21st Century Consort performs music by Tann, Simon, Alberga, and Schoenfield

“Does any audience in the nation enjoy such excellent new music, presented with such talent and care, as do the subscribers of the 20th Century Consort?” wrote Mark Adamo in The Washington Post. Critics in the Nation’s Capital praise the Consort for “inspired performance”, describing programs as “larger than life,” “exhilarating,” “perfectly balanced” and “Consorting with greatness.”

Founded in 1975 as the 20th Century Consort, the group became the resident ensemble for contemporary music at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1978. In 1990, the Consort was awarded the Smithsonian Institution’s Smithson Medal in honor of their long, successful association.

Under the direction of its founder and conductor, Christopher Kendall, the Consort’s artists include principal players from the National Symphony Orchestra, along with other prominent chamber musicians from Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.