Elements: Up to Three Festival 2026

With the 10th edition of the Up to Three summer festival, ensemble mosaik at Acker Stadt Palast explores the fusion of elements with artistic, sonic, and social connections. The festival, which has been dedicated to ensembles of up to three musicians since 2017, is using the periodic table as its aesthetic and structural foundation this year. The focus is on the

question of how musical, technical, and social elements can merge and generate new forms of sound and meaning.

The invited composers are developing works inspired by the idea of alloying: the combination of up to three elements into new musical materials. In the process, the musicians and composers are also forming new alliances. Up to Three combines artistic research, a workshop atmosphere, and public presentations—a concentrated example of ensemble mosaik’s interdisciplinary and collaborative approach.

ensemble mosaik: Kristjana Helgadottir – Flute, Simon Strasser – Oboe, Christian

Vogel – Clarinet, Martin Losert – Saxophone, Roland Neffe – Drums, Ernst

Surberg – Keyboard/Synthesizer, Chatschatur Kanajan – Violin, Karen Lorenz –

Viola, Mathis Mayr – Cello, Niklas Seidl – Cello, Arne Vierck – Elektronic/Sound Direction

Guest performers: Nina Guo –

Voice/Performance/Moderation, Esther Ropón — Keyboard, Angela Postweiler - Voice

Composition: Pablo Garretón, Gebhard Ullmann, Alessandro Massobrio, Macarena Rosmanich, Parham Behzad, Marisol Jimenez, Ilona Perger, Elena Mendoza

Moderation (Live-Streaming Cashmere Radio): Nina Guo

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 04/July/2026 19:00 (1 more date)
• Venue Schoko-Laden Mitte - Berlin
• Address Ackerstraße 169, 10115 Berlin-Mitte