Archive
2023 Past Concerts
APPARAT with VIOLA YIP | MATHILDE CONLEY
16 DEC SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Apparat with Viola Yip perform a collaborative work for brass and extended electronics.
Mathilde Conley plays Cecilia Arditto's Música invisible, libro cuarto and Sarah Hennies's Monologue.
Samuel Stoll (horn), Weston Olencki (trombone), Mathilde Conley (trumpet), and Viola Yip (electronics)
THE DOGMATICS | SINK
15 DEC FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The Dogmatics Chris Abrahams (piano) & Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet)
SINK Chris Abrahams (DX7), Marcello Busato (drums), Andrea Ermke (mini discs and mixing board), Arthur Rother (guitar)
DRAKSLER & DELIUS | MARCIN MASECKI
14 DEC THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Kaja Draksler (piano) & Tobias Delius (saxophone, clarinet) duo set
Marcin Masecki, Boleros y más, piano and voice
KM28 PUBLIC RADIO
12 DEC TUE 16:00 and 23:00 RADIO SHOWS
Tune in to Peter Margasak's Nowhere Street (16:00) and Judith Hamann's MOSS (23:00) via live radio (88,4 MHz) or online at Colaboradio. You can also dip into the complete archive here
ERNST SURBERG
12 DEC TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #32
Ernst Surberg (piano, virtual instruments, electronics) plays works by Alex Arteaga, Enno Poppe, and Joanna Bailie
+ screening of short films by Veronika Eberhart, Kathrin Resetarits, and Eve Heller
IKU SAKAN | WILTED WOMAN
8 DEC FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #17
Iku Sakan, solo electronics set
Wilted Woman, solo electronics set
PUNKT.VRT.PLASTIK | PIMPON
7 DEC THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik Kaja Draksler (piano), Petter Eldh (double bass), Christian Lillinger (drums)
Pimpon, Pozdrawiam, solo percussion
"A" TRIO with ANDREA PARKINS & UTE WASSERMANN
6 DEC WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
"A" Trio—Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet), Sharif Sehnaoui (guitar) & Raed Yassin (double bass)—is joined by Andrea Parkins (accordion, electronics) & Ute Wassermann (voice, bird whistles).
"A" TRIO with MAGDA MAYAS
5 DEC TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
On their first of two nights, "A" Trio—Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet), Sharif Sehnaoui (guitar) & Raed Yassin (double bass)—is joined by Magda Mayas (piano).
MARTINA BERTONI
2 DEC SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #31
Martina Bertoni, solo set for cello & electronics
+ screening of Rebecca Baron's short film Detour de Force
WILL GUTHRIE | ERELL LATIMIER
1 DEC FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Will Guthrie, solo percussion & electronics
Erell Latimier, solo electronics
SAM DUNSCOMBE
30 NOV THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Sam Dunscombe, Two Forests / Oceanic (Black Truffle 2023), featuring music linked to Dunscombe's interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy
Sam Dunscombe, Max Eilbacher, Fredrik Rasten & Jules Reidy, guitar quartet with responsive plasmatic synthesis
NOR with MARISOL JIMÉNEZ
29 NOV WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
NOR (Luc Döbereiner and Martin Lorenz) & Marisol Jiménez play works for one, two, and three performers that address the dissolution of boundaries between installation, work, performance, and instrument.
ENDEAN–DUNSTON–TANRIKULU | SOFIA SALVO
25 NOV SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Divide by Zero #1
Sofia Salvo (baritone sax) kicks off the first iteration of Divide by Zero with her Sola Set, followed by a new trio of Nick Dunston (prepared banjo, feedback), Aviva Endean (clarinets/winds/electronics), and Cansu Tanrıkulu (voice, effects).
EROSÃO PERCUSSION TRIO
24 NOV FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Mariá Portugal's EROSÃO project adapted for non-pitched percussion, with Mariá Portugal (percussion & drums), Emilio Gordoa (percussion), and Burkhard Beins (percussion)
MICHAEL WINTER with KALI ENSEMBLE
23 NOV THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Michael Winter, A History of the Domino Problem, performed by Kali Ensemble
İdil Yunkuş (violin), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Guillermo Arnedo Frías (clarinet), Beste Yıldız (cello), Joel Gester Suárez (synth), Nirantar Yakthumba (harmonium and synth)
DAS MODERN SONG KOLLEKTIV
22 NOV WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Marc Blitzstein, Is 5 (1929) and From Marion’s Book (1960), song settings of e.e. cummings
Ned Rorem, War Scenes (1969), song setting of Walt Whitman
Sidney Walker (mezzo soprano), Andrew Munn (bass) & Philip Headlam (piano)
JULES REIDY | LIZ KOSACK
18 NOV SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Jules Reidy, solo guitar, presenting their latest LP Trances on Shelter Press.
