The 3rd Berlin edition of the Umlaut Festival will be held at Ballhaus Ost and Ausland in Berlin in February 16-19 2012 and brings together 30 artists from all over Europe.
Umlaut is a global network of highly individual artists from the field of contemporary / improvised / experimental musics who together form a strong organization around the independent label Umlaut Records. Launched in 2004, Umlaut Records’ purpose is to amplify the creative progress around us.
Central subjects of this years edition of the festival are the complex relations between composition and improvisation in contemporary music making and the correlation between music and related art forms like theatre, performance and visual art.
Thursday, 16/02/2012, 19:30
Hannes Lingens – for six snare drums (Antonin Gerbal, Steve Heather, Didier Lasserre, Hannes Lingens, Christian Marien, Morten J. Olsen)
Ballhaus Ost, Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin 10/6€ (show starts 20h sharp!)
Friday, 17/02/2012, 21:00
Ensemble Hodos plays Cage, Wolff & Corner (Pierre-Antoine Badaroux – saxophone, Félicie Bazelaire – cello, Sebastien Beliah – double bass, François Michel – guitar, Joris Rühl – clarinet)
Didier Lasserre – sur quelque surfaces vacantes (Didier Lasserre – percussion)
Burkhard Beins & Derek Shirley (Burkhard Beins – synthesizer, live electronics, Derek Shirley – bass synthesizer)
Ausland, Lychener Str. 60, 10437 Berlin, 9/6€
Saturday, 18/02/2012, 21:00
Philip Zoubek & Florian Bergmann (Philip Zoubek – piano, Florian Bergmann – saxophone)
Stefan Thut – vier, 1-12 (Lucio Capece – bass clarinet, Johnny Chang – violin, Hannes Lingens – accordion, Koen Nutters – double bass)
Peeping Tom (Pierre-Antoine Badaroux – saxophone, Axel Dörner – trumpet, Joel Grip – double bass, Antonin Gerbal – drums)
Ausland, Lychener Str. 60, 10437 Berlin, 9/6€
Sunday, 19/02/2012, 21:00
Eve Risser – solo (Eve Risser – prepared piano)
Borel/Dörner/Grip/Johansson (Pierre Borel – saxophone, Axel Dörner – trumpet, Joel Grip – double bass, Sven-Åke Johansson – drums)
Ausland, Lychener Str. 60, 10437 Berlin, 9/6€
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Umlaut Festival
Thursday, 16 February – Sunday, 19 February 2012
Ausland | Lychener Str. 60 | 10437 Berlin/Prenzlauer Berg
Ballhaus Ost| Pappelallee 15 | 10437 Berlin/Prenzlauer Berg
umlautrecords.com | ausland-berlin.de | ballhausost.de
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