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An advocate of contemporary music, Alex Lipowski has performed in ensembles such as the Second Instrumental Unit, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Wet Ink Ensemble, Janus Trio, Argento Ensemble, and is the Performance Director of the East Coast Composers Ensemble (ECCE) and co-director of the TALEA Ensemble. He has been seen on concert stages throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Recently, he gave a recital in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the State University of Campinas featuring works by Globokar, Hurel, and Xenakis. As a soloist and chamber musician he has premiered works by Denisov, Malpica, Aylward, and Lunsqui. After performances at Harvard University, New Music Connoisseur labeled him, '...remarkably demonstrative and pleasing.' Other recent collaborations include working with the Columbia Composers Ensemble, Latin American composers group, altaVoz and premiering new works with dance at the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute. In 2007, he premiered a new work of choreography with dancers of the New York City ballet set to the music of Milton Babbitt. While on tour with ECCE, Lipowski presented guest lectures at the University of Virginia Commonwealth. In the past, Lipowski has served as the director of the Juilliard Pierrot Ensemble and Duo Maintenant with whom he commissioned works extensively for french horn and percussion. In 2006, he was featured with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble on NPR's Performance Today. During the summer of 2007 he toured with Pierre Boulez through Europe and then to Japan performing Boulez's work, sur Incises. During the same summer he served as Artist-Faculty at the Great Mountains Music Festival in South Korea. He has recorded works by Alexandre Lunsqui with the Argento Ensemble and can be heard on the Living Artists Label with the TALEA Ensemble.