Liz Kosack, solo synthesizer
BLEVIN BLECTUM | JO
17 NOV FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #16
Blevin Blectum (electronics) performs music from her ongoing space opera OMNII.
Jo, solo set for glasambel & field recordings
DAVE REMPIS & GABBY FLUKE-MOGUL
16 NOV THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #19
Dave Rempis (tenor sax) & gabby fluke-mogul (violin) perform solo and duo sets following their release of LIP on Catalytic Sounds.
CLARA DE ASÍS
14 NOV TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #29
Clara de Asís performs Disappearance of for synthesizer and objects.
+ experimental film screening: Patterns Against Workers by Olena Newkryta
NEON DILEMMA
11 NOV SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Elias Stemeseder (piano, synthesizers), Robert Landfermann (electric and acoustic bass) & Leif Berger (drums)
MADISON GREENSTONE & ZEYNEP TORAMAN
10 NOV FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Madison Greenstone, Exstatic Resonances for clarinet; Zeynep Toraman, Loose Adaptations for electronics, and Greenstone & Toraman, collaborative work for clarinet and electronics
SCHNELL | RIEKO OKUDA
9 NOV THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Schnell Pierre Borel (saxophone), Joel Grip (double bass), Sven-Åke Johansson (drums)
Rieko Okuda, solo piano
JACOB GREENBERG
8 NOV WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Jacob Greenberg (piano, clavichord, harmonium) performs keyboard works by Wang Lu, Dai Fujikuru, and Charles Ives.
LIAM BYRNE | ANDREAS AREND
4 NOV SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Liam Byrne, solo works for viola da gamba by Max Andrzejewski, Samuel Milea, Freya Waley-Cohen, Greg Saunier, and Alastair Putt
Andreas Arend, solo works for Lyra Polyversalis by Andreas Arend, Manfred Stahnke, and others
KOMMUN
1 NOV WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #18
Kommun, the quartet of Finn Loxbo (guitar), Lisa Ullén (piano), Vilhelm Bromander (double bass), and Ryan Packard (drums), tour their debut album Ephemeralds, the first CD release on John Chantler's Fönstret label.
MAYUMI KANAGAWA & ASA MAYNARD
29 OCT SUN 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Mayumi Kanagawa (violin) & Asa Maynard (double bass) perform solo and duo works by Johann Schop, Andrea Clearfield, Eugène Ysaÿe, Reinhold Glière, François Rabbath, and Krzysztof Penderecki.
HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #5
28 OCT SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Harmonic Space Orchestra perform works by Marc Sabat, Thomas Nicholson, and Catherine Lamb.
Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone alto flute), Weston Olencki (trombone), Lucy Railton (cello), Marc Sabat (violin), Thomas Nicholson (viola, secondary rainbow snthesizer), Catherine Lamb (viola)
THE PITCH with JULES REIDY
25 OCT WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The Pitch with Jules Reidy celebrate the release of their new album Neutral Star on Miasmah Records.
Boris Baltschun (organ), Koen Nutters (bass), Michael Thieke (clarinet), Morten Joh (vibraphone), Jules Reidy (guitar)
APPARAT with ZEYNEP TORAMAN | PAUL HÜBNER
23 OCT MON 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Apparat with Zeynep Toraman and members of Ensemblekollektiv perform Toraman's SUNSOAKED for trumpet, tuba, violin, cello, and electronics and Acid Glow, Unnatural Splendor for trombone and electronics
Paul Hübner (trumpet) performs Michael Maierhof's splitting 21.1 and splitting 43.
Paul Hübner and Mathilde Conley (trumpets), Weston Olencki (trombone), Max Murray (tuba), Niklas Seidl (cello), Sarah Saviet (violin), Zeynep Toraman (electronics)
SWELL–SJÖSTRÖM–KAUFMANN–BUCK
21 OCT SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Steve Swell (trombone), Harri Sjöström (soprano sax), Achim Kaufmann (piano) & Tony Buck (drums)
LANDSTAGES
20 OCT FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
LandStages performs Sonic Relocations for amplified instruments, quadraphonic playback, and video projection.
Sabine Vogel (flutes, sounding objects, field recordings, video) & Emilio Gordoa (vibraphone, percussion, live electronics, field recordings, video)
CLARICE JENSEN | ERIK K SKODVIN
19 OCT THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Clarice Jensen (cello & electronics) tours Europe marking the release of her third album Esthesis.
