Ensemble 21

Founded at the turn of the 21st Century, Ensemble21 was borne of
the urgent need for an alternative perspective on today’s music.
Convinced of the necessity to understand today’s music as a live art
form that is close to the public, Ensemble21’s repertoire
emphasizes relations to spatial Arts and poetic dimensions.
Luciano Berio’s works brought together Ensemble21 for the first
time in 1999 for a concert at the Museum of Spontaneous Art,
which was warmly welcomed by the music critics. Since then,
Ensemble21 has not ceased to distinguish itself with the rigor and
enthusiasm of its presentations, which combine supposedly
contradictory qualities: a sense of detail and spontaneity. In this
constantly renewed perspective, Ensemble21 has been presenting
to the public these past seasons, programs that subtlety blend
works from various eras.
Active within the new generation of composers, Ensemble21
supports the creation of new Belgian works. Always seeking new
experiences, Ensemble 21 brings together music, visual arts, video
and electronica.