Ensemble ON

The Federation of Three Wallonian Ensembles gave a concert at the legendary Halles de Schaerbeeck in Brussels, based on the ambition to find the perfect piece of music for a particular room. The audience was seated in deck chairs scattered in the large room, three orchestras and three conductors performed simultaneously, and the focus was on the total experience of space, acoustics and music. This document in brief describes the concert.

The Federation of Three Wallonian Ensembles is a working relationship between the three Bruxelles based ensembles Sturm und Klang, Ensemble21 and Ensemble ON. They collaborated during the NewAud project, and held a concert celebrating the final conference in Warsaw. The concert mixed an acoustic and electrified string orchestra with electronic devices, and attracted a big young audience. This document in brief describes the concert.