Erik K Skodvin, guitar & electronics solo
ASMUS TIETCHENS | STEFAN SCHNEIDER
17 OCT TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
TAL Label Night
Asmus Tietchens, solo electronics set
Stefan Schneider, solo electronics set
MATANA ROBERTS
15 OCT SUN 14:30 DOORS 15:00 CONCERT
Matana Roberts (saxophone) gives a solo concert to mark the release of their latest album Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden . . .
SPLICE
13 OCT FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Han-earl Park (guitar) and Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet) premiere audiovisual compositions for soloist and video projection.
KAMMERER & LANE | MARTA FORSBERG
11 OCT WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Margareth Kammerer (voice, electric guitar) & Rebecca Lane (voice, bass flute) perform songs with words by Virginia Woolf and Clio Nicastro.
Marta Forsberg, My brother singing in the tunnel for electronics, voice, and sound objects
KM28 PUBLIC RADIO
10 OCT TUE 16:00 and 23:00 RADIO SHOWS
Tune in to Peter Margasak's Nowhere Street (16:00) and Judith Hamann's MOSS (23:00) via live radio (88,4 MHz) or online at Colaboradio. You can also dip into the complete archive here
THIAGO NASSIF & JUCA JUNIOR
10 OCT TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #17
Thiago Nassif (guitar) and Juca Junior (percussion, drums) duo concert
SVETLANA MARAŠ
7 OCT SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #28
Svetlana Maraš, solo set for physical controllers, live processing & electronics
Screening of short films selected by Labor Neunzehn's Valentina Besegher
MARK KNOOP
5 OCT THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Mark Knoop plays solo piano music by Joanna Bailie, Peter Ablinger, Tim Parkinson and Galina Ustvolskaya.
QUARTABÊ
4 OCT WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Quartabê tour the vinyl release of their most recent album Lição 2: Dorival.
Mariá Portugal (drums), Joana Queiroz (clarinets), Maria Beraldo (clarinets), Chicão (keys)
THE SHAPES | LES CERTITUDES
3 OCT TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The Shapes Owen Gardner, Meittam Govreen, Tom Oldham and Jessica Sligter perform For a Closer Walk by Jessica Sligter.
les certitudes Léo Dupleix (harpsichord), Juliette Adam (clarinet), and Judith Hamann (cello) perform construire sur les ruines d’un passé encore fumant by Léo Dupleix.
NINA GUO sings FELDMAN
29 SEP FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Morton Feldman's Three Voices (1982) for voice and tape, performed by Nina Guo (soprano)
ENEMY
27 SEP WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
ENEMY celebrate the release of their third album The Betrayal (We Jazz Records 2023)
Kit Downes (piano), Petter Eldh (double bass), and James Maddren (drums)
EKMELES
25 SEP MON 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Ekmeles give the German premieres of commissioned works by Hannah Kendall, Taylor Brook, Erin Gee, and Therese Ulvo.
Charlotte Mundy (soprano), Elisa Sutherland (mezzo), Timothy Parsons (countertenor), Tomás Cruz (tenor), Jeffrey Gavett (baritone and director), Steven Hrycelak (bass)
MAGDA MAYAS & NIC COLLINS
23 SEP SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Magda Mayas & Nic Collins perform their jointly composed Edison Noedison for piano, trumpet and Edison Talkie Tapes and David Behrman's Wave Train (1965) for piano with feedback resonators.
ZINC & COPPER: AUTONOMEX
22 SEP FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Juan Felipe Waller, Die sprechenden Stummen, performed by Zinc & Copper with Juan Felipe Waller (electronics)
Marisol Jiménez, Installation für autonome Geräuschmaschinen & Blechblasinstrumente (UA), performed by Zinc & Copper with Marisol Jiménez (objects, electronics)
Zinc & Copper: Robin Hayward (tuba), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), Elena Kakaliagou (french horn)
ZINC & COPPER: SAITENKLÄNGE
21 SEP THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Julia Reidy, Instants and Their Echoes (UA), performed by Zinc & Copper with Julia Reidy (guitar)
Fredrik Rasten, Alloy (UA), performed by Zinc & Copper with Fredrik Rasten (guitar, e-bows)
Zinc & Copper: Robin Hayward (tuba), Hilary Jeffery (trombone), Elena Kakaliagou (french horn)
DUO SANTORSA~PEREYRA
19 SEP TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #26
duo santorsa~pereyra perform electric guitar duos by Achim Christian Bornhöft, Giulia Lorusso, and Lisa Streich
Screening of short films selected by Labor Neunzehn's Valentina Besegher.
SAM DUNSCOMBE & FRIENDS
16 SEP SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The second of two nights featuring works by and for Sam Dunscombe.
