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Music of Changes
Date details
- Date Friday, 12/March/2027 20:00 (5 more dates)
- Venue Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Address Bismarckstraße 35, 10585 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Public transportation
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Underground
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U Deutsche Oper
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U Bismarckstr.
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- U7
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U Richard-Wagner-Platz
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U Wilmersdorfer Str.
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U Deutsche Oper
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Bus
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U Deutsche Oper
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U Bismarckstr.
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Bismarckstr./Leibnizstr.
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Warburgzeile
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Bismarckstr./Kaiser-Friedrich-Str.
- 109
- N7
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Otto-Suhr-Allee/Leibnizstr.
- 101
- M45
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Berlin, Goethestr.
- 101
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U Richard-Wagner-Platz
- N7
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U Wilmersdorfer Str.
- S7
- S9
- S3
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- M49
- X34
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Haubachstr.
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Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Str./Kantstr.
- M49
- X34
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- X49
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- N7
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U Wilmersdorfer Str./S Charlottenburg
- X49
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Berlin, Kantstr./Leibnizstr.
- M49
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Eosanderstr.
- M45
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Zillestr.
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U Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
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U Deutsche Oper
Part of:
Music of Changes
«I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.» John Cage
Together with the Berlin-based Zafraan Ensemble, the musically playful and versatile theatre artist Thom Luz and Titus Engel, conductor-in-residence at Deutsche Oper Berlin, have created an evening of musical theatre in which John Cage’s work can be experienced in its entirety: from the surprisingly captivating percussion pieces of his early years, through the more contemplative thinning and dissolution harmonies of his middle period, to the sound meditations of his late works, shaped entirely by chance and the initiative of his own interpretation. More than a century after his birth, Cage’s work still contains one of the most radical musical answers to the most pressing question facing our society: How can we create a structure in which the most diverse sounds can coexist without one sound dominating, controlling, suppressing, reinterpreting or even obliterating another? In a performance space somewhere between a concert hall and a musical gymnasium, Cage’s compositions and concepts are performed and brought to life: The audience experiences how Cage’s sonic world order unfolds across the stage and transforms the space. What begins like a classical concert evening reveals itself as a chance-orchestrated founding assembly of a future society that functions entirely according to musical principles: Freedom is the space between five staves, harmony is a form of order that also encompasses incompatibility. The inclusion of chance as a structuring element becomes a comprehensible and captivating encounter for the audience with the possibilities of non-deterministic decision-making: Each performance is a world premiere; no two performances are exactly alike. Thus, a novel portrait of the composer emerges – and a call to action for us, the people of the present: Engage with this resonance and forget the idea of humanity at the centre of power and meaning in creation.
Together with the Berlin-based Zafraan Ensemble, the musically playful and versatile theatre artist Thom Luz and Titus Engel, conductor-in-residence at Deutsche Oper Berlin, have created an evening of musical theatre in which John Cage’s work can be experienced in its entirety: from the surprisingly captivating percussion pieces of his early years, through the more contemplative thinning and dissolution harmonies of his middle period, to the sound meditations of his late works, shaped entirely by chance and the initiative of his own interpretation. More than a century after his birth, Cage’s work still contains one of the most radical musical answers to the most pressing question facing our society: How can we create a structure in which the most diverse sounds can coexist without one sound dominating, controlling, suppressing, reinterpreting or even obliterating another? In a performance space somewhere between a concert hall and a musical gymnasium, Cage’s compositions and concepts are performed and brought to life: The audience experiences how Cage’s sonic world order unfolds across the stage and transforms the space. What begins like a classical concert evening reveals itself as a chance-orchestrated founding assembly of a future society that functions entirely according to musical principles: Freedom is the space between five staves, harmony is a form of order that also encompasses incompatibility. The inclusion of chance as a structuring element becomes a comprehensible and captivating encounter for the audience with the possibilities of non-deterministic decision-making: Each performance is a world premiere; no two performances are exactly alike. Thus, a novel portrait of the composer emerges – and a call to action for us, the people of the present: Engage with this resonance and forget the idea of humanity at the centre of power and meaning in creation.
Artists/Collaborators: Thom Luz (Konzept, Regie, Bühne), Titus Engel (Musikalische Konzeption), Stephan Müller (Konzept, Dramaturgie), Konstantin Parnian (Dramaturgie), Zafraan Ensemble (Musiker*innen / Performer*innen), Liam Mallett (Flöte), Miguel Pérez Iñesta (Klarinette), Martin Posegga (Saxofon), Emmanuelle Bernard (Violine), Josa Gerhard (Viola), Martin Smith (Violoncello), Beltane Ruiz Molina (Kontrabass), Daniel Eichholz (Schlagzeug), Anna Viechtl (Harfe), Clemens Hund-Göschel (Klavier)
In deutscher und englischer Sprache
In Koproduktion mit Festival Musica, Strasbourg
In Koproduktion mit Festival Musica, Strasbourg
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