20 Years of Jazz at the MIM

Anniversary special with Georg Ruby - Piano Solo, LUX:NM Berlin and Ramiro Zayas - COLLECTOR

20 Jahre Jazz im MIM – Grafik: 20 Jahre Jazz im MIM

in 2026, "Jazz im MIM" celebrates its 20th anniversary. We are celebrating this tonight with a three-band special.

Georg Ruby - piano solo

With "Soliloquies" (Selbstgespräche), Georg Ruby has recorded an album that on the one hand stands under the label of free improvisation and on the other appreciates the sound structures of new music as well as hints and traces of traditional jazz standards and the atmosphere of the German Schlager of the 1920s/1930s.

On the other hand, in freely improvised pieces he adds to the "loneliness of the solo improviser" that which refers to the title of the production: himself as a musical partner and source of inspiration in "soliloquy". He recorded several freely improvised tracks (including prepared piano, pebbles, rhythm on the piano strings, vocal improvisations, loops and bass lines) in advance and asked the sound designer Reinhard Kobialka to insert one, two, three or all of these tracks into the ongoing improvisation process and then remove them again without consultation, thus bringing the musician into the mode of improvisational communication with himself.

Ensemble LUX:NM Berlin / nets-loops-cells

Ruth Velten - saxophoneFlorian Juncker - tromboneZoé Cartier - celloRike Huy - trumpetSilke Lange - accordion

In the nets-loops-cells series, LUX:NM - one of the most versatile ensembles for contemporary music - presents itself as a purely improvising collective. Away from prefabricated scores, music is created in the moment: dense sonic networks (nets), circular movements (loops) and fine sound cells are formed in the free play of the musicians.

Known for its sonic precision, curiosity and experimental openness, LUX:NM shows a different side here - spontaneous, direct and unpredictable. The boundary between individual and ensemble becomes blurred. What remains is a living sound organism that is constantly reinventing itself.

Ramiro Zayas - COLLECTOR

Sebastián Greschuk - trumpet, flugelhornYossi Itskovich - tromboneJonathan Acevedo - tenor saxophoneBaptiste Stanek - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophoneGianni Narduzzi - double bassRamiro Zayas - piano, composition

With COLLECTOR, Argentinian pianist Ramiro Zayas presents his third album as a bandleader. A journey through contemporary jazz, free improvisation and multi-layered sound textures. The unique international chamber ensemble explores melodies, harmonies and rhythms in a transparent, orchestrally inspired way that leaves room for intense listening experiences.Translated with DeepL

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 30/July/2026 19:00 bis 21:00
• Venue Musikinstrumentenmuseum - Ben-Gurion-Straße
• Address Ben-Gurion-Straße, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten