The New Consonances Ensemble were founded in 1996 by the composer and director Michel Lysight in the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. The Nouvelles Consonances ensemble play only contemporary music, the essence of them belonging in New Consonant Music.
The group's composition change according to the pieces that are played. Many composers are at the repertoire of Nouvelles Consonances : Luciano Berio, Daniel Capelletti, Morton Feldman, Henrik Mikolaj Gorecki, Lou Harrison, Charles Ives, Robert Janssens, Laszlo Kiraly, Michel Lysight, Piotr Lachert, Paul-Baudouin Michel, Arvo Pärt, Robert Paterson, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Steve Reich, Laszlo Sary, William Schinstine, Zsolt Serei, Jean-Marie Simonis, Igor Stravinski, Ernest Toch...
The Nouvelles Consonances ensemble produce each year many compositions written especially for the ensemble. He has given two remarkable concerts for the Festival Ars Musica 96.
Among the very numerous musicians, let us name Michel Lysight (conductor), Ronald Vanspaendonck (clarinet), Guy Vanderborght (clarinet), Pierre-Olivier Martens (bassoon), Benoît Chantry (percussion), Sarah Mouradoglou (percussion), Philippe Massart (piano), Olivier Maltaux (piano), Laurent Beeckmans (piano), Élisabeth Deletaille (violin), Michaël Vinovrski (violin) and many others...
