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MaerzMusik 2027

Key Visual MaerzMusik 2026

Concerts, Music Theatre, Performances, Sound Installations, Discourse, Library

Programme release & advance ticket sales: 28 January 2027

MaerzMusik 2027

MaerzMusik celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2027 and will take place from 10 to 21 March at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues.

With
Ensemble Mosaik, MELOS New Vocal Music Collective, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, weird aftertaste, Aki Onda, Andrea Neumann, Annea Lockwood, Arturas Bumšteinas, Bertram Wee, Bhavisha Panchia, Christian Dierstein, Claire Chase, Clara Iannotta, Dayang Yraola, Dirk Rothbrust, Elaine Mitchener, Eloain Lovis Hübner, Florentin Ginot, Hannah Weirich, Joan Tan, John Cage, José Maceda, Kelley Sheehan, Klaus Lang, Krassimir Sterev, Marisol Jiménez, Maryanne Amacher, meLê yamomo, Nguyễn + Transitory, Pat Thomas, Pauline Oliveros, Rebecca Saunders, Reetu Sattar, Rytis Mažulis, Sarah Nemtsov, Shamica Ruddock, Sol Maris Trinidad, Wojtek Blecharz, Yaron Deutsch, Zeynep Toraman and many more

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Impressions 2026

  • Navid Navab stands next and infront of to the installation "Organism + Excitable Chaos" and speaks to the audience.

    Organism + Excitable Chaos, Navid Navab / Garnet Willis

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In a large factory hall, numerous pianos are arranged in a circle. The audience is seated inside the circle.

    Concert installation „11.000 Saiten“, Georg Friedrich Haas / Klangforum Wien

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Eine Performerin in roter Kleidung steht auf einer Bühne vor blauem Hintergrund und spielt im Stehen Keyboard.

    Meredith Monk in Concert

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In the garden of Silent Green, people sit and lie on the grass. They listen to music, walk past and talk to each other.

    The audience of MaerzMusik in the garden of silent green

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Ellen Fullman plays the Long String Instrument.

    Energy Archive 4, Ellen Fullman / JACK Quartet

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Florentin Ginot stands on a stage in the dark garden of the Berliner Festspiele, playing his double bass.

    (En)chanting Wood, Florentin Ginot

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Okkyung Lee plays the cello in the centre of the room, with the audience seated on the floor around her.

    Aurora (Mesophase), Okkyung Lee

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • In the upper foyer of the Berliner Festspiele, people are seated on a large sofa arrangement beneath a wide, warm ceiling light.

    Library of MaerzMusik at Haus der Berliner Festspiele

    © Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Two performers stand on a stage in white and blue light. They are connected by a long tube wrapped around their torsos.

    Cybernetic Entanglements, Viola Yip & Ken Ueno

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Six musicians play plucked instruments in the center of the room, surrounded by an audience sitting on the floor.

    I AM ALL EARS, Finale MaerzMusik 2026

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Navid Navab stands next and infront of to the installation "Organism + Excitable Chaos" and speaks to the audience.

    Organism + Excitable Chaos, Navid Navab / Garnet Willis

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In a large factory hall, numerous pianos are arranged in a circle. The audience is seated inside the circle.

    Concert installation „11.000 Saiten“, Georg Friedrich Haas / Klangforum Wien

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Eine Performerin in roter Kleidung steht auf einer Bühne vor blauem Hintergrund und spielt im Stehen Keyboard.

    Meredith Monk in Concert

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In the garden of Silent Green, people sit and lie on the grass. They listen to music, walk past and talk to each other.

    The audience of MaerzMusik in the garden of silent green

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Ellen Fullman plays the Long String Instrument.

    Energy Archive 4, Ellen Fullman / JACK Quartet

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Florentin Ginot stands on a stage in the dark garden of the Berliner Festspiele, playing his double bass.

    (En)chanting Wood, Florentin Ginot

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Okkyung Lee plays the cello in the centre of the room, with the audience seated on the floor around her.

    Aurora (Mesophase), Okkyung Lee

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • In the upper foyer of the Berliner Festspiele, people are seated on a large sofa arrangement beneath a wide, warm ceiling light.

    Library of MaerzMusik at Haus der Berliner Festspiele

    © Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Two performers stand on a stage in white and blue light. They are connected by a long tube wrapped around their torsos.

    Cybernetic Entanglements, Viola Yip & Ken Ueno

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Six musicians play plucked instruments in the center of the room, surrounded by an audience sitting on the floor.

    I AM ALL EARS, Finale MaerzMusik 2026

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Navid Navab stands next and infront of to the installation "Organism + Excitable Chaos" and speaks to the audience.

    Organism + Excitable Chaos, Navid Navab / Garnet Willis

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In a large factory hall, numerous pianos are arranged in a circle. The audience is seated inside the circle.

    Concert installation „11.000 Saiten“, Georg Friedrich Haas / Klangforum Wien

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Eine Performerin in roter Kleidung steht auf einer Bühne vor blauem Hintergrund und spielt im Stehen Keyboard.

    Meredith Monk in Concert

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • In the garden of Silent Green, people sit and lie on the grass. They listen to music, walk past and talk to each other.

    The audience of MaerzMusik in the garden of silent green

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Ellen Fullman plays the Long String Instrument.

    Energy Archive 4, Ellen Fullman / JACK Quartet

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Florentin Ginot stands on a stage in the dark garden of the Berliner Festspiele, playing his double bass.

    (En)chanting Wood, Florentin Ginot

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Okkyung Lee plays the cello in the centre of the room, with the audience seated on the floor around her.

    Aurora (Mesophase), Okkyung Lee

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • In the upper foyer of the Berliner Festspiele, people are seated on a large sofa arrangement beneath a wide, warm ceiling light.

    Library of MaerzMusik at Haus der Berliner Festspiele

    © Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Fabian Schellhorn

  • Two performers stand on a stage in white and blue light. They are connected by a long tube wrapped around their torsos.

    Cybernetic Entanglements, Viola Yip & Ken Ueno

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

  • Six musicians play plucked instruments in the center of the room, surrounded by an audience sitting on the floor.

    I AM ALL EARS, Finale MaerzMusik 2026

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Magazine 2026

The accompanying magazine for this year’s festival edition brings together essays, artