Ensemble Obligat is a full chamber music ensemble featuring a very full range of sounds and colours, and performing with principals from acclaimed orchestras and music professors from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Lübeck, Würzburg, Barcelona und Maastricht. It is known for its wide range of instruments, outstanding aesthetic quality and sophisticated programming – qualities which have enabled Ensemble Obligat to establish a unique reputation in the cultural scene over the past 30 years. It is the ensemble in residence of the OBLIGAT! Festival of Chamber Music in Hamburg.
In the anniversary year 2025, another residency will be added: the ensemble will also be ensemble in residence in the Komponistenquartier and will focus in particular on Hamburg composers from the Baroque and Romantic periods to modern and contemporary composers.