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April 9	4 POSITIONEN 1 AM ANFANG WAR DAS WORT AM.* Exhibition in the gallery of the Kunsthaus of the Achim Freyer Stiftung with works by Via Lewandowsky, Nanne Meyer, Timm Ulrichs, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt and Carsten Sievers 9 April – 21 May, 2017 Opening at Sunday, 9 April, 2017, 5pm* Achim Freyer, Michael Glasmeier and Christian Kesten will be speaking. KUNSTHAUS der ACHIM FREYER STIFTUNG Kadettenweg 53 \| 12205 Berlin
April 22	studio 8 fundraiser 22 April Boris Baltschun \| Antje Vorwinckel & Chris Heenan \| Julia Reidy \| Axel Dörner, Erik Drescher, Lucio Capece \| Annette Krebs \| Mazen Kerbaj and The Supremes \| Christian Kesten – Uncoloured. Seven Songs – special studio 8 version \| Marc Sabat and Sara Cubarsi-Fernandez \| Xavier Lopez \| Symeon Yovev \| Joe Kudirka \| Margareth Kammerer 23 April Andrea Neumann, Sabine Vogel, & Lucio Capece \| Johnny Chang and Derek Shirley \| Andrea Ermke \| Solar Anus (Martin Hiendl and Göksu Kunak) \| Heather Frasch \| Burkhard Beins \| Adam Kirchner, Annie Garlid, Evelyn Saylor, Chloe Weiss \| Matthew Conley \| Daichi Yoshikawa \| The International Nothing \| Emilio Gordoa \| Farahnaz Hatam & Colin Hacklander \| Christoph Wirth \| Mattin Doors 17:30 // Performances 18-22h // DJs 22h ++++ €10 at the door (everything goes to the fundraiser.) studio 8 Grüntaler Str. 8 \| Berlin-Gesundbrunnen S-Bahn Gesundbrunnen
May 21	studio 8 cca Chris Abrahams – dx7 Christian Kesten – voice Andrea Ermke – minidiscs and mixing board Sunday, 21 May, 2017 \| 8pm Grüntaler Str. 8 \| 13357 Berlin
June 6	UNERHÖRTE MUSIK Biliana Voutchkova – violin, voice Michael Thieke – clarinet perform a.o. pieces Christian Kesten untitled #2 (bread and butter) (2016) 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! 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
5 July	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. COMPOSTIONS 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

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