Sam Dunscombe & Julia Reidy, Edge Game B for guitar, clarinets, and sine waves, performed by Julia Reidy
Golden Fur (Sam Dunscombe, Judith Hamann & James Rushford), Inverse Commentary (live diffusion by Sam Dunscombe)
James Rushford, solo for portative organ
TIMOTHY McCORMACK with MAM
15 SEP FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
MAM Test Kitchen #2
MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik presents Timothy McCormack's KILN I for contrabass clarinet, euphonium, and percussion and nestbuilder (UA) for solo voice, as well as the collaborative work deep terrane (earth dreams itself, sweating) (UA).
performed by MAM with Ty Bouque (baritone) and Timothy McCormack (bass drum)
BAKUDI SCREAM | DOROTHY CARLOS
14 SEP THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Bakudi Scream (aka Rohan Chander) presents his recent release Final Skin (Cantaloupe Music).
Dorothy Carlos, solo cello and electronics, presents her new release Circuit Spectre (American Dreams).
KATE LEDGER
13 SEP WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT | MONATS DER ZEITGENÖSSICHEN MUSIK BERLIN
Kate Ledger performs piano works by Bunita Marcus, Christopher Fox, Lucio Tasca, Federico Pozzer, Morton Feldman, Eva-Maria Houben, and Ben Isaacs.
WOOLEY / VANDERMARK DUO
12 SEP TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #16
Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) play solo and duo sets following the release of their fourth duo album The Chicago Manual of Style (Superpang).
MARIÁ PORTUGAL | TONY BUCK
9 SEP SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Mariá Portugal, new solo project for voice and drums; Tony Buck, solo percussion; and the live debut of the Portugal & Buck percussion duo
TWO DOGS | TIZIA ZIMMERMANN
8 SEP FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Two Dogs Joke Lanz (turntables, voice) & Beat Keller (guitars) present their new duo album Songs from the Trash Can.
Tizia Zimmermann, solo set for accordion
SAM DUNSCOMBE & FRIENDS
7 SEP THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The first of two benefit concerts featuring works by and for Sam Dunscombe.
Michiko Ogawa (shō) & Lucy Railton (cello), fragments of reincarnation
Sam Dunscombe, Study 2.1 in Mass Plasma Synthesis for clarinets and sine waves (diffusion)
Rebecca Lane, ascending (below) for quarter-tone flutes & electronics
ROTATIONS +
6 SEP WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Rotations, the duo of Sven-Åke Johansson (percussion) & Ignaz Schick (turntables), is joined by guest Franz Hautzinger (trumpet)
GRUBBS, ST. WERNER, CHUDE-SOKEI & REIDY
24 JUN SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Solo sets by David Grubbs (guitar), Jan St. Werner (electronics), Louis Chude-Sokei (voice), and Julia Reidy (guitar), followed by a translation from solo to group performance
OLIVIA SHORTT | MARIA MOLES
21 JUN WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Olivia Shortt, Makwa, a sensory-dense, stream-of-conscious storytelling piece that switches between saxophone, voice, and video feed
Maria Moles, solo for percussion and electronics
ELAINE MITCHENER with MAM
17 JUN SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
MAM Test Kitchen #1
Elaine Mitchener, solo set and a collective work with MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik
Julius Eastman, Joy Boy, performed by Elaine Mitchener & MAM
Elaine Mitchener (voice), Sarah Saviet (violin), Marie Schmit (cello), Paul Hübner (trumpet)
M.O. ABBOTT
15 JUN THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
M.O. Abbott, Pseudoku 1 (2008) for solo piano (UA), Transistor (2012) for voice and piano, False Dichotomy (2018) for viola and trombone (UA), I Said Top-Top (2017-18) for stereo fixed media, and Existential Dread (2019) for soprano, viola, bass trombone, and synthesizer
Morton Feldman, Nature Pieces (1951) for solo piano
M.O. Abbott (bass trombone), Elizabeth Gartman (voice), Thomas Nicholson (viola), Weston Olencki (trombone), Tomoko Ono (piano, synth)
MARINA POLEUKHINA
14 JUN WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Labor Neunzehn's Cluster #25
Marina Poleukhina, One Pulsating Surface, solo performance for expressive objects
A program of short films by Georges Rey, Ben Russell, and Lynne Sachs curated by Valentina Besegher Scotti
KM28 PUBLIC RADIO
JUN 13 TUE 16:00 and 23:00 RADIO SHOWS
Tune in to Peter Margasak's Nowhere Street (16:00) and Judith Hamann's MOSS (23:00) via live radio (88,4 MHz) or online at Colaboradio. You can also dip into the complete archive here
JOHANSSON & GORDOA | GUIONNET & MURAYAMA
10 JUN SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Sven-Åke Johansson & Emilio Gordoa, percussion duo
Jean-Luc Guionnet & Seijiro Murayama, alto saxophone and percussion duo
DER DOPPELTE SCHATTEN
9 JUN FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Der doppelte Schatten is a sextet that doubles the personnel of noted trio Der lange Schatten: Håvard Wiik (piano), Antonis Anissegos (piano), Michael Thieke (clarinet), Tobias Delius (clarinet), Antonio Borghini (double bass) and Felicie Bazelaire (double bass)
SUNIK KIM | DOMINIC COLES
7 JUN WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Sunik Kim, Potential, for general MIDI soundfonts whirled and projected at extreme velocities
Dominic Coles, ear alphabet 1: p-u-s-h, a study that associates speech with abstract sound, remaking music into a form of signal jamming
ANTHONY PATERAS
6 JUN TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Anthony Pateras presents his new release Two Solos (Futura Resistenza 2023), with Clara La Licata performing There Is a Danger Only Our Mistakes Are New (2021) for voice & tape and Callum G'Froerer performing Palimpsest Geometry (2020) for double-bell trumpet & quadraphonic tape.
