Performing the music of today unbound by differences in genre with passion, fire and unlimited excitement: removed from the ivory tower and embedded in the multifaceted world of contemporary music. With great enthusiasm, the soloists of PHACE and their artistic director Reinhard Fuchs aim to take their audiences on journeys into rich, poetic worlds. PHACE has presented unconventional concerts, musical theatre productions and, interdisciplinary projects with dance, theatre, live performance, electronics, video, turntables, installations and much more for many years. Since its founding in 1991 by conductor and composer Simeon Pironkoff as ensemble on_line and relaunching in 2010 under the name PHACE, the group has sought out deep artistic collaborations with numerous renowned composers, conductors and musicians. In this way, more than 200 works have been commissioned and premiered, and many of those have been published on numerous recordings. Openness and curiosity to experiment at the highest artistic standards are the hallmarks of the ensemble, which are regularly furthered through collaborations with other musicians and guests from varied artistic disciplines. In the fall of 2012, PHACE found its artistic home with its own subscription series at the Vienna Konzerthaus, and performs about 30 concerts yearly as a guest ensemble at the most important international concert halls and festivals, including Alte Oper Frankfurt, Aspekte Festival in Salzburg, Auditorio Centro Centro in Madrid, Festival Aperto in Reggio Emilia, Avignon Festival, L’Auditori Barcelona, Barbican Center in London, BBVA in Bilbao, Berliner Festspiele, Bludenzer Tage Zeitgemäßer Musik, Brucknerhaus Linz, Carinthischer Sommer, Contempuls in Prague, Festival d’Automne in Paris, deSingel, Festival Internacional de Música de Gran Canaria, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Ensems Festival in Valencia, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Espacio Turina in Seville, Gare du Nord in Basel, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Imago Dei in Krems, Kampnagel in Hamburg, Klangspuren Schwaz, King’s Place in London, Le Parvis Scène Nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, MaerzMusik in Berlin, March Music Days in Rousse, Melos-Ethos in Bratislava, MusicOlomouc, Musica in Strasbourg, Mixtur in Barcelona, ORF RadioKulturhaus Wien, Oster-festival Tirol, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Rainy Days Luxembourg, Salzburger Festspiele, Salihara Festival in Indonesia, Sampler Séries in Barcelona, SonEMUS Festival in Sarajevo, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Tarapacá Música Festival in Chile, Teatro Verdi in Pordenone, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Transart Bozen, Ultraschall in Berlin, Wien Modern, Wiener Festwochen, and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

PHACE is funded by the SKE-fund (Austro Mechana), the Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria for Arts & Culture (BMKOES), and the City Council of Vienna (cultural department).