True to its name, ensemble N has dedicated itself to a mission: to bring the music of our time to life at the highest level and to present it to as wide an audience as possible. Since its founding in 2018, the ensemble has consisted of six outstanding musicians who met at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. With boundless curiosity and innovative spirit, they not only devote themselves to the established contemporary repertoire, but also send a strong signal for the music of tomorrow by premiering works by young, up-and-coming composers. The ensemble is continuously driven by a passion for discovering and exploring previously unheard worlds of sound.

Numerous renowned venues and festivals in Vienna have already hosted their impressive performances: from the Instituto Cervantes to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Echoraum, Alte Schmiede,  the Swedish Embassy Vienna, Mi Barrio, Sisi-Kapelle, Kultursommer Wien and ‘shut up and listen’. International acclaim followed quickly: with concerts at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, at the Bernaola Festival at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Conservatory of Music, the University in Hong Kong and CUHK Shenzhen China. 

At the Pergamenschikow Competition in 2022, they received both the prestigious Boris Pergamenschikow Prize and the Special Prize for a composition commission.