New York-based Continuum, directed by Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, has been performing new music and twentieth-century classics since its founding in 1966. Through its signature format, the Retrospective Concert, Continuum's annual New York concert series explores the full range of individual major composers or themes, and is acclaimed for introducing immensely gifted but little known composers from around the world. The New York Times wrote: "Simply put, there is no musical organization in New York that produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than Continuum. Year after year, its explorations prove to be not only unusual and unexpected but also important and enduring...This ensemble has a long history of acting in behalf of composers whom others discover years or decades later". Extensive touring has brought the ensemble throughout the United States and to Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including festivals throughout Europe and in Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, Korea, Mongolia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. Continuum events have been broadcast on many American and European radio and television stations. In addition to Naxos, Continuum recordings have appeared on Advance, Capstone, CRI, Cambria, Musical Heritage Society, Nonesuch, and TNC. Continuum is winner of the Siemens international prize for distinguished service to music and four ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming.