Les Percussions de Strasbourg is a contemporary music ensemble made up of six percussionists. Founded in 1962 the ensemble is still performing and commissioning music. The current lineup has played together for 15 years.
It has introduced over 250 works of contemporary classical music, including Iannis Xenakis' Pléïades and Karlheinz Stockhausen's Musik im Bauch. Their official bio claims that the group founded "the tradition of repertoire for classical percussion ensemble".
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