Ars Nova is building a new repertoire for flute, saxophone, percussion, guitar and voice that explores a sonic field exploding with expression, unusual sounds and virtuoso performance.

For the 2009 program, new works by Swedish composers Kent Olofsson and Kay Holmquist are being commissioned that will both explore contemporary vocal techniques. The programme also features a contemporary classic: Magnus Lindberg’s quartet Linea d’Ombra, which explores vocal techniques within the instrumental ensemble, in a piece typical of Lindberg’s early style.

Angela Rademacher is a classically trained singer (Universität der Künste) with diverse performance (movement, acting) experience. As a vocalist she has successfully performed in a broad range of contexts including operetta (Deutsches Theater), chanson (Tacheles and at the festival "fete de la music"), classical voice ("Ernst Senff Chor" among others) and modern music (at the BkA, among others). Since 2002 she has focused on new experimental vocal music with the composer Michael Edward Edgerton.

Ensemble Ars Nova was founded in 1986 by composer Johannes Johansson, who also was its artistic director for the first nine years. Since 1995, the guitarist Stefan Östersjö has been its artistic director. The ensemble consists of a pool of free-lance musicians and members from the different orchestras in the South of Sweden, many of them also being some of the most important soloists in new music in Sweden. Ensemble Ars Nova has more and more sought out a repertoire, which combines instrumental and electro-acoustic sound sources. One of the goals for the work of the ensemble is to explore forms of expression in which instrumental music and music technology can come together and enrich one another. The ensemble participates in “Integra”, a Culture 2000 project developing technology for performance with live-electronics, together with Athelas, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, BIT 20 and Court-Circuit.