Ensemble Apparat

The focus of Apparat is on expanding the horizons of brass instruments in the context of new music and sound art. The members of Ensemble Apparat have already gained extensive experience in renowned New Music ensembles (including Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik Köln, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Tzara), played at the most important festivals on the scene (Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, Huddersfield New Music Festival, Warschauer Herbst, Wien Modern) and participated in important academies (Ensemble Modern Akademie, Lucerne Festival Akademie, Impuls Graz and Darmstädter Tage für Neue Musik). Since then, they have worked with numerous composers to try out a wide variety of styles and approaches in premieres of solo and ensemble works. This wealth of experience only comes together in Ensemble Apparat.

 

In recent years, the ensemble has presented programs at the rainy days festival of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, at the Akademie der Künste Berlin, and at the Klangwerkstatt Berlin festival. As part of the Ensemblekollektiv Berlin, Ensemble Apparat has performed at many important Berlin festivals for contemporary music, including Musikfest and MärzMusik of the Berliner Festspiele and Ultraschall.

Apparat’s current aim is to develop into a more dynamic ensemble, despite being rooted in the four-piece core line-up, changing its line-up depending on the scope of a particular project.