Anthony Pateras, solo piano set
JYOTI THAKAR & ARVIND PARANJAPE
2 JUN FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Sixth-generation sitar player Jyoti Thakar and Arvind Paranjape (tabla) perform classical sitar music in the bīn-influenced style.
HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #3
31 MAY WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Judith Hamann (cello) and Sarah Saviet (violin) present new solo works, with interstitial music by Sam Dunscombe.
Weston Olencki leads members of the Harmonic Space Orchestra a group work based on a proto-JI tuning system derived from 19th-century theories of electrical force.
with Rebecca Lane, M.O. Abbott, Thomas Nicholson, Michiko Ogawa, Jon Heilbron, Sarah Saviet & Sam Dunscombe
ÁNGELES ROJAS | CALEB SALGADO
27 MAY SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Ángeles Rojas presents her new release breathe into the forest, into the bird, into the song (Sawyer Editions, 2023), performed by Hápax Kollektiv.
Gustavo Obligado (alto saxophone), Sofia Salvo (baritone saxophone), Guido Kohn (cello), Emiliano Salvatore (electric guitar), Julián Galay (tuning forks), Ángeles Rojas (shruti box)
Caleb Salgado presents Perfect Deleted Futures for double bass and electronics.
SIMONAS NEKROŠIUS | ECLECTIC LABYRINTH
26 MAY FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Simonas Nekrošius, solo set
Eclectic Labyrinth, the acoustic duo of Els Vandeweyer (guitar) and Klaus Kürvers (double bass)
MARCIN MASECKI
21 MAY SUN 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Marcin Masecki (piano) plays Bach's Goldberg Variations.
THE MOST UNUSUAL THINGS | NOUR SOKHON
19 MAY FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The Most Unusual Things Debut of the electroacoustic trio of Sara Persico (voice, electronics), Tony Elieh (acoustic bass, electronics) and Niko de Paula Lefort (acoustic guitar, voice, electronics)
Nour Sokhon performs And who are we now? for voice, objects & electronics.
