GO AHEAD - Ensemble for New Music - was formed in 1990 on the initiative of the composers Christian Banasik , Ralf R. Ollertz and Marina Panayiotou in Duesseldorf, Germany
GO AHEAD is comprised of a group of ten musicians spanning over virtually the entire spectrum of orchestral instruments, including variable formations ranging
from solo performances to the entire ensemble. GO AHEAD´s main focus is the interpretation of chamber music written after 1950.
GO AHEAD rehearses in regular sessions the works of international composers, most often in personal collaboration with them. Its repertoire boasts a large number of compositions of different styles, with the accent on presenting rarely performed works.
Other areas in which GO AHEAD is involved include the realisation of electronic works as well as close collaboration with artists and dancers. In this way contemporary dance, performance and New Music combine to form intermedial projects of outstanding originality.
GO AHEAD stages discussion concerts and workshops.
GO AHEAD was supported by Guenther Becker
GO AHEAD has so far played in concert at the following festivals:
• "Rio nell´Elba, Italy
• "Vaci Nyar," Vac, Hungary
• "Festival Internazionale della Chitarra," Rome, Italy
• "Kamener Komponisten Forum," Kamen, Germany
• "Mit Stimmen" - Festival Neuer Musik im Ruhrgebiet, Germany
• "Japan Ruhrfestival - Aktive Musik," Dortmund, Germany
• "Ensmeblia 95," Mönchengladbach, Germany
• "60 years of the 2. Polish Radio Program," Warsaw, Poland
GO AHEAD performs works of following composers:
C. Banasik, G. Becker, M. Betta, , R. Bredemeyer, A. C. Bornhoeft,
J. Cage, J. Fritsch, K. Fukushima, A. Gondai, A. Guersching,
H. W. Henze, N. A. Huber, T. Johnson, M. Kagel, H. Lachenmann,
M. Miwa, L. Nono, R. R. Ollertz, Y. Pagh-Paan, M. Panayiotou, W. Rihm, D. Schnebel, S. Sciarrino, G. Staebler, K. H. Stockhausen.
