Created in 1992 by its current musical director Daniel Kawka, the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain develops with pertinence and passion a diversified and original approach of contemporary music. It's an instrumental unit that gathers 15 to 35 musicians and performs in France and abroad.

Collaborations with composers, artists, conductors and directors punctuate musicians' life and enable them to create a lively and renewed music.

The Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain offers all audiences to discover music from 20th and 21st centuries including creation for soloist, ensemble and stage. Since 1992, the ensemble has been sharing its artistic project with the great majority of people. Its aims at promoting contemporary music following from mix of instrumental and electro acoustic sources. The event-driven dimension of concerts is a key idea for the ensemble. It attempts to turn each concert into an exchange between audience, artists, composers and conductors.

The concerts can easily be integrated in general-interest programmes. Educational work towards different audiences are lead in parallel of concerts: interviews with the conductor and musicians, public rehearsals, discussion after concert with artists, etc.

The ensemble perpetuates its artistic project thanks to musicians' involvement and enthusiasm. It aims at revealing contemporary music as a communication and share conveyor. The ensemble takes actively part on french and abroad music scene.