FWD - MADEIRADiG 2024 | 28.11—3.12.

 

View in browser Dear friends and music lovers,   The MADEIRADiG line-up has arrived. As Berlin slowly turns cold and grey, now is the perfect time to plan a winter escape to the sunny paradise island of Madeira. This year, your annual hideaway takes place from November 28 to December 3. Buy Tickets MADEIRADiG 2024 28.11—03.12 The festival kicks off on Thursday 28, November, with Polish guitar mastermind Raphael Rogiński at the John Dos Passos Cultural Centre.   We continue at Casa Da Mudas, on Friday and Saturday presenting German installation and sound artist Christina Kubisch, Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske, Berlin-based experimental trio Contagious (Andrea Neumann, Sabine Ercklentz and Mieko Suzuki) and American guitarist David Grubbs. Continuing on Sunday and Monday with British electronic musician Nik Cold Void together with digital artist MAOTIK, Portuguese pianist Simão Costa, San Francisco-based noise experimentalist evicshen and multi-talented turntablist NikNak.   Back in Ponta do Sol, we finish off on Tuesday, December 3 with Scottish bagpiper Brìghde Chaimbeul, playing the traditional Great Highland bagpipe. Afterwards, we usually head to the vivid village lane for final drinks and to say goodbye. Read More Locations, Transport and Accommodation We have four days of concerts at Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (MUDAS) in Calheta, shows and activities at the John Dos Passos Cultural Centre in Ponta do Sol—plus midnight hangouts on the cliffs at the Estalagem da Ponta do Sol.   A free shuttle bus will run each evening from Ponta do Sol to MUDAS. The John Dos Passos Cultural Centre is located in the heart of the Ponta do Sol village and the program there is free of charge. There are direct flights to Madeira (Funchal) from Berlin, London, Paris and New York. For the best festival experience stay in Ponta do Sol. Alongside our hotels, there are plenty of private rentals available, however, be sure to book something within a 15-minute walk from the main Hotel Estalagem da Ponta do Sol.   Set against the dramatic backdrop of Madeira’s volcanic cliffs, MADEIRADiG’s challenging line-up reflects the rugged landscape, with the island’s spring-like temperatures providing a gentle contrast. For a glimpse of what’s to come, check out highlights from last year. Book your Ticket See you in paradise, or otherwise in Berlin.   All the best, Michael Rosen & Team ­ Presented by D/B Extended Spaces – Resonant Bodies / 12—22.9.2024 This two-week festival by singuhr – projects celebrates American composer Alvin Lucier, who died in 2021. It is both a tribute and an explicitly contemporary project – an homage to the composer, who was always open to new contexts and who remained artistically active into old age. BACK AND FORTH at Radialsystem / 14.9.24 History and the present meet in a large-scale concert by Ensemble KNM Berlin and the vocal ensemble Cantando Admont. This evening is one instalment of the larger 3-part project reading music – the season, which explores the reciprocal relationships between music and language. Ensemble Modern at Musikfest Berlin / 13—15.9.2024 Musikfest Berlin and Ensemble Modern dedicates a three-part concert portrait to composer Ruth Crawford Seeger that enables her musical world to enter a dialogue with the contemporary Johanna Magdalena Beyer and the present-day composers Tania Leónand Katherine Balch. Our next Kiezsalon   October Edition Friday, 4 October w/ Svitlana Nianio, Romarna Campbell and Atsuko Hatano Saturday, 5 October w/ Muireann Bradley, Henry Earnest and Conor   Doors 19:00 / Start 20:00 CET Musikbrauerei | Greifswalder Str. 23A in 10405 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg   Tickets / Find on Google Maps / Facebook Event | Read more... ­  ­  ­  ­  Digital in Berlin Brückenstraße 1, 10179, Berlin This email was sent to news@degem.de Um diese E-Mail auf Deutsch zu lesen, kopieren Sie den Text und fügen sie diesen in den Übersetzer von DeepL.com ein.   The Kiezsalon is a project by Digital in Berlin. Curated by Michael Rosen and funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented by The Wire and taz, die tageszeitung. Images in this E-Mail: MADEIRADiG by Roland Owsnitzki. MADEIRADiG by Victoria Alexandrova. Alvin Lucier by Phil Makanna. BACK AND FORTH by KNM. Ensemble Modern | Afro-Modernism by MaerzMusik 2021.   ...