The Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg invites to an enjoyable and surprising path of exploration through the interior and exterior spaces of the Akademie – filled with unheard music and sound and with free admission.
Small, intimate concert situations in meeting rooms, silence in the concert hall, playful kinetic sound machines, improvisations, musicians on the roof, Serbian singing, cracking chickpeas, lots of violins, picnics in the Beech Garden, a tête-à-tête with a composer, breath: the whole building conceals musical gems in niches and large halls, with musicians appearing again and again, crossing paths.
Everything flows, everything happens twice and you put it all together yourself. A warm welcome to everyone to share the place, and the music on a long day in May.
With works, performances, installations by — Peter Ablinger, Lore Ammenabar Larrañaga, Birke Bertelsmeier, Annesley Black, Sofia Borges, Nikolaus Brass, Raven Chacon, Huihui Cheng, Sidney Corbett, Axel Dörner, Dominic Flynn, Malin Grass, Sofia Gubaidulina, Steve Heather, Benjamin Kautter, Carina Khorkhordina, Veli Kujala, Liudas Mockūnas, Kirsten Reese, Martin Riches, Daniel Rothman / Carola Bauckholt, Sofia Salvo, Iris ter Schiphorst, Annette Schmucki, Sol-i So, Nurit Stark, Kristine Tjøgersen, Casper Johannes Walter / Dragana Tomic, Kathryn Williams, Yiran Zhao et al.
Founded in 1696, the Akademie der Künste in Berlin is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists and has a current total of 422 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts).
The Akademie der Künste is an exhibition and event location, a meeting place for artists and people interested in the arts, where public debates on art and cultural policy take place. A key part of the Academy are its Archives. With over 1,200 estates by artists and an extensive art collection and library, the Academy Archives are one of the most important interdisciplinary archives of 20th century art.
