Les percussions de Strasbourg

Les percussions de Strasbourg
In 1962, six percussionists co-founded the first Western percussion ensemble: Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Their commitment to new compositions inspired composers and audiences alike with a sense of urgency in the quest for innovative forms of musical expression. Pioneers in their field, they commissioned hundreds of works, founding the tradition of repertoire for classical percussion ensemble; today, their prodigious history includes 250 world premières.

Members: François PAPIRER, Keiko NAKAMURA, Olaf TZSCHOPPE, Bernard Lesage, Claude Ferrier, Jean-Paul BERNARD