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mdi ensemble was founded in Milano in 2002. In 2017 it was awarded ‘Una vita nella musica’ (A life in music) prize by Teatro alla Fenice in Venezia, for having pursued ‘with tenacity and tireless study a very precise goal, that is, tackling the production of contemporary music with a strong identity of sound and interpretative style, in the same way as chamber ensembles dedicated to the traditional repertoire’. In the same year, it was awarded the Abbiati Prize. In 2021, it received its second Abbiati Prize, named after Mario Messinis, as the ‘creator’ of numerous works by living composers. mdi ensemble has distinguished itself for its dedication to contemporary repertoires, which it has approached with analytical discipline and poetic interpretration, identifying in the direct dialogue with the composers performed the key to deciphering very different scores, always cultivating its own sound and interpretative style.
mdi ensemble collaborates with numerous composers and is invited by the most important music institutions in Italy and Europe, including Milano Musica Festival, La Biennale Musica in Venezia, Società del Quartetto in Milano, Ravenna Festival, Festival dei Due Mondi, Festival Transart, Mito-Settembre Musica, Bologna Festival, Festival Présences of Radio France, Festival Jeunesse in Wien, ORF in Innsbruck, Villa Concordia in Bamberg, SWR in Stuttgart, SMC in Lausanne, LACMA in Los Angeles, Chelsea Music Festival in New York.
Since 2016 mdi ensemble has been the artistic director of ‘Sound of Wander’, a festival of concerts and masterclasses in Milano. From 2012 to 2017 the ensemble was Artist in residence at Milano Musica. In 2019 it conceived Newmusic Week, in collaboration with Accademia Filarmonica Romana, an international workshop on composition and contemporary instrumental practice. In 2025 mdi ensemble is in residence at Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
mdi ensemble has recorded CDs dedicated to Simone Movio, Mauro Lanza, Marco Momi, Giovanni Verrando, Misato Mochizuki, Emanuele Casale, Sylvano Bussotti, and Stefano Gervasoni (Charles Cros Academy Prize, ‘Coup de coeur-musique contemporaine’ 2009). The DVD See the Sound-Homage to Helmut Lachenmann was broadcast by Rai 5 and Sky Classica.
