Sound – Transmission – Aesthetics

Guided tour of the SIM’s acoustic studios to mark the 100th anniversary of Hans-Peter Reinecke’s birth

Hans-Peter Reinecke in seinem Büro in der Stauffenbergstraße 14, 1984 – Hans-Peter Reinecke in seinem Büro in der Stauffenbergstraße 14

As a musicologist, psychologist and experimental physicist, Prof. Dr Hans-Peter Reinecke (1926–2003) devoted his work to, amongst other things, room and building acoustics, the transmission of music through the media, and musical perception.

The guided tour led by Hans-Joachim Maempel takes place in Department III of the State Institute for Music Research, which Reinecke founded in 1965 and headed until his retirement. In 1967, he was appointed Director of the entire Institute.

Visitors will be able to view the acoustic and studio rooms designed by Reinecke, for which he was responsible as a planning engineer until their completion in 1984. Reinecke’s fundamental question regarding how the perception of music changes through its acoustic and electroacoustic transmission became increasingly relevant as media developed, became ever more nuanced, and remains highly topical today.

PD Dr Hans-Joachim Maempel has headed Department III: Acoustics and Music Technology, Studio Technology and IT at the State Institute for Music Research since 2012.

Following the guided tour, there will be an opportunity to attend the free concert ‘Curiosity as a Compass: An Interdisciplinary Life’s Work’ in honour of Reinecke at 6 pm in St. Matthäus Church, Kulturforum Berlin, Matthäikirchplatz.

Price: €10.00

Reduced price: €5.00

Booking: As we have to limit the number of participants, please register by telephone at the museum ticket office on [phone].

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 25/June/2026 16:30 bis 17:30
• Venue Musikinstrumentenmuseum - Ben-Gurion-Straße
• Address Ben-Gurion-Straße, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten