in 1988 Präsent founded the ALEA Ensemble, an ensemble for contemporary music, and has been its artistic director.
Musical ensemble | musical ensemble | Negro Ensemble Company | Ensemble Modern | Asko Ensemble | Hilliard Ensemble | Chanticleer (ensemble) | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Psappha New Music Ensemble | Nexus (percussion ensemble) | Ensemble Claude-Gervaise | ensemble cast | Critical Art Ensemble | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | S.E.M. Ensemble | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | Nieuw Ensemble | Nexus (ensemble) | Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) | Huelgas Ensemble | Ensemble Studios | Ensemble Santenay | ensemble recherche | Ensemble Contrechamps | ELISION Ensemble | ALEA Ensemble | Rose Ensemble | Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble | Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa | Ibn Báya Ensemble |
On 5 May 2011 Bei Nacht was performed by the ALEA Ensemble at the Musik-Forum München, Studio für neue Musik (studio for new music), together with chamber music of Gerhard Präsent (Trio intricato), Herbert Blendinger (Fantasie in G) and Iván Erőd (Trio).