Ensemble Musikfabrik
@musikfabrik.bsky.social
'perhaps the most riotously inventive ensemble on the modern scene' (The New Yorker)
It feels like just yesterday that Michael Hersch’s Medea premiered at the WDR Funkhaus in 2023. Now, this 55-minute spectacle – featuring soprano, a six-part vocal ensemble - Schola Heidelberg, and ensemble – is being released as a CD tomorrow, available on all major platforms. 🎉
📸 Janet Sinica
📸 Janet Sinica
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It feels like just yesterday that Michael Hersch’s Medea premiered at the WDR Funkhaus in 2023. Now, this 55-minute spectacle – featuring soprano, a six-part vocal ensemble - Schola Heidelberg, and ensemble – is being released as a CD tomorrow, available on all major platforms. 🎉
📸 Janet Sinica
📸 Janet Sinica
Some shots from the video production of Sarah Memtsov 's haunting TIPHERET with Hannah Weichrich on the e-violin solo.
Stay tuned! 📹
Videography: Janet Sinica
#videoproduction #sarahnemtsov #Sephirot #ensemblemusikfabrik #hannahweirich
Stay tuned! 📹
Videography: Janet Sinica
#videoproduction #sarahnemtsov #Sephirot #ensemblemusikfabrik #hannahweirich
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some shots from the video production of Sarah Memtsov 's haunting TIPHERET with Hannah Weichrich on the e-violin solo.
Stay tuned! 📹
Videography: Janet Sinica
#videoproduction #sarahnemtsov #Sephirot #ensemblemusikfabrik #hannahweirich
Stay tuned! 📹
Videography: Janet Sinica
#videoproduction #sarahnemtsov #Sephirot #ensemblemusikfabrik #hannahweirich
Setting up the final technical details during today's dress rehearsal for this weeks Montagskonzert – Tonband, featuring works by Wadada Leo Smith, Joseph Andre Lake and Enno Poppe & Wolfgang Heiniger 🎉
Come by and have a look at the finished result today – more details on our website.
Come by and have a look at the finished result today – more details on our website.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Setting up the final technical details during today's dress rehearsal for this weeks Montagskonzert – Tonband, featuring works by Wadada Leo Smith, Joseph Andre Lake and Enno Poppe & Wolfgang Heiniger 🎉
Come by and have a look at the finished result today – more details on our website.
Come by and have a look at the finished result today – more details on our website.
#StudioMusikfabrik is participating in #ZettEmm with works by young composers – a contemporary festival made entirely by and for youth.
Don't miss it:
📍 Alte Feuerwache, Köln
📆 22. November 2025, 14:00
Don't miss it:
📍 Alte Feuerwache, Köln
📆 22. November 2025, 14:00
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#StudioMusikfabrik is participating in #ZettEmm with works by young composers – a contemporary festival made entirely by and for youth.
Don't miss it:
📍 Alte Feuerwache, Köln
📆 22. November 2025, 14:00
Don't miss it:
📍 Alte Feuerwache, Köln
📆 22. November 2025, 14:00
A sentimental reflection on the kick off phase of the Kölner 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.
Read about the community impact of this project for yourself, be inspired to participate, to make and take space in contemporary music.
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A sentimental reflection on the kick off phase of the Kölner 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.
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 Lübeck!
Don't miss the concert of Fausto Romitelli's an Index of Metals tomorrow at the Musikhochschule Lübeck at 19:30 🥁
#romitelli #indexofmetals #lubeck #studiomusikfabrik
Don't miss the concert of Fausto Romitelli's an Index of Metals tomorrow at the Musikhochschule Lübeck at 19:30 🥁
#romitelli #indexofmetals #lubeck #studiomusikfabrik
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Studio Musikfabrik in Lübeck!
Don't miss the concert of Fausto Romitelli's an Index of Metals tomorrow at the Musikhochschule Lübeck at 19:30 🥁
#romitelli #indexofmetals #lubeck #studiomusikfabrik
Don't miss the concert of Fausto Romitelli's an Index of Metals tomorrow at the Musikhochschule Lübeck at 19:30 🥁
#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!
Don't miss it!
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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!
Don't miss it!
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."
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."
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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."
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 🌐
#comingup #preview #concerts #tour
#ensemblemusikfabrik #october
Check our website, musikfabrik.eu, for more information 🌐
#comingup #preview #concerts #tour
#ensemblemusikfabrik #october
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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 🌐
#comingup #preview #concerts #tour
#ensemblemusikfabrik #october
Check our website, musikfabrik.eu, for more information 🌐
#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.
September 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
© Mathias Piot
In C
Sasha Waltz and Guests
Terry Riley
With Ensemble Musikfabrik
© Mathias Piot
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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
© Mathias Piot
In C
Sasha Waltz and Guests
Terry Riley
With Ensemble Musikfabrik
© 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! 🎉
Featuring Pamela Z and other composers with a focus of sonic experimentation with voice and electronics.
Featuring Pamela Z and other composers with a focus of sonic experimentation with voice and electronics.
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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! 🎉
Featuring Pamela Z and other composers with a focus of sonic experimentation with voice and electronics.