FRIDGE | SUNK HEAVEN
18 MAY THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #14
FRIDGE, the solo electronics project of Elvin Brandhi
Sunk Heaven, the solo electronics project of Austin Sley Julian
FORDE–DELIUS–BANNER–BENNINK
MAY 13 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Second of two nights with Declan Forde (piano), Tobias Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), James Banner (double bass), and Han Bennink (drums)
FORDE–DELIUS–BANNER–BENNINK
MAY 12 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
First of two nights with Declan Forde (piano), Tobias Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), James Banner (double bass), and Han Bennink (drums)
APPARAT plays SAM SALEM | BRAD HENKEL
MAY 11 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Brass ensemble Apparat's four-concert series continues with the music of Sam Salem, with Weston Olencki performing Salem's Bury Me Deep (for trombone, electronics, video)
Brad Henkel, solo trumpet set
DIE HOCHSTAPLER
MAY 5 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #15
Die Hochstapler Louis Laurain (trumpet), Pierre Borel (alto sax), Antonio Borghini (double bass) & Hannes Lingens (drums)
CLARA DE ASÍS & REBECCA LANE
MAY 3 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Clara de Asís, Pillar of Salt for synthesizer and metal chimes
Rebecca Lane & Clara de Asís, Four Angles (Image) performed by Sarah Saviet (violin), Deborah Walker (cello), Clara de Asís (synthesizer) & Rebecca Lane (flutes)
OKER | OWEN GARDNER
MAY 2 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #14
Oker, the acoustic quartet of Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet), Adrian Fiskum Myhr (double bass), and Jan Martin Gismervik (drums)
Owen Gardner, solo guitar
KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 3
APR 29 SAT 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT
Judith Hamann & James Rushford, Midmeste for cello and organetto
Quentin Tolimieri (piano), Ignaz Schick (turntables, sampler) & Valerio Tricoli (Revox) play AMM
Axel Dörner (trumpet) & Bryan Eubanks (saxophone, electronics)
Jessie Marino, solo performance
KEITH ROWE ROUNDTABLE
APR 29 SAT 17:00 TALK
Roundtable with Keith Rowe, Peter Margasak and Brian Olewnick, author of Keith Rowe: The Room Extended
KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 2
APR 28 FRI 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT
Burkhard Beins & Andrea Neumann perform as Lidingö, their duo for amplified percussion, inside piano, and mixer
Catherine Lamb, The Additive Arrow (2021/22), performed by Catherine Lamb (viola) & Lucy Railton (cello)
Annette Krebs, Konstruktion #4 for rubber, metal, strings, objects, voice, and live electronics
KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 1
APR 27 THU 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT
Kaffe Matthews, 4-ch remix of Keith Rowe's solo recordings
Marta Zapparoli (antennas, radio receivers) & Andrea Parkins (objects, electronics)
Sean Meehan (cow bell) & Lucio Capece (bass clarinet, mini speakers)
MARC MATTER | ANDREAS DZIALOCHA
APR 21 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #13
Solo electronics sets from Marc Matter of Institut für Feinmotorik and Andreas Dzialocha of the Hyperdelia label
ABLINGER & VOUTCHKOVA | JOSEPH KUDIRKA
APR 20 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Peter Ablinger and Biliana Voutchkova give the Berlin premieres of their joint composition Das Ökologische Manifest as well as Ablinger's An den Mond for 1-31 chanting violinists.
Joseph Kudirka and Biliana Voutchkova premiere Kudirka's Music Box and Violin.
UENO & YIP | MASAOKA & UCHIHASHI
APR 18 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Ken Ueno (voice, megaphone) & Viola Yip (self-built instruments, electronics)
Miya Masaoka (koto, One String Thing, synthesizer) & Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar, daxophone)
REINIER VAN HOUDT
APR 15 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Reinier van Houdt (solo piano) performs Luc Ferrari, 36 Enfilades (piano & tape); Alvin Curran, For Cornelius; Eva-Maria Houben, Sonata 1; and Jürg Frey, Pianist Alone (2)
DAVID MOSS & TILO WEBER
APR 14 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Virtuoso singer David Moss and percussionist Tilo Weber present their new duo Gong Mountain Galaxy.
HÅVARD WIIK TRIO
APR 12 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Håvard Wiik Trio Håvard Wiik (piano), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass), and Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums)
JAMES RUSHFORD & JOE TALIA
APR 8 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
James Rushford (piano) and Joe Talia (drums & electronics)—the duo behind Palisades (Sabbatical), Paper Fault Line (Boccian Records) and Manhunter (Kye)—perform two solo sets and an electronics duo.
ZEYNEP TORAMAN | FREEMAN EDWARDS
APR 7 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Zeynep Toraman, In a Dark House for synthesizers & electronics
Freeman Edwards, solo works for electric guitar
LUCY LIYOU | NICK ZANCA
APR 6 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Lucy Liyou (voice, piano) tours their new album Dog Dreams (개꿈), with Nick Zanca (electronics).
Nick Zanca, solo set for voice, laptop, electronics, guitar
HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #2
MAR 31 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Harmonic Space: Prime Time #2
Marcus Pal, sound synthesis solo, and Michiko Ogawa, clarinet and synthesizer solo
Lumatone-based demonstration by Catherine Lamb and Marc Sabat, followed by a Harmonic Space Orchestra composition (led by Thomas Nicholson) featuring Rebecca Lane, M.O. Abbott, Michiko Ogawa, Marcus Pal, Ellen Arkbro, Thomas Nicholson, Marc Sabat, and Catherine Lamb
EVELYN SAYLOR & NINA GUO
MAR 30 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Evelyn Saylor premieres Shattered, Shimmering and No Such Virtue ('There Is No Rose' Permutation) for solo voice and electronics and Vel Piling Grimtra ('Traveling Pilgrim' Permutation) for fixed media
Evelyn Saylor (voice) & Nina Guo (voice) perform Change Patterns No. 2 by Saylor & Lane; MOSSOPERA by Guo & Brandner; and two new works by Evelyn Saylor: Astral Circuits and The Autumn Day Its Course Has Run (with additional vocals by Marco Wessnigk).
