1990
since
~37
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Overview
About
Founded in the early 1990s, this Berlin contemporary music festival takes place each autumn at the Kunstquartier Bethanien and the Himmelfahrtkirche in the Wedding district. It combines concerts by present-day composers with talks and participatory formats involving children's choirs and youth orchestras. Since 2020, every concert has been filmed and made available online.
Edition 2026
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Charlie HadenEnsemble MosaikHelmut LachenmannHelmut ZapfJohn CageKaija SaariahoAlexander StrauchAnastasiia HusakAndreas FreyAnton SafronowArtur KroschelAuditivVokal DresdenAziz LewandowskiBeatrix Wagner & Andrew Munn & BONECRUSHERBernd LauberCarlos CordeiroChiyoko SzlavnicsDaniel Toledo GuillénEnsemble JungeMusik BerlinEnsemble L’ART POUR L’ARTEnsemble LUX:NMEnsembleKollektiv BerlinErkki JokinenFabian BlumFeelharmonie RheinsbergGeorgios LolasGerhard SchererHelmut BarbeHenry MexIlgın ÜlküIrini AmargianakiJessie MarinoJohannes B. BorowskiJohannes HildebrandtKammermusikklasse Gerhard SchererKaspar QuerfurthKatarina VowinkelKatia TchemberdjiMacarena RosmanichMarieke RügertMarieke Rügert & Richard PutzMatthias KaulMichael Bardo HenningOlga RayevaPeter GahnRainer RubbertRaquel Alves MarquardRaquel Alves Marquard & Katarina VowinkelRichard PutzRinah DiesnerRolli BohnesRonja KliemShasha ChenUroš RojkoUwe RaschXuan YaoZbyněk WiesenerErik Drescher & Richard Putz & Mikhail MordvinovKammermusikklasse Gerhard Scherer & Feelharmonie RheinsbergShasha Chen & Carlos Cordeiro & Georgios Lolas
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
Kids & family
- Family friendly
Transport
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Location
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
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Past editions
2025Nov 7–16, 202562 artists
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