Wojtek Blecharz, WhatWhyArt, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop & others
I AM ALL EARS
Wojtek Blecharz, WhatWhyArt, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop & more2026
The MaerzMusik finale, again co-curated by Wojtek Blecharz, interrogates architecture, space, movement and sound. At Haus der Berliner Festspiele, this new chapter of I AM ALL EARS asks how we might unsettle normative ways of presenting and experiencing music. The performativity of the sterile space and the meta-composition thesis come into view. The theatre opens beyond its formal stage to backstage corridors, staircases, and rooms – spaces that cultural workers who sustain the institution inhabit. The building itself becomes a listening body.
There will be many ways to experience the final concert-installation, and listeners’ bodies will be set in motion, liberated from the traditional audience setting. I AM ALL EARS will feature sound sculptures, live musicians, a multidirectional listening session, a series of ear-overtures, a fully embodied sound experience, and a collective somatic listening practice.
Ray Lee
Siren (2004)
sound sculptures
Jessie Cox
Trambrin Phonographies: Unvoiced Ancestral Stories (2026)
for ensemble
world premiere
commissioned by MaerzMusik
Joyce Beetuan Koh
String by String (2022/2026)
for string instruments
new version for MaerzMusik
Ángeles Rojas
Through companionship a sound opens into the earth’s darkness and flies (2024)
for finger cymbals
WhatWhy Art and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Trembling (2024/2026)
for traditional Korean instruments and string instruments
Pauline Oliveros
The Single Stroke Roll Meditation (1988)
for a soloist or an ensemble of snare drummers
Else Marie Pade
Siv Cirkler (1958)
electronic music
Ash Fure
Interior Listening Protocol No 1 (2022)
for participatory audience
Aleksandra Słyż
Legends erase memory quietly (2026)
for vibrating pillows
world premiere
commissioned by MaerzMusik
Wojtek Blecharz
Soft Power 2 (2025/2026)
for vibrating pillows
Dambi Kim, Lou Drago, Isabel Lewis, Margherita D’Adamo, Dirk Bell
For Other Time (2018/2026)
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