Absolute Ensemble April 9, 2009

The New York-based Absolute Ensemble, conducted by Kristjan Jarvi, is an 18-piece electro-acoustic ensemble formed in 1993 that fuses classical, jazz, rock and funk. Charles Mingus, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix have found a place on the bill with Bach, Stravinsky and Schoenberg and the works of new composers whom the band is often the first to promote. They have also performed works by the Beatles, Frank Zappa, John Adams and Michael Daugherty. Absolute Ensemble has toured Europe and Central America and performs regularly in New York City.