Heroines of Sound Festival: Day 2

Midori Hirano / Yoko Konishi / Tomoko Sauvage / Miki Yui / Radio Hito

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Day two of the festival features electronic live performances by outstanding artists. Midori Hirano presents her new work “Otonoma”, which was recently released as a solo album. Critics have celebrated her boundary-defying works, in which her fine sense of harmony (from her classical piano training) merges with wild sound spectrums on modular synthesiser. In this way, she creates emotionally loaded compositions which are as dense as they are delicate, captivating us with warm analogue sounds and digital refinement.

Tomoko Sauvage’s minimalist set made of resonating water bowls acts as a natural synthesiser, which she uses to shape calm, nuanced soundscapes. The quadrophonic new work by Miki Yui develops delicate sound textures with synthesisers, samplers, and field recordings. These aesthetics are also reflected in Yoko Konishi’s electronic live performance.

→ To the entire programme of Heroines of Sound 2026

Artists/Collaborators: Midori Hirano, Yoko Konishi, Tomoko Sauvage , Miki Yui, Radio Hito (Mit)

The Heroines of Sound Festival 2026 is funded by the Capital Cultural Fund, with the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. In cooperation with Radialsystem and the Frequenz Festival Kiel.

Media partners: Groove, The Wire, Glissando, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Kaput Mag.

Media partners Radialsystem: The Berliner, tip Berlin, taz – die tageszeitung.

18 – 24 h            Sound and Film BarHeroines of Sound Selection 2026

18 h                    Panel

From 18 h         Sound ArtAnouk Kellner: “Airchoir No. 2: Dirges for (26) Coded Organ Voices“ (2025)

20 h                    ConcertMidori Hirano: “Otonoma“ (2026) for elektronics (modular & keyboard synthesizer) and pianoRadio Hito: “L’uso e gli attributi del cuore”   Live Electronic Performance (Voice, Casio) (2026, GP)Yoko Konishi: “Fluctuating Beings”Electronic Live Performance (2026, WP)

21.30 h              ConcertTomoko Sauvage: “Waterbowls“for water, hydrophones, porcelain and glass bowls, stones, shells and electronicsMiki Yui: “Transients“ (2026, WP)for sequencer synthesizers, samplers and quadraphonic sound

Next date:

• Date Friday, 10/July/2026 18:00
• Venue Radialsystem V
• Address Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain