaries and away from the ivory tower, these are the driving forces behind PHACE. Always in tune with the times and full of enthusiasm, the 14 musicians and their artistic director Reinhard Fuchs lead audiences into poetical worlds. For many years they have worked with special concert formats, music theatre productions, and cross-disciplinary projects that incorporate dance, theatre, performance, electronics, video, DJs and much more.

Over the years, PHACE’s quest for the new has led to deep artistic friendships with renowned composers, conductors and musicians. Since its first activities in 1991 as ensemble on_line (under the direction of the conductor and composer Simeon Pironkoff) and a relaunch in 2010, the ensemble has commissioned and premiered more than 200 works, many of which have been recorded. Joy in experimentation and the highest artistic standards are the driving forces of this ensemble, which regularly expands to include guests from a wide variety of artistic disciplines.

Since 2012 PHACE has had its own concert cycle at the Vienna Konzerthaus, and in addition gives around thirty concerts a year in other important venues, including the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Barbican Centre in London, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Espacio Turina in Seville, Gare du Nord Basel, Kampnagel in Hamburg, Kings Place in London, the ORF RadioKulturhaus, the Graz Opera and the Philharmonie Luxembourg.

PHACE also performs regularly at international festivals such as the aspekteFESTIVAL Salzburg, the Festival d’Avignon, the Berliner Festspiele, the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, the Carinthian Summer Music Festival, Contempuls in Prague, the Festival d’Automne in Paris, the Donaueschingen Festival, Ensems in Valencia, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Klangspuren Schwaz, MaerzMusik, MusicOlomouc, the Musica Festival in Strasbourg, the Salihara International Performing Arts Festival, the Sampler Sèries at L’Auditori in Barcelona, the Tarapacá Música Festival in Chile, the Transart Festival in Bolzano, Ultraschall Berlin, Wien Modern Festival and the Vienna Festival.

PHACE is supported by the SKE Fund (Austro Mechana), the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport  (BMWKMS) and the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna.