Opening night of 2025
Saturday March 1, 2025 at 7 PM
BERLIN IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA (sound installation)
The Berlin Improvisers Orchestra was established around 15 years ago, having played concerts regularly ever since. The ensemble enjoys and surprises its audience and members with thoughtful, funny and complex conductions and free improvisations, drifting in a world between circus, big band and contemporary music orchestra. Guests from abroad usually enrich the orchestra’s line-up, including members from the London / Glasgow / Tokyo and Wuppertal Improvisers Orchestra.
Vincent Laju - cello
Hui-Chun Lin - cello
Uygur Vural - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello
Gerhard Uebele - violin
Wolfgang Georgsdorf - violin
Dietrich Petzold - viola
Nikolaus Neuser - trp
Anna Kaluza - sax
Henrik Walsdorff - sax
Manuel Miethe - sax
Kellen Mills - electric bass
Jan Roder - double bass
Horst Nonnenmacher - double bass
Ulf Mengersen - double bass
Klaus Kürvers - double bass
Niko Meinhold - piano
Roman Stolyar - piano, melodica
Hannes Buder - guitar
Martial Frenzel - drums, perc
Marcello Busato - drums, perc
Willi Kellers - drums, perc
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 228 (sound installation)
Wednesday March 5, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Elisabetta Lanfredini, Lorena Izquierdo, Ligia Liberatori (voices)
-Set 2- Blanc Trio - burgund t brandt (objects), Nime (percussion), Yiannis Loukos (piano)
10 €
Elektramusic with Paul Clouvel (screening)
Friday March 7, 2025 at 7 PM
Screening with works by Myriam Boucher, Adam Stansbie, Paul Clouvel, Line Katcho and others.
Curated and performed by Paul Clouvel.
Free entry (donations welcomed)
Improvised & Experimental No. 229 (sound installation)
Wednesday March 12, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Crysoma - Andrea Puszi (electronics), Solene Collin (electronics)
-Set 2- Niki Yaghmaee (viola), Golsana Shenasaei (cello), Mazyar Younesi (piano)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 230 (sound installation)
Wednesday March 19, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Liz Kosack (synthesizer), Omer Eilam (synthesizer)
-Set 2- Anaïs Tuerlinckx (piano), Asger Thomsen (double bass), Jonas Engel (reeds)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 231 (sound installation)
Wednesday March 26, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Mizuki Ishikawa (feedback, objects), GubbiAnn (no input, DIY oscillators), Lun Ário (sampling, voice)
-Set 2- Valerie Renay and guests (live electronics, voice, body, words and quantum dreams)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 232 (sound installation)
Wednesday April 2, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- ARPYIES - Maria do Mar (violin, electronics), Ana G. Albino (electric guitar, electronics), Catarina C. Silva (french horn)
-Set 2- Zustand D. (feedback clarinet), Cate Hops (electronics), Frank (analogue sound samples, modified resonator, electronics)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 233 (sound installation)
Wednesday April 9, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Francesco Ghirlanda (drums), Francisco Catalan (guitar, electronics), Roberta Ricci (dance), Carmen Volpe (dance)
-Set 2- Liz Allbee (electro acoustic trumpet), Hada Benedito (prepared piano), Kellen Mills (electric bass)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 234 (sound installation)
Wednesday April 16, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Thorsten Bahr (saxophones), Julie Sassoon (piano), Marcello S. Busato (drums)
-Set 2- Stina Nilsson (dance), Ingo Reulecke (dance), Dan Peter Sundland (electric bass)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 235 (sound installation)
Wednesday April 23, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Thomas Vona (bells)
-Set 2- Dialogues - Gina Lo (modular synth), Felipe Vereschi (modular synth)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 236 (sound installation)
Wednesday April 30, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Manuela Lucia Tessi (movement), Annukka Hirvonen (movement), Friederike Wendorf (flutes, voice)
-Set 2- Luz Gonzalez (live electronics), Rebecca Minten (bass clarinet)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 237 (sound installation)
Wednesday May 7, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Claudia Risch (bass clarinet, flute), Francis Heery (electronics), Aziz Lewandowsky (cello)
-Set 2- Sarah Jegelka (dance), Audae (voice, piano, experimental sound), Hannes Buder (cello, voice)
10 €
TEXTURES SPATIALES (performances)
Saturday May 10, 2025 at 8 PM
ANNETTE SCHMUCKI blättern [2025 WP, World Premiere]
JONAS KOCHER Skills [2025 WP]
ABRIL PADILLA Points de gravité [2024/2025 WP]
STEFFI WEISMANN Chiffre [2024/25 WP]
ALESSANDRO BOSETTI Trinitaire [2015]
Four new positions on the subject of music as language and language as music: the multi-perspective spatial pieces are based on German and French texts or alternate between the two languages. Granulate or cipher, texture, interjection, poetic sound shift, singsong or rumour mill: in performative actions with objects and instruments, the performers' bodies position the sound in space. Delicate scrolling, sudden word-finding chains or conspiratorial messages unfold in a communicative situation in which attention is focussed on listening. Each of the compositions creates a world of its own in terms of aesthetics and content. In the overall programme, these different perspectives complement and enrich each other and convey innovative approaches to current contemporary music from Switzerland.
