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Upcoming 30.06., 01. and 02.07. Beauty of religions, NRW 06.07. Jour fixe in rememberance of Éliane Radigue, Bielefeld 26. - 30.08. Transformed spaces II, Lemgo 05.09. Auguries of Innocence, Supersonique, Marseille 06.09. Reading, RadKulTour, Bielefeld 23. - 27.09. Transformed spaces III, Herford 17.10. Eine Lange Nacht Musik, Bielefeld 08.11. Dreiklangdimensionen, Melle

Beauty of religions What is beautiful about religions? What about yours? What about others’? Three poetry slammers – Lamyae Adnine, Finn Holitzka and Henrik Szántó – offer their personal answers. Accompanying them, the Israeli-Iranian ensemble Sistanagila performs pieces drawn from centuries-old Jewish and Iranian traditions, as well as new compositions. Between the texts and the…

Cooperativa meets sans sens On 21 May 2026 the Cooperativa Ensemble and the Ensemble sans sens will come together for a special spatial concert at the Theaterlabor TOR6. Throughout the evening, the audience will be seated in the centre of the stage, experiencing both contemporary compositions and improvisations by the two groups, staged in relation…

Return to the nest and breathe a sigh of relief Returning to the Nest and Taking a Deep Breath – A House Full of Music Film Premiere with Supporting Program In Memory of the Home of Gerd Lisken and Anke Züllich-Lisken For many decades, Gerd Lisken († 2018) and Anke Züllich-Lisken († 2024) were enthusiastic…

Introduction to the work Tzimtzum by composer Sarah Nemtsov In November 2023, Sarah Nemtsov's tetralogy Tzimtzum premiered. It is an approach to the spiritual world of Kabbalah. ‘Tzimtzum’ is God's self-contraction from his own centre. The creation of a mystical cavity made the existence of the universe possible in the first place. Nemtsov's tetralogy is…

Ensemble Freie Musik at the Meller Kulturherbst The Ensemble Freie Musik will perform on November 9 at 6 p.m. as part of the Meller Kulturherbst festival at the Wilde Rose in Melle. Admission free Lutz Wagner – violin and effects Hans Wilhelm Specht – saxophone, percussion Frank Ay – saxophone, clarinet, objects Eric Pfennig –…

eterno presente The potentially destructive power of the seemingly calm volcano shapes the region around Vesuvius and enables a special experience of time. The sound composition eterno presente on September 25 in the Kurzstrecke program on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Transformed spaces I Multimedia staging of large spaces For 10 days, 12 artists will transform the ‘open space’ at Kulturhaus Ostblock into a unique art space. Music and sound installations, painting and sculpture, film projections and digital art will experimentally intertwine, transforming the large space into a constantly changing Gesamtkunstwerk. After 5 days of collective…

Jour fixe about the performance 6ter August, 8 16 (JST) The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a caesura that goes far beyond the temporal and spatial effects of the two cities. There is the local devastation, the immediate suffering on the ground. The suffering of the survivors, which continues in…

Finale in the park Finale in the park A musical production The Cooperativa Ensemble with guests Bielefeld - Bürgerpark 01.06.25, 4 pm On Sunday, 1 June at 4 pm, the Cooperativa Ensemble and 16 musicians will transform the Bürgerpark into an unusual sound field. The event will be introduced by an extensive composition for three…