Featuring Pamela Z and other composers with a focus of sonic experimentation with voice and electronics.
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.
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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 🥁
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
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
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Something extraterrestial is moving through the Ensemble Musikfabrik Studio 🥁
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
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.
📆 01. December 2025, 20:00
📍 Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Cologne
A project by Spat'Sonore, Phillip Sollmann and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
📆 01. December 2025, 20:00
📍 Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Cologne
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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.
📆 01. December 2025, 20:00
📍 Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Cologne
A project by Spat'Sonore, Phillip Sollmann and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
📆 01. December 2025, 20:00
📍 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 🎶
Through the interface the musicians receive real-time feedback from sound engineer Stephan Schmidt and composer Martino Traversa 🎶
September 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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 🎶
Through the interface the musicians receive real-time feedback from sound engineer Stephan Schmidt and composer Martino Traversa 🎶
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 🎉
Check out our new blogpost about the tour on our website 🎉
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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 🎉
Check out our new blogpost about the tour on our website 🎉
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!
📸 Agnes Fox
📸 Rui Camilo
#brassacademy #academy #composers #applynow #ensemblemusikfabrik
Apply now via our website for a rare opportunity to learn from masters of this craft!
📸 Agnes Fox
📸 Rui Camilo
#brassacademy #academy #composers #applynow #ensemblemusikfabrik
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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!
📸 Agnes Fox
📸 Rui Camilo
#brassacademy #academy #composers #applynow #ensemblemusikfabrik
Apply now via our website for a rare opportunity to learn from masters of this craft!
📸 Agnes Fox
📸 Rui Camilo
#brassacademy #academy #composers #applynow #ensemblemusikfabrik
Radio tip: Tomorrow 8PM, a selection from the Wittener Tage für 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....
www.mdr.de/mdr-klassik....
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Radio tip: Tomorrow 8PM, a selection from the Wittener Tage für 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....
www.mdr.de/mdr-klassik....
Ensemble photo reveal 🎊
This time, with a day and night version!
Which one do you prefer?
📸 Janet Sinica Videography
👗 Sabine Berlipp
#newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik
This time, with a day and night version!
Which one do you prefer?
📸 Janet Sinica Videography
👗 Sabine Berlipp
#newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik
August 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ensemble photo reveal 🎊
This time, with a day and night version!
Which one do you prefer?
📸 Janet Sinica Videography
👗 Sabine Berlipp
#newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik
This time, with a day and night version!
Which one do you prefer?
📸 Janet Sinica Videography
👗 Sabine Berlipp
#newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik
“Hidden 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.” - Ellen Arkbro
Don't miss it!
📍 WDR Funkhaus, Cologne
📆 Saturday, 12th July, 20.00
www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...
Don't miss it!
📍 WDR Funkhaus, Cologne
📆 Saturday, 12th July, 20.00
www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Hidden 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.” - Ellen Arkbro
Don't miss it!
📍 WDR Funkhaus, Cologne
📆 Saturday, 12th July, 20.00
www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...
Don't miss it!
📍 WDR Funkhaus, Cologne
📆 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 Álvarez, Yeji Jung and Thibaut Surugue.
July 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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 Álvarez, Yeji Jung and Thibaut Surugue.
Beaming after Monday's concert at the Kölner Philharmonie ✨
#elliottcarter #pierreboulez #milicadjordjevic #ensemblemusikfabrik
#elliottcarter #pierreboulez #milicadjordjevic #ensemblemusikfabrik
June 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Beaming after Monday's concert at the Kölner Philharmonie ✨
#elliottcarter #pierreboulez #milicadjordjevic #ensemblemusikfabrik
#elliottcarter #pierreboulez #milicadjordjevic #ensemblemusikfabrik
Carlie Schoonees' 'the ocean on my skin' "(...) shifts between different perspectives: observation from above, interaction at the surface, and immersion into both known and unknown depths."
📸 Anna Tena
📆 27th June 2025
📍Im Mediaprk7, Köln
With Institut für Neue Musik HfMT Köln
📸 Anna Tena
📆 27th June 2025
📍Im Mediaprk7, Köln
With Institut für Neue Musik HfMT Köln
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Carlie Schoonees' 'the ocean on my skin' "(...) shifts between different perspectives: observation from above, interaction at the surface, and immersion into both known and unknown depths."
📸 Anna Tena
📆 27th June 2025
📍Im Mediaprk7, Köln
With Institut für Neue Musik HfMT Köln
📸 Anna Tena
📆 27th June 2025
📍Im Mediaprk7, Köln
With Institut für Neue Musik HfMT Köln
What connects #PierreBoulez and #PeterPan? The best way to find out is in the Kölner Philharmonie this Monday 8pm, when Ensemble Musikfabrik and Bas Wiegers will take you on a search for light and magic with the world premiere of 'In the interstices: lingering pixie dust' by @djordjevic.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
What connects #PierreBoulez and #PeterPan? The best way to find out is in the Kölner Philharmonie this Monday 8pm, when Ensemble Musikfabrik and Bas Wiegers will take you on a search for light and magic with the world premiere of 'In the interstices: lingering pixie dust' by @djordjevic.bsky.social