Maulwerker: Ariane Jeßulat, Henrik Kairies, Christian Kesten, Katarina Rasinski, Steffi Weismann – voices, performance, instruments, objects
produced by Maulwerker in cooperation with ignm Zürich, Pôle Nord and Association Bruit, supported from Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia, Fondation Nicati de Luze and Fondation SUISA
Improvised & Experimental No. 238 (sound installation)
Wednesday May 14, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- MUTABLES - Korhan Erel (electronics, acoustics), Nicolas Wiese (visual layers, projections), Min Yoon (butoh dance)
-Set 2- Hot Cat 22 - Yurika Saito (film), Shiomi Kawaguchi (shamisen), Fumio Okura (violin, organisation)
10 €
Berna Ay - The Weather I Wake Up To Is No Longer the Same (exhibition)
Sunday May 18, 2025, 2-10 PM
Berna Ay’s artistic practice explores the intricate relationship between human beings and their environment, particularly focusing on the psychological and physical effects of climate change on human health. Her work is characterised by a minimalist approach and a carefree style, often depicting figures interacting with elements of nature. Recurring motifs include characters with plants—such as trees or cabbages—growing from their heads, eyes, or mouths, symbolising the allergic reactions triggered by environmental factors. One notable piece, titled “Kimchi Human” represents the artist’s reflection on how climate change induces eco-anxiety and allergies.
Free entry
Improvised & Experimental No. 239 (sound installation)
Wednesday May 21, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Mia Zabelka (violin. electronics), Tamara Soldan (voice, medieval fiddle, electronics), Richard Scott (modular synthesiser)
-Set 2- Alnithra.incidents & Fase023 (synths, guitar, visuals)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 240 (sound installation)
Wednesday May 28, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Jonas Marx (dance), Mariangela Tinelli (dance), Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson (bass clarinet, electronics)
-Set 2- Aisling Marnane (viola), Keks (accordion)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 241 (sound installation)
Wednesday June 4, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Max Arsava (piano), Olga Reznichenko (piano, keytar), Sue Koppel (corporeal mime)
-Set 2- Julius Windisch (synth, harpsichord), Friede Merz (vocals), Cassie Kinoshi (saxophone)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 242 (sound installation)
Wednesday June 11, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- MARMALSANA - Maurice Louca (acoustic micro-tonal guitar), Tony Elieh (acoustic bass guitar), Burkhard Beins (percussion)
-Set 2- Gonçalo Mortágua (reeds), Lukas Akintaya (drums), Sofia Borges (drums)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 243 (sound installation)
Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Johannes von Wrochem (guitar), Shuichi Chino (piano), Marie Takahashi (viola)
-Set 2- Daisy Payero & Joe Hertenstein + Rieko Okuda : The Thumb - Improvised Music & Theatrics
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 244 (sound installation)
Wednesday June 25, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Daniel Bryden (electronics), Wilma Sävström (voice, installation)
-Set 2- Nicole Oike (objects, modular synth), Eugenio Petrarca (modular synth)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 245 (sound installation)
Wednesday July 2, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Ingo Reulecke (movement), Klaus Janek (doublebass fx), Wieland Möller (percussion)
-Set 2- Undies (vocals, piano, drums, viola)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 246 (sound installation)
Wednesday July 9, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Riad Nassar (modular synth), Taka Kagitomi (selfmade instruments, toys, trumpet, performance, vocal), Irene Accardo (dance, vocal)
-Set 2- Catalina Gutierrez (clarinets), Maria Luisa Pizzighella (percussion, electronics), Marie-Louise Schneider (voice, violin)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 247 (sound installation)
Wednesday July 16, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Teresa Hackel (recorders), Eiko Yamada (recorders)
-Set 2- Alina Anufrienko (cello, electronics), Lazara Rossel Albear (drums), Alexey Kokhanov (vocals)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 248 (sound installation)
Wednesday July 23, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Edith Steyer (clarinet, alt saxophone), Miriam Leo (piano), Petr Balhar (drums)
-Set 2- FEED - Andrew Wass (dance), Marie Takahashi (viola), Simon Rose (baritone saxophone)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 249 (sound installation)
Wednesday July 30, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- AnimalNacht - Ute Wassermann (voice, objects), Olaf Hochherz (electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet)
-Set 2- Els Vandeweyer (vibraphone), Kriton Beyer (daxophone)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 250 (sound installation)
Wednesday August 6, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Lina Allemano (trumpet), Anna Kaluza (saxophone), Isabel Rößler (double bass)
-Set 2- Christina Zurhausen (guitar, effects), Hanna Schörken (voice), Ramon Keck (drums)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 251 (sound installation)
Wednesday August 13, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Axel Filip (drums), Mia Dyberg (alt saxophone), Lisa Hoppe (double bass)
