Apparat is a Berlin-based brass ensemble dedicated to contemporary music. Rooted in a core quartet, the ensemble collaborates with composers, sound-artists, improvisers, and a cohort of unique Berlin-based brass instrumentalists in the presentation of work ranging widely in scale and format. Having presented programs in venues such as the Philharmonie Luxembourg and Berlin’s Akademie der Künste, in 2024 the ensemble appeared at a series of festivals including the Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Eclat Festival Stuttgart, and the Klang Festival Copenhagen, alongside concluding an eight-concert series at Berlin’s KM28. In the context of EnsembleKollektiv Berlin, the ensemble has appeared in Musikfest and Maerzmusik of the Berliner Festspiele.