Poets’ Corner meets Kiezsalon

The simultaneity of language and music creates a lyrical polyphony and demonstrates the strength and dynamism of artistic synergies. The collaboration between the two series also points to a nomadism that is inherent in them: Like Poets' Corner, Kiezsalon is a traveling format that moves through Berlin's boroughs – always in search of unusual places and new encounters.


With texts in German, English, and Greek with German translation.


Elena Kakaliagou, inspired by new, folksy, and experimental music, developed her own language on the French horn: lyrical and gentle, furious like a wild animal or a stormy sea, calm like the wind or gentle rain.


Viola da gamba player Liam Byrne has created sound installations for the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Southbank Centre, and in collaboration with kinetic sculptor Harrison Pearce. Liam is a member of the Icelandic collective and record label Bedroom Community, with whom he has released several recordings.