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June 4 3AM – Filaments and Voids an evening of performances, concerts, films, dancing, food and drinks. RSVP (so we know how many people are coming and if you want to help) with Brendan Dougherty | Philipp Enders & Adaline Anobile | Charlie Fouchier | Lisa Hinterreithner| Daniella Kaufman and Karoline Strys | Christian Kesten and choir | Moritz Majce + Sandra Man with Zoé Alibert, Katherine Gorsuch, Olivia Patrizia-Kunze, Sonia Noya, Fausta Scarangella, Sinja Völl | Nikolaus Neuser and Florian Juncker | Sonia Noya | Juliana Piquero, Maya Weinberg, Catalina Fernández, Manuela Schininá | Julia Reidy, Samuel Hall and Liz Kosack | Ilana Reynolds and Ira Hadžić | Daniel Salomon | Lisa Stertz Door is open from 19:00–19:10 19:30 Christian Kesten Untitled #24 for choir pre-version performed by Zoé Alibert, Ines Bellaliz, Dorothea Braun, Audrey Chen, Yin Cheng, María Ferrara, Jule Flierl, Heather Frasch, Katia Guedes, Ariane Jessulat, Yan Jun, Henrik Kairies, Alexey Kokhanov, Olga Kozmanidze, Rebecca Lane, Barbara Lazara, Karin Matussek, Casey Moir, Katarina Rasinski, Renata Sachs, Sagardía, Hanna Schoerken, N.N. Entrance free. ATTENTION! The (orange) door of the main entrance will be open only 5 times for 10 minutes every time: at 19.00, 20.00, 21.00, 22.00 and 23.00h. Sunday, 4 June, 2017 | 19:00–03:00 Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben Am Flutgraben | 12435 Berlin U Schlesisches Tor | S Treptower Park June 6 UNERHÖRTE MUSIK Biliana Voutchkova – violin, voice Michael Thieke – clarinet perform Christian Kesten untitled #2 (bread and butter) (2016) and Christian Wolff, Julia Werntz, Antoine Beuger, Tristan Murail, Voutchkova/Thieke. Tuesday, 6 June, 2017 | 20:30 BKA | Unerhörte Musik Mehringdamm 34 | 10961 Berlin U6 Mehringdamm June 19 another field works by christian kesten record release concert for 2 CDs! Ear Piece Christian Kesten – introduction LACHEN LAUGH RIRE 1 | 2 | 3 Antonia Baehr – voice untitled (solo for accordion) Jonas Kocher – accordion untitled (another field) Lucio Capece – bass clarinet, objects Axel Dörner – trumpet Christian Kesten – voice Jonas Kocher – door Andrea Neumann – innenklavier [inside piano] DJ Lousy Cappuccino Monday, 19 June, 2017 | 20:30 Labor Sonor Spezial unfunded Kunsthaus KuLe Auguststr. 10 | 10117 Berlin July 5 Ein schöner Hase ist meistens der Einzellne Concert in memoriam Michael Hirsch Film-Portrait by Susanne Elgeti | Bastard 2 („La Didone“) for piano (2004) (Premiere) | Das Konvolut, Vol. 3 (2010) – excerpt | Hirngespinste (1996) for 2 accordions | Kopfecke, Wunderhöhle (1996) for 3 speakers, 1 noise maker, piano, 1 percussionist, 3 cassette players, fixed media | String Quartet (2008) | Zu 14 Händen (1995) for 7 pianists at one piano | Das Konvolut, Vol. 1 (2001): Opera for 1 female singer and fixed media, 21 Stücke for piccolo flute and clarinet (in E-flat), fixed media with Anna Clementi (voice), Renata Helmich (piano), Maulwerker Ensemble with Chico Mello and Vilém Wagner (voices, piano, percussion, objects), modern art ensemble (flute & clarinet), Sonar Quartett Wednesday, 5 July, 2017 | 8 pm Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper Berlin Richard-Wagner-/ Zillestr. Berlin-Charlottenburg U2 Deutsche Oper Sep 9 durst&frucht [thirst&fruit] accomplishing words. jacob and wilhelm grimm music theatre for voices, instruments, video projections by annette schmucki 2017 with ensemble proton, bern – instruments, conducting and maulwerker, berlin – voices and appliances stage direction: therese schmidt stage design: hsuan huang 9 September, 2017 musikfestival bern «irrlicht» Sep 18 LABOR SONOR New composition by Joseph Kudirka for Sparrows Ensemble: Rebecca Lane – flute, Koen Nutters – contrabass, Morten J. Olsen – percussion Julia Reidy – guitar Andrea Neumann ‘Music With Roots In The Aether—Catherine Lamb’ (Re-enactment of Robert Ashley’s ‘Music With Roots In The Aether—Alvin Lucier’) with Bryan Eubanks, Christian Kesten, Catherine Lamb and Andrea Neumann Monday, 18 September, 2017 | 9pm Kunsthaus KuLe | August st. 10 | 10117 Berlin-Mitte Oct 7 maulwerker AUGENLIEDER. COMPOSITIONS FOR BODIES. Geoffrey Hendricks PRELUDE FOR TRIO (1964) Andrea Neumann 6 AKTEURE (2017) World Premiere Neele Hülcker GIB PFÖTCHEN! (2017) WP Fernanda Farah TAKT SINN (2017) WP Dieter Schnebel BLINZELN (1995) Christian Kesten ÜBER DIE LEBENSWEISE DER GUAM-FLUGHUNDE IST WEITERHIN NICHTS BEKANNT (2017) for 6 performers WP Steffi Weismann FOUNTAIN (2008/2015) for 5 + x performers, 10 + y plastic cups and one bottle of water Saturday, 7 October, 2017 | 8 pm Ballhaus Ost Berlin | Pappelallee 15 | 10437 Berlin Nov 21/22 Gare du Nord Basel durst&frucht [thirst&fruit] accomplishing words. jacob and wilhelm grimm music theatre for voices, instruments, video projections by annette schmucki 2017 with ensemble proton, bern – instruments, conducting and maulwerker, berlin – voices and appliances stage direction: therese schmidt stage design: hsuan huang 21/22 November, 2017 Gare du Nord im Badischen Bahnhof Schwarzwaldallee 200 | CH-4058 Basel