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Watch highlights from our inaugural concert!
WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of musicians in New York committed to performing 20th and 21st century music and underperformed works of earlier centuries, with the aim of demystifying complex and challenging music to audiences, regardless of experience.
FANTASQUE?
In French, it refers to something that is whimsical, capricious, unusual, and unpredictable. Even though it is not commonly used in music, some composers have used it, such as Rossini, Chabrier, and Boulez. This word reflects what we are as a group: embracing the magic of the unexpected.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
CHROMATIC ALLURE
December 19 2025, 7:30pm - Tenri Cultural Institute, New York
Who says that chromatic music cannot be beautiful, expressive, humorous, or even alluring? Witness the variety of characters in all of these pieces and let Ensemble Fantasque redefine your perception of chromatic music!
BEYOND URBAN
May 1 2026, 7:30pm - The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall
Whether subconscious or not, these composers are affected by their own environment. Are their music merely a replication of their urban surroundings, or is there something deeper?
PAST CONCERTS
THE SERIOUS AND THE ABSURD
May 9 2025, 7:30pm - The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall
Can you hear these in the works, or, is there even a distinction between the two? Nonsense language, pure simplicity, chromatic music, you name it, there is always something to love for everyone!
ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES
December 13 2024, 7:30pm - The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall
Aller guten Dinge sind drei (All Good Things Come in Threes) is inscribed at the top of the score of Berg's Chamber Concerto. Naturally, all three composers of the 2nd Viennese School are represented in this concert: Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg.