CHANTAL MICHELLE | SEVERIN BLACK
MAR 29 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Chantal Michelle performs Pulse, Puls-ar, Procession (Dinzu Artefacts, 2022) with Michiko Ogawa (clarinet).
Solo electronics set by Severin Black of Archaic Vaults
GAHLMM | VINYL -TERROR & -HORROR
MAR 24 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
GAHLMM tour their new release Break a Leg, featuring works by Tony Blomdahl, Paula Matthusen, Vinyl -terror- & -horror, and Lars Marhaug, performed by George Kentros (violin), Mattias Petersson (electronics), My Hellgren (cello), Anna Svensdotter (flutes), Lisa Ullén (piano), and Henrik Olsson (percussion & piezo elements).
Vinyl -terror & -horror, the turntable duo of Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen
APPARAT plays ANN CLEARE | PNEUMA
MAR 23 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Ann Cleare, surface station #1: in the upper atmosphere (for French horn and electronics) and mire |…|veins (for brass ensemble) performed by Apparat
Samuel Stoll (horn), Paul Hübner (trumpet), Mathilde Conley (trumpet), Max Murray (tuba) & Weston Olencki (trombone)
Pneuma, the working trio of Heather Frasch (flute), Axel Dörner (trumpet), and Max Murray (tuba)
HUGO ESQUINCA | RYONG
MAR 22 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #12
Solo electronics sets by Hugo Esquinca and Ryong
COTTBUSSER CHOR | ALEX MENDIZABAL
MAR 18 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Cottbusser Chor sings Vorahnungen by Nicholas Bussmann with texts by Haytham El Wardany, Yan Jun, Mikhail Lylov, and Jasmina Al Qaisi in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Romanian.
Lucile Desamory, Yusuf Ergün, Margareth Kammerer, Laura Mello, Eduard Mont de Palol, Rico Repotente, and Aaron Snyder
Alex Mendizabal, 6 half basses, solo for six membranes in rotating ratio
RICHARD VALITUTTO
MAR 15 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Pianist Richard Valitutto performs works from his debut solo album nocturnes & lullabies (New Focus Recordings, 2020), featuring works by Maura Capuzzo, Frederic Chopin, Nicholas Deyoe, Thomas Feng, Marc Sabat, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Linda Catlin Smith.
JOHN KAMEEL FARAH plays BACH
MAR 11 SAT 14:30 DOORS 15:00 CONCERT | 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT
John Kameel Farah (piano & synthesizers) plays J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in its entirety, connecting keys with improvisations and electronic episodes, weaving the series into a contrapuntal soundscape. (Book I starts at 15:00 and Book II at 19:00.)
KIER GOGWILT & JOHNNY CHANG
MAR 8 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Keir GoGwilt (violin) & Johnny Chang (viola) perform selections from their recent release hope lies fallow (Another Timbre 2022), developed after works by Orlando de Lassus and Hildegard von Bingen and the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
ALAN COURTIS | MATTIN
MAR 7 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Avant-garde psychodelia meets deep listening with Alan Courtis (electric guitar, voice & tape) of legendary band The Reynols.
Conceptual improvisation meets social realism with artist, musician, and theorist Mattin (audience & computer).
GARD NILSSEN ACOUSTIC UNITY
MAR 5 SUN 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #13
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity tour their latest album Elastic Waves (ECM Records), feauturing André Roligheten (saxophones, clarinet), Petter Eldh (double bass), and Gard Nilssen (drums).
BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES
MAR 4 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Antonio Borghini's recent compositions are performed by Banquet of Consequences, featuring Pierre Borel (alto sax), Toby Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), Anil Eraslan (cello), Rieko Okuda (piano), Antonio Borghini (double bass), and Steve Heather (drums)
DAFELDECKER & BUSSMANN | SIMON JAMES PHILLIPS
MAR 2 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Werner Dafeldecker & Nicolas Bussmann present their debut album Monte Carlo Fallacy (Ni Vu Ni Connu, 2023).
Composer and pianist Simon James Phillips performs 7 or 9 Bagatelles for solo piano.
HÅVARD WIIK | TONY BUCK & BEX BURCH
MAR 1 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Håvard Wiik, leader of the celebrated ensembles Atomic and Håvard Wiik Trio, gives a rare solo piano set.
Tony Buck & Bex Burch present their new collaboration informed by traditional West African music, post-Punk, and minimalism.
