Friends of MATA

With the goal of bringing together players from New York’s many and diverse new music ensembles, the Friends of MATA (FOM) was founded in 2016 as the resident ensemble of MATA, making their debut in music of Lula Romero and Helen Papaioannou at the 2016 MATA Festival. With a flexible instrumentation that ranges from duos, to string quartet, to chamber orchestra, they have “triumphed in transporting a fully sensory and imaginative experience” (Seen and Heard International) in works by a veritable United Nations of composers, including composers from Kurdistan, Thailand, Italy, and America.