Continuum is the freedom of rethinking early music, presenting it in an innovative way and thus relating it to a present that is not as distant as the name and the usual performance practice suggest.
Continuum is everything that the multi-award-winning harpsichordist Elina Albach does with an ensemble, no matter how large it is. It is a permanent pool of instrumentalists and singers that she can draw on, enabling her to realise almost any conceivable version of a piece: from large ensembles to intimate trios.
Continuum made its debut at the Köthener Bachfesttage in 2015 and has since performed at major festivals in Germany and Europe, as well as in Bolivia at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut. In 2022, the ensemble held a residency with four concerts at the renowned MA Festival in Bruges.
Although the name Continuum may seem baroque, a reference to the dominant basso continuo of the era, it actually refers to a piece of new music: György Ligeti wrote his "Continuum" in 1968 for harpsichord, Elina Albach's main instrument. It flickers and shimmers, and precisely through this, through the tempo of the strokes, it attempts to create a continuous sound. A transcendence of time, just like the ever-amazing projects under the name of Continuum.