RAGE THORMBONES | ELLEN ARKBRO
FEB 25 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Duo set by RAGE Thormbones (Weston Olencki & Matt Barbier, trombones)
Chords for trumpet by Ellen Arkbro (trumpet and synthesis)
KJAERGAARD–WESTERGAARD–BRUUN
FEB 24 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Nowhere Street #12
Kjærgaard–Westergaard–Bruun Trio with Søren Kjærgaard (piano), Jonas Westergaard (double bass) and Peter Bruun (drums)
HAMANN & DOBIE | BERTHEAU & ANDERS
FEB 17 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Judith Hamann & Sholto Dobie, duo for cello and organ
Romain Bertheau & Isabel Anders (piano) play Morton Feldman's Piano Three Hands (1957) and Piano Four Hands (1958).
BROMP TREB | FELICITY MANGAN
FEB 15 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Power Loom #11
Bromp Treb, the solo electronics project of noisemaker and filmmaker Neil Cloaca Young
Felicity Mangan, solo electronics incorporating animal archives, field recordings, and piezo transducers
OGAWA & RAILTON | SAM DUNSCOMBE
FEB 14 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Michiko Ogawa & Lucy Railton, Trio for Cello, Shō, and Hammond Organ (2022), with Lucy Railton (cello), Michiko Ogawa (shō), and Joseph Houston (organ)
Sam Dunscombe, Fourth Study in Mass Plasma Synthesis for room tones and sine waves
LUKA ARON | LUDWIG WANDINGER
FEB 10 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Luka Aron, solo for sine waves and distortion units
Ludwig Wandinger, solo electronics
WOBBLY| WILTED WOMAN
FEB 9 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Wobbly performs Monitress, the germ of his seven-album studio cycle, for multiple mobile devices and electronics.
Wilted Woman, solo electronics and synthesizer
CAPECE & PORTER | SOFIA SALVO | QUENTIN TOLIMIERI
FEB 7 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Lucio Capece & Katie Porter, Phase to Phase, duo for bass clarinets
Sofia Salvo, solo for baritone saxophone
Quentin Tolimieri, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Bass, performed by Katie Porter (bass clarinet), Quentin Tolimieri (piano), and Werner Dafeldecker (double bass)
CHRIS PITSIOKOS | AXEL DÖRNER
FEB 4 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Chris Pitsiokos, Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles for alto saxophone, electronics and four loudspeakers
Axel Dörner, rixtorp for trumpet, electronics, and four loudspeakers
JOSEPH HOUSTON
FEB 2 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Joseph Houston, solo piano, performs Horațiu Rădulescu, Piano Sonata No. 4 (like a well ... older than god); Alexander Scriabin, Deux Danses, op. 73, Joseph Houston, new piece; Mark Barden, die Haut anderer; and Linda Catlin Smith, The Underfolding.
HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #1
JAN 31 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The Harmonic Space: Prime Time series begins with a Harmonic Space Orchestra collective composition (led by Deborah Walker); a new solo work by Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute and electronics); and Fredrik Rasten's Murmurations XVI and Stasis I-II for six electric guitars and spatialized amplifiers.
Rebecca Lane (flute), M.O. Abbott (trombone), Sam Dunscombe (clarinet), Weston Olencki (trombone), Thomas Nicholson (viola), Jonathan Heilbron (double bass), Judith Hamann (cello), Deborah Walker (cello), Marc Sabat (violin), Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Sarah Saviet (violin)
RICHARD VALITUTTO
JAN 27 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Richard Valitutto plays Sarah Hennies’s hour-long work for prepared piano, SOVT [Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract] (2017); Thomas Feng’s trace of hope (variations); and Linda Catlin Smith’s Thought and Desire.
GERMAINE SIJSTERMANS
JAN 26 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Germaine Sijstermans (clarinet) performs compositions from her double album Betula (Elsewhere 2022) with Rishin Singh (trombone) and Fredrik Rasten (guitar).
RUPERT ENTICKNAP
JAN 24 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
Morphologies
Four new works for voice, piano, and electronics for a single performer by Liisa Hirsch, Lucie Vítková, Dominykas Digimas, and Wojtek Blecharz
Rupert Enticknap, performance
LISLE–EDWARDS–DOWNES
JAN 20 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
The trio Andrew Lisle (drums), John Edwards (bass), and Kit Downes (piano) tours its first release Multi-directional (Raw Tonk Records).
JANE IN ETHER
JAN 17 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT
KM28 kicks off its 2023 program with Jane in Ether featuring Miako Klein (recorders), Magda Mayas (piano) & Biliana Voutchkova (violin/voice).