Continuum (DE)

Marie Luise Verneburg: soprano

Elina Albach: harpsichord

CONTINUUM’s musical language moves in a sphere between old and new, between the 17th and 21st centuries, between knowledge and innovation, between vocal and instrumental music. A new and promising ensemble, CONTINUUM seeks out new concepts – without losing sight of the original material. Based in Berlin, harpsichordist Elina Albach works together with artists who overcome the boundaries of the established music scene and who aspire to enrich concert life through excellent quality, rather than quantity. CONTINUUM made its debut at the Köthen Bach Festival and at the ION in Nuremberg in Spring 2015, concerts in the WDR Funkhaus concert series in Cologne and at the Thuringia Bach Festival 2016. In April 2016, CONTINUUM toured Bolivia by invitation of the Goethe Institute. The ensemble’s first CD recording, a co-production of Bayerischer Rundfunk, is due to be released in 2017. Current engagements in 2017 include Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Radialsystem V, Int. Händelfestpiele-Göttingen etc. and CONTINUUM is chosen for the EEEmerging Residence Programm in Ambronay/France, 2017.

Marie Luise Werneburg: soprano

Marie Luise Werneburg studied in Dresden and Bremen. She is a sought-after soloist who pursues her passion for early music by singing concerts world- wide with, a. o., the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen, the Lautten Compagney Berlin, the Rheinische Kantorei and Bell’Arte Salzburg. She is especially passionate about J. S. Bach’s and H. Schütz’s oeuvre. But she has also been enchanted by less well-known composers such as Rosenmüller and Biber. Additionally, Werneburg’s favorite musical projects include collaborating with the harpsichordist Elina Albach and her ensemble CONTINUUM, as well as Hille Perl and the Sirius Viols. 

Elina Albach: harpsichord

Elina Albach began her studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Switzerland) with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher in 2009 and in June 2014 she graduated with distinction. She has studied harpsichord with Ton Koopman and Rudolf Lutz amongst others. Elina has been invited to concerts and festivals in Europe, Australia and South America, such as Bachfest Leipzig, Thüringer Bachwochen, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Kunstfest Weimar, Sydney Festival, Resonanzen Wien, Holland Festival etc and her performances have been broadcasted on SWR, MDR Figaro, Deutschlandradio Kultur, NDR, BR. In 2011 she won the first prize at the “Gebrüder-Graun” and having participated in the “Deutscher Musikwettbewerb 2012” was awarded two scholarships from the “Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler” for the season 2013/2014 and in 2013 Elina won the second prize of the Berliner Bach-Wettbewerb. 2016/2017 Elina is teaching harpsichord, Basso Continuo and Chamber music at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden. 2017-2020 she is part of the fellowship program #bebeethoven, a program by PODIUM Esslingen and funded by German Federal Cultural Foundation.