-Set 2- Axel Dörner (trumpet), Zsolt Sorés (five string viola), Alexander Frangenheim (double bass)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 252 (sound installation)
Wednesday August 20, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (trombone, electronics), Emilio Gordoa (percussion, electronics), Marina Cyrino (flute, electronics)
-Set 2- Kathia Rudametkin (viola, effects), Moriaariava (guzheng, percussion), Wolf (vocals, echoes)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 253 (sound installation)
Wednesday August 27, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Rieko Okuda (electronics), Ignaz Schick (turntables, sampler), Beat Keller (feedbacker electric guitar)
-Set 2- Reanimation Orchestra - JD Zazie (turntables, cdjs), Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson (contrabass clarinet), Marie Takahashi (viola), Caroline Cecilia Tallone (hurdy gurdy), Guilherme Rodrigues (violoncello), Elo Masing (violin)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 254 (sound installation)
Wednesday September 3, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Uygur Vural (cello, movements), Valentina Bellanova (ney, flutes)
-Set 2- KvT - Kata Kovács, Tom O'Doherty, Jérémie Mortier (trumpet, bass, electronics, drums)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 255 (sound installation)
Wednesday September 10, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Laura.All (guitar), GubbiAnn (no input, DIY oscilators), Lun Ário (sampling, voice)
-Set 2- DuChamp, Ernesto Carcamo Cavázos, SoundOkapi (synthesisers, pedals, electronics)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 256 (sound installation)
Wednesday September 17, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Viola Yip (DIY electronics), Adam Pultz (DIY electronics), Robot (DIY electronics)
-Set 2- Julia Biłat (cello, voice), Roman Stolyar (piano), Dudu Kuarte (percussion)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 257 (sound installation)
Wednesday September 24, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Miriam den Boer Salmon (violin), Dimitra Kousteridiou (electronics), Amanda Irarrazabal (double bass)
-Set 2- James Banner (bass), Megan Jowett (viola), Maria Reich (viola)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 258 (sound installation)
Wednesday October 1, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Heather Green, Mamiko Kan, Mary Molnar (voices)
-Set 2- Félicie Bazelaire (double bass), Michiyasu Furutani (butoh dance), Norbert R. Stammberger (saxophone, graphics)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 259 (sound installation)
Wednesday October 8, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (piano), Hui-Chun Lin (cello), Sabine Vogel (flute, objects)
-Set 2- Vasco Furtado (drums), Clara Lai (piano), Vinicius Cajado (double bass)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 260 (sound installation)
Wednesday October 15, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Reiner Hess (alt saxophone), Gerhard Gschlößl (trombone), Angela Wingerath (voice)
-Set 2- Anna Stern (vocals, electronics), Michael Kolberg (electric guitar), Anja Kreysing (accordion, electronics)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 261 (sound installation)
Wednesday October 22, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Leonie Roessler (field recordings, live electronics), Soheil Soheili (electronics), Diana Fonseca (electronics)
-Set 2- Mire (midi keyboard drones, audio-reactive video), von jeglichem wort (base, guitar), Paul Brody (trumpet, objects)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 262 (sound installation)
Wednesday October 29, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Tangerine - Danielle Friedman (piano), Aviv Noam (alto saxophone)
-Set 2- Taupe Étoile Ext. - Johanna Sandels (voice, looper, effects), Grégoire Charbey (modular synthesiser), Mathieu Sylvestre (field recordings, tapes)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 263 (sound installation)
Wednesday November 5, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Sophie Renger (paetzold), Grgur Savic (saxophone, objects, action), Asta D. (voice, sound poetry)
-Set 2- Shiomi Kawaguchi (shamisen), Chris Heenan (reeds), Jung-Jae Kim (tenor saxophone)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 264 (sound installation)
Wednesday November 12, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Klaus Janek (double bass), Milena Kipfmüller (electronics) & guest
-Set 2- Denise Dombrowski (violin, vocals, guitar), Mark Loughrey (banjo, mandolin, vocals), Conor Cunningham (clarinet, flute, vocals)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 265 (sound installation)
Wednesday November 19, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Ore Ama Collective - Maddi Fuente Ubani (dance), Ana Kavalis (dance), Lottie Sebes (sound)
-Set 2- Paula Sanchez (cello), Michael Vorfeld (percussion), Markus Krispel (expanded saxophone)
10 €
Improvised & Experimental No. 266 - Closing night of 2025 (sound installation)
Wednesday November 26, 2025 at 7 PM
-Set 1- Wortschmerz ‡ noisedestotrotz - multimedia performance (text, vision, sound) by Elizabeta Kostadinovska (visual art, video, experimental text in multilingual polyphony live), Katharina Keim (electronics, feedback), Margaret Unknown (lapsteel guitar, electronics)
-Set 2- Adam Goodwin (double bass), Elena Kakaliagou (french horn), Tatsumi Ryusui (guitar)
10 €