@Federico Castelli

FES ensemble is a new-music ensemble founded in 2025 and based in Rotterdam.

Led by saxophonist Martina Madini, cellist Pedro Do Carmo and composer | A/V designer Massimiliano Vizzini.

Dedicated to contemporary music, the ensemble pursues an interdisciplinary, cross-genre practice built on co-collaborative processes and the commissioning of new works from living composers, with a focus on expanding the repertoire for saxophone and cello.

FES is one of the ensembles-in-residence of the Ensemble Modern Academy 2026 in Frankfurt. The duo has performed across the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria, in venues and festivals such as De Doelen, Tilburg Saxophone Summit, ilSUONO, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna festival, IMPULS Festival and Darmstädter Ferienkurse, where they also led a composition workshop on new pieces for saxophone and cello.