Partita Radicale was founded in 1989 by musicians from Wuppertal and Cologne as an ensemble for new and improvised music. Over the years various programmes have been developed: cycles of improvisation, silent-film music, music theatre for children and programmes created working together with composers. The works have been documented on many CDs. Partita Radicale have given guest performances in many countries, including Belgium, France, Norway, Romania, Albania and China.

The ensemble, whose members are all classically trained, has from the start focused on the grey area between composition and improvisation. The ensemble's working method is characterised by collective decision making process. From the tradition of classical music the ensemble takes a preference for chamber music, closed forms and a sensitivity to tonal colourings. Partita Radicale have developed a multifaceted style in which polyphony, fields of sound and transparent poetic structures are equally integrated.


Partita Radicale