The new brochure from @musikfabrik.bsky.social takes us into a world of Douglas Adams. youtube.com/shorts/3rTMl...
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The new brochure from @musikfabrik.bsky.social takes us into a world of Douglas Adams. youtube.com/shorts/3rTMl...
Misha CvijoviΔ
Milica DjordjeviΔ
Rebecca Saunders
Camila Agosto
We had the great pleasure of working with all these wonderful composers for our concert today at the WDR Funkhaus. Come along and discover their new compositions.
www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...
Out now βΒ Michael Hersch: Medea
An operatic adaptation of the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses by composer Michael Hersch & librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, featuring soprano Sarah Maria Sun, vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg, @musikfabrik.bsky.social, and conductor Bas Wiegers
It feels like just yesterday that Michael Herschβs Medea premiered at the WDR Funkhaus in 2023. Now, this 55-minute spectacle β featuring soprano, a six-part vocal ensemble - Schola Heidelberg, and ensemble β is being released as a CD tomorrow, available on all major platforms. π
πΈ Janet Sinica
Some shots from the video production of Sarah Memtsov 's haunting TIPHERET with Hannah Weichrich on the e-violin solo.
Stay tuned! πΉ
Videography: Janet Sinica
#videoproduction #sarahnemtsov #Sephirot #ensemblemusikfabrik #hannahweirich
Setting up the final technical details during today's dress rehearsal for this weeks Montagskonzert β Tonband, featuring works by Wadada Leo Smith, Joseph Andre Lake and Enno Poppe & Wolfgang Heiniger π
Come by and have a look at the finished result today β more details on our website.
#StudioMusikfabrik is participating in #ZettEmm with works by young composers β a contemporary festival made entirely by and for youth.
Don't miss it:
π Alte Feuerwache, KΓΆln
π 22. November 2025, 14:00
A sentimental reflection on the kick off phase of the KΓΆlner Chaos Orchester, its intentions and its promising future by Maxime Morel is online on our blog.
Read about the community impact of this project for yourself, be inspired to participate, to make and take space in contemporary music.
Studio Musikfabrik in LΓΌbeck!
Don't miss the concert of Fausto Romitelli's an Index of Metals tomorrow at the Musikhochschule LΓΌbeck at 19:30 π₯
#romitelli #indexofmetals #lubeck #studiomusikfabrik
Pictures from the dress rehearsal for Skull by Rebecca Saunders today taking place at the l'Auditroi, Barcelona at 19 o'clock.
Don't miss it!
π§ Radio tip: Tonight at 8:03 p.m., WDR 3 will broadcast our 93rd concert from βMusikfabrik im WDRβ. The programme includes pieces by Lou Kilger, Ellen Arkbro, Arnulf Herrmann and Georg Friedrich Haas for quarter-tone piano.
www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/p...
Some impressions of Enno Poppe's Zug (2008) before the concert tonight at the Muziekgebouw.
Guido Fischer writes: "(...)Poppe doesn't just enjoy irritation. He loves playing with and the tension between expectations, possibilities, and barbs. This kind of free-thinking is typical of him."
Ensemble Musikfabrik is entering a busy fall period with concerts in Amsterdam, Cologne, Barcelona, Talinn and Riga.
Check our website, musikfabrik.eu, for more information π
#comingup #preview #concerts #tour
#ensemblemusikfabrik #october
Pictures from different rehearsals for two concerts this week, starting with the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam this Thursday, with a world premiere from Farzia Fallah, as well as Rebecca Saunders, Sarah Nemtsov and Enno Poppe - and the WDR Funkhaus coming Saturday in Cologne.
That seed blossomed into In C, a piece which essentially launched the musical movement later known as minimalism. - Tom Huizenga, NPR
In C
Sasha Waltz and Guests
Terry Riley
With Ensemble Musikfabrik
Β© Mathias Piot
We have a full program for a special edition of our Montagskonzert, which will be a celebration concert as well as this Sunday at Musica Sacra, Maastricht! π
Featuring Pamela Z and other composers with a focus of sonic experimentation with voice and electronics.
Wir befinden uns in der βdigitalen Steinzeitβ. Und die wollen der Komponist Marcus Schmickler und der KΓΌnstler Tim Berresheim mit den Mitteln der HΓΆhlenforschung erkunden.
Any opportunity to play Partch Instruments is a special occasion for us! This week we had first rehearsals for two works in progress by Phillip Gerschlauer and Gebhard Ullmann, specifically composed for the instruments made to suit Partch's unique tonal system of 43 tones in one octave.
Something extraterrestial is moving through the Ensemble Musikfabrik Studio π₯
Stay tuned for #SPAT a project by Spat'Sonore, Phillip Sollmann and Ensemble Musikfabrik on the first of December at 20.00.
#spat #ensemblemusikfabrik #newinstrument #brass
Putting all the components together for #SPAT is quiet the puzzle, we will show you how it develops for the upcoming workshop concert at our Studio in December soon...
A project by Spat'Sonore, Phillip Sollmann and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
π 01. December 2025, 20:00
π Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Cologne
The production for the recording of The Lost Horizon (2019) and For the Trumpet (2021) conducted by Gregor A. Mayrhofer have started.
Through the interface the musicians receive real-time feedback from sound engineer Stephan Schmidt and composer Martino Traversa πΆ
Our youth ensemble Studio Musikfabrik was on tour in Bangkok and Singapore. "The performance of An Index of Metals set a symbol of artistic courage, intercultural cooperation and a vibrant future for new music."
Check out our new blogpost about the tour on our website π
The Virtual Brass Academy for Composers was made as a creative pressure cooker for emerging talents.
Apply now via our website for a rare opportunity to learn from masters of this craft!
πΈ Agnes Fox
πΈ Rui Camilo
#brassacademy #academy #composers #applynow #ensemblemusikfabrik
New video featuring @carlrosman.bsky.social with Aaron Cassidy's 27. Juni 2009 (2020 - 21)
youtu.be/Q2s7GwNi2Go?...
Ensemble Musikfabrik mit Friederike Scheunchen
Lucia Kilger
Ria RehfuΓ
Helen Bledsoe
Radio tip: Tomorrow 8PM, a selection from the Wittener Tage fΓΌr Neue Kammermusik will be broadcast on MDR KLASSIK as part of the ARD Radio Festival. It will include two pieces from our opening concert by Lucia Kilger and Jessie Marino conducted by Friederike Scheunchen.
www.mdr.de/mdr-klassik....
Ensemble photo reveal π
This time, with a day and night version!
Which one do you prefer?
πΈ Janet Sinica Videography
π Sabine Berlipp
#newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik
If my experience is at all representative, writing on modern music isnβt known for its cliffhangers. But hereβs an exception for your enjoyment.
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βHidden within the harmonic framework of the Renaissance organ are intervals and chords that are a close resemblance to those found in the modalities of traditional blues music.β - Ellen Arkbro
Don't miss it!
π WDR Funkhaus, Cologne
π Saturday, 12th July, 20.00
www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...
Final preparations for "Musikfabrik im WDR" on Saturday, July 12 at the WDR Funkhaus with the world premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' "Les Espaces" for quarter-tone piano performed by Benjamin Kobler, Laura Γlvarez, Yeji Jung and Thibaut Surugue.
