Intersecting Encounters - Opening concert

Berlin is also considered one of the most exciting scenes for contemporary music worldwide because it is decentralized and you can encounter it anytime and anywhere. The Month of Contemporary Music (MdzM) is the umbrella festival of the contemporary music scene in Berlin.

Together, its protagonists present over 120 concerts, installations and performances with current works and a wide variety of artistic positions on around 50 stages over the course of a month.

This high density offers both new audiences the opportunity to get to know the multifaceted contemporary music scene and connoisseurs to gain an overview of current developments in music.

The 8th Month of Contemporary Music will open on August 31 with the "Intersecting Encounters" festival at the Kühlhaus, which is dedicated to the intersections of composition, collective creation and improvisation.

The Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard Trio, vocal artist Sofia Jernberg, the Sonar Quartet, pianist Tamara Stefanovich, the Catch Trio and members of the Zafraan Ensemble will come together for the event. The evening also offers the opportunity to get into conversation with each other over snacks and drinks. The rest of the MdzM program includes contemporary vocal and chamber music as well as improvised and real-time music, music theater and sound art and everything in between. Current works can be discovered in concerts, performances and sound installations, and artists provide insights into creative processes in discussion rounds.

In addition to established ensembles from Berlin such as ensemble mosaik, KNM Berlin, Maulwerker, Ensemble Adapter, Reanimation Orchestra, LUX:NM and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, the festival will also host a number of national and international formations such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Resonanz, Trio Catch, the Viennese ensembles Phace and Cantando Admont, the English vocal ensemble EXAUDI and WhatWhy Art from Korea.

August, 31st:

5 p.m. Sofia Jernberg & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard 6.30 p.m. Trio Catch & Zafraan Ensemble
7.15 pm Sonar Quartet & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard
8 pm Official welcome to the month of contemporary music
8.15 pm Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard & Martin Adámek
9 pm Tamara Stefanovich, Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard & Sonar Quartett
10 pm Get Together with music and drinks

Tickets: 15 € / 10 € (reduced)

Complete program at www.field-notes.berlin/mdzm - Press photos of the individual events here or by request at st@worteuebermusik.de - Request press tickets at st@worteuebermusik.de

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