Out now — 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 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

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

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.

#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

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.

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

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!

🎧 Radio tip: Tonight at 8:03 p.m., WDR 3 will broadcast our 93rd concert from ‘Musikfabrik im WDR’. 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 🌐 #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 © 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.

Wir befinden uns in der „digitalen Steinzeit“. Und die wollen der Komponist Marcus Schmickler und der Künstler Tim Berresheim mit den Mitteln der Höhlenforschung 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 🥁 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

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 🎶

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 🎉

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

New video featuring @carlrosman.bsky.social with Aaron Cassidy's 27. Juni 2009 (2020 - 21) youtu.be/Q2s7GwNi2Go?...

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....

Ensemble photo reveal 🎊 This time, with a day and night version! Which one do you prefer? 📸 Janet Sinica Videography 👗 Sabine Berlipp #newseason #ensemblephoto #ensemblemusikfabrik

If my experience is at all representative, writing on modern music isn’t known for its cliffhangers. But here’s an exception for your enjoyment. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

“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/...

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

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

Anyway. Playing it tomorrow! With my @musikfabrik.bsky.social colleagues and guests, conducted by our dear friend Bas Wiegers. Do come along if you’re in or near Köln. (Alas there won’t be a recording/broadcast/stream.)

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

Our first composers spotlight for the #Adventure14 concert is Eftichis Vittorakis who describes his work strings & springs as a "succession of static events and an emphasis on artificiality“ Discover this world premiere on the 27th of June at Mediapark 7, 20:00.

"To me [Carter] was the youngest of all in terms of his indefatigable creative energy (...)" Pierre Laurent Aimard, our soloist for our concert at the Kölner Philharmonie, will play Elliot Carter’s Double Concerto together with Benjamin Kobler.

The first concert of our new initiative, the Kölner Chaos Orchester, was truly beyond our wildest dreams! Stay tuned for or participate (!) in our next rehearsal weekend, scheduled for the 26th to 29th of September - find more infos on our website!

AUSSCHREIBUNG für Musiker*innen! Du bist Musiker*in im Alter zwischen 15 und 25 Jahren und hast Lust auf neue Musik und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit? Dann bewirb dich auf unsere spannenden Projekte 2025 von Studio Musikfabrik: www.musikfabrik.eu/de/akademie/...

Find our stream of yesterday's concert: youtube.com/live/u9ApLXW...

Some pics from our rehearsals for today's concert at the Kölner Philharmonie with pieces by Georges Aperghis, Eivind Buene and Brendan Champeaux. Come by - admission is free! #achtbruecken #cologne

We are looking forward to host the ninth edition of SIMM Seminar, a three day symposium where researchers of various backgrounds discuss and share ideas about the social impact of music making and learning. Register via [email protected] to attend. © Annika Bauer © Remy Assas

🥁 We are pleased to announce: Gregor Hotz will be the new director of Ensemble Musikfabrik from January 1, 2026! Wir freuen uns zu verkünden: Gregor Hotz wird ab dem 1. Januar 2026 neuer Intendant des Ensemble Musikfabrik! 👉 www.musikfabrik.eu/en/blog/greg... 📷 Gregor Hotz © Victoria Alexandrova

Working hard on the world premiere of Dear... by Patrick Schaefer - to be performed at Lange Nacht der jetzt:musik in Augsburg this Friday 🎊 📆 Fr. 09.05.2025, 19:00 📍Augsburg, Staatliches Textil- und Industriemuseum www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/... #jetztmusik #augsburg #patrickschäfer #newmusic

We are beyond pleased to have presented the intermedial concert #FILTER at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, by Ensemble Scope with an extraordinary program, even for our standards 😉

Composer and curator of #FILTER Lucia Kilger "plays electronics and string instruments, builds digital spaces and soundscapes. However, Kilger lets her audience explore for themselves without giving them a map." - Luca Koch 📍Saalbau, Witten 📆 02.05.2025 www.musikfabrik.eu/de/kalender/...

When Nicolas Berge won the Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Scholarship, the jury described him as having "mastered the art of “artful interruption” in a special way. (...) a new syntax emerges that does not harmonize, but rather reveals contrasts in a productive way." Check our website for more info #FILTER

Some dreamy snapshots of Studio Musikfabrik's concert in Kunststation St. Peter, in collaboration with Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music Youth Orchestra Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and Musikhochschule Lübeck ✨ Check out the latest travel diary on our website!

In anticipation of #FILTER, we introduce our next composer, Alex Paxton, described as "a system-crasher of genre"(...)highly complex, sophisticated and extremely entertaining, virtuoso ad absurdum" by the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 🎊 #genrebending #virtuoso #witten #absurd

The first composer spotlight for our upcoming intermedia concert #FILTER in cooperation with Ensemble Scope as part of the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik: Clemens K. Thomas, composer and curator. 📸 Katja Ruge

Today, 11.4. at 8pm on the radio at WDR 3 and afterwards for 30 days online: Musikfabrik in WDR 92 with works by Georgia Koumará , @morganwilliamsb.bsky.social, Sara Glojnarić, Mats Thiersch, Mazyar Kashian and Christopher Collings. Conductor: @edofrenkel.bsky.social. www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/p...

A recap of Studio Musikfabrik's memorable touring week – from Witten to Lübeck, each concert provided an insightful intercultural exchange. A cooperation project between Studio Musikfabrik, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Bangkok and the Musikhochschule Lübeck 📸 PGVIM

New Video: Toshio Hosokawa – Small Chant with Dirk Wietheger, cello youtu.be/s6EuPdpcjNc

Some snapshots from Studio Musikfabrik's concert yesterday. Next stop of the TRIBUTE tour: 🗓 04.04.2025 – 19:00h (today) 📍Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne A cooperation project between Studio Musikfabrik, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Bangkok and the Musikhochschule Lübeck