Ensemble intercontemporain
The Ensemble intercontemporain (EIC) is a French music ensemble, based in Paris, that is dedicated to contemporary music. Pierre Boulez founded the EIC in 1976 for this purpose.
The Ensemble intercontemporain after a performance of Boulez' Sur Incises in Barbican Hall, London, April 2015
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music.
Boulez in 1968
Boulez's home in Paris between 1945 and 1958
Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud in 1952, by Carl Van Vechten
The Salle Popesco in Paris, formerly the Petit Marigny