Everything that composer Sven Helbig encounters, observes, absorbs, and appreciates on his musical expeditions is shared with the audience of his weekly radioeins program Schöne Töne. Here, electronica, ambient, new, and ancient music blend seamlessly with classical orchestral sounds, taking listeners on an adventurous journey through music from all eras and across the world.
Together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Helbig will once again bring Schöne Töne live to the stage at the Haus des Rundfunks. Hosting the evening himself, he will welcome Theremin virtuoso Carolina Eyck and electronic musician Abul Mogard, who will join the orchestra; all while drawing from his vast treasure trove of musical stories.
You will experience the very first collaboration by Abul Mogard with an orchestra, performing Sven Helbigs’s orchestrations, an explosive piece for Theremin and Orchestra by Régis Campo and drown in the sound cosmos of a large orchestra composition by Daníel Bjarnasson. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) radiates from the Berliner Philharmonie out into the world, remaining socially engaged, people-oriented, and always in step with the times.
Abul Mogard is an alter-ego created by Guido Zen, an Italian musician currently based in Rome. His sought after live shows are filled with darkly ambient/drone compositions that stir through smoke and screens of mesmerizing light. The Organ Reframed Festival commissioned him to write a composition for the pipe organ that he performed at London’s Union Chapel with the London Contemporary Orchestra. He has remixed Carl Craig and Fovea Hex (with Brian Eno) and his music has been used for films by Ridley Scott, in BBC TV programs and accompanying contemporary artworks.
Carolina Eyck is a German-Sorbian musician and composer, largely recognized as the world’s leading Theremin virtuoso. She was awarded the Echo Klassik Prize for “Concert Recording of the Year” in 2015. Eyck developed her own precise eight-finger-position playing technique by age 16 and published the first extensive Theremin method book The Art of Playing the Theremin. Her method is now being used by thereminists around the world and has revolutionized how the instrument is played.
Daníel Bjarnason is one of Iceland’s foremost musical voices today, in demand as a conductor, composer and programmer. He is Artist in Collaboration with Iceland Symphony Orchestra, an appointment that follows his tenures as Principal Guest Conductor and Artist in Residence. As guest conductor, recent highlights include debuts with Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra alongside his regular presence in Reykjavik with Iceland Symphony Orchestra throughout the season.
Sven Helbig is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who combines classical techniques with experimental electronics. With his programs, he regularly tours across Europe, Asia, and North and South America. His music has been performed by renowned ensembles such as the BBC Singers, the Fauré Quartet, the BBC Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra. In February 2025, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Dresden Kreuzchor premiered his Requiem A. Since 2017, he has hosted his weekly music special Schöne Töne on radioeins.
