Ensemble Signal

Ensemble Signal is a New York-based ensemble dedicated to offering the broadest possible audience access to a diverse range of contemporary works through performance, commissioning, recording, and education. Since its debut in 2008, Signal has performed more than 350 concerts, premiered numerous works, and co-produced 10 recordings. Signal was founded by Co-Artistic/Executive Director Lauren Radnofsky and Co-Artistic Director/Conductor Brad Lubman, one of the foremost conductors of modern music and a leading figure in the field for more than two decades. Described by the New York Times as “one of the most vital groups of its kind” and “a new-music ensemble that by this point practically guarantees quality performances,” Signal regularly performs with Lubman and features a supergroup of independent artists from the modern music scene. Recent highlights include the world premiere and 130 performances of Reich’s Reich/Richter for large ensemble, with artwork and film by Gerhard Richter for the inaugural season of The Shed, New York’s multi-arts venue (spring 2019), and the US premieres of Reich’s Runner at venues across the US (2017–18). Signal’s passion for the diverse range of contemporary music sis a driving force behind the group’s projects, and the musicians’ repertoire ranges from minimalism or pop-influenced to the iconoclastic European avant-garde. Signal’s projects are carefully conceived through close collaboration with cooperating presenting organizations, composers, and artists. Signal is flexible in size and instrumentation—everything from solo to large ensemble and opera, including film or multimedia, in any possible combination—enabling it to meet the ever-changing demands on the 21st-century performing ensemble.