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At the umbrella festival for the contemporary music scene in Berlin, performers present concerts, installations and performances featuring current works and a wide variety of artistic positions in a month-long collaboration. Festival audiences experience the vibrancy and diversity of this Berlin scene, which is internationally influential.
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Berlin is also considered one of the most exciting scenes for contemporary music worldwide because it is decentralised and can be encountered anytime, anywhere.
And so, throughout the month, she will be performing in major concert halls (Philharmonie, Konzerthaus, Pierre Boulez Saal) as well as on independent stages (including KM28, exploratorium berlin, Kotti-Shop, ausland) and in unexpected venues such as the Schinkel Pavillon and cemetery churches.
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Participating ensembles, orchestras, collectives and groups
Barefaced Body Ensemble • Berlin Philharmonic • Contagious • Contemporary Insights Ensemble • DLW • Duo Simolka-Wohlhauser • Ensemble Adapter • Ensemble Apparat • Ensemble Fincan • Ensemble Menajiri • Ensemble Senza Sforzando • ensemble mosaik • gamut inc • GORGONE • Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra • INK • JACK Quartet • Krautfuzz • LUX:NM • Maulwerker • Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin • Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop • Sonoscopia • Splitter Orchester • TAU • The Labor Band • Zafraan Ensemble • Zöllner-Roche-Duo • and many moreParticipating venues
Kirche Zur frohen Botschaft • Philharmonie Berlin • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche • UMSPANNWERK Reinickendorf • Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal • Ballhaus Ost • Holzmarkt und Säälchen • Hošek Contemporary • Acker Stadt Palast • BKA-Theater • Errant Sound / Miss Read • ausland • Kammermusiksaal • Musikbrauerei • Fincan Neukölln • silent green • Schwartzsche Villa • exploratorium berlin • Pierre Boulez Saal • Sowieso • Schinkel Pavillon • Kühlhaus Berlin • Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg • St. Elisabeth Church • Dock 11 • Villa Elisabeth • KM28 • fabrik Potsdam • Museum FLUXUS+ • Spektral-Raumohr • Galiläakirche • VHS Pankow • Club der Polnischen Versager • Kleiner Wasserspeicher • Ebensperger / Fichtebunker • and many more.
Participating festivals and series
Aggregate Festival • Berlin Solo Impro • Cluster Festival • Designing Voices: Klangsinne • Festival für Selbstgebaute Musik 2025 • Frictive Frequencies • Improvisation International • Labor Sonor • Musikfest Berlin 2025 • Sentimental Punk • Somehow We Can • Sonar System • TOPO Concert Series • Unerhörte Musik
Get to know Berlin's multifaceted contemporary music scene and gain an overview of current developments in music!
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