Ensemble du Monde

"The ensemble was well rehearsed and played without a glitch."
"... the outstanding young conductor Marlon Daniel showed complete command of the scores."
The New York Amsterdam News

Founded in New York City in 2000 this dynamic chamber orchestra, Ensemble du Monde (Ensemble of the World), was so named because of its international representation of musicians. The orchestra performs throughout the New York area, the United States and abroad.

In 2000 the ensemble was selected by Daimler Chrysler and Mercedes Benz to perform at the world première inauguration of their new MAYBACH Car, an event that received worldwide multimedia press coverage. A Lincoln Center début followed in 2002 and in 2004 the ensemble made its Carnegie Hall début, which included renowned soprano, Deborah Voigt and the New York City Gay Men's Chorus. Frequent radio broadcast have included Radio Free Europe where selections from the ensemble's popular 'Baroquen Promises' Series at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York were broadcast internationally.

Led by its Music Director and Conductor, Marlon Daniel, the ensemble performs music from the Baroque era to the Avant-Garde in addition to the standard Classical repertoire. It frequently plays overlooked masterpieces and world premières. Programs are usually thematic in nature and based on the concept of presenting a variety great music not limited by cultural, musical or stylistic boundaries. To encompass this vast repertoire the orchestra expands and contracts, which allows the group maximum "flexibility" to perform as a small chamber group or a full-scale symphony orchestra.

Upcoming performances include a series of orchestral concerts dedicated to French composers from the 19th through the 21st centuries, "Current Concerti" a project that allows talented young composers to exhibit their newly created concertos in world première performances and concert performances of Richard Strauss' Ariadne Auf Naxos with some of the most talented up and coming stars of the opera world.