Ensemble Musikfabrik

Ensemble Musikfabrik is a new music ensemble based in Cologne, founded in 1990 and originally heard under the name Ensemble Neue Musik Nordrhein-Westfalen. The group concentrates on new works, many of them commissioned and developed with the composers, and it takes its artistic decisions internally. Johannes Kalitzke was the ensemble's first conductor and artistic director. The group moved from Düsseldorf to Cologne and has worked with composers including Helmut Lachenmann, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Wolfgang Rihm, Unsuk Chin and Enno Poppe.