Apsara is a flexible ensemble built around the recorder, that has been exploring its own paths in new and early music since its foundation in 2000. Beyond the highly varied instruments of the recorder family, ensemble members Katelijne Lanneau, Ines Rasbach and Tomma Wessel enjoy playing giant slide flutes or toy instruments. Apsara regularly uses electronic means and joins hands with other musicians and composers. Apsara has a long-standing collaboration with composer Matthew Shlomowitz, which included co-conceiving a concert programme 'Weird Light Music' for three recorders and keyboardist Stéphane Ginsburgh, which premiered at De Bijloke in Ghent in 2023, as well as the cd release ‘Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders’ on Carrier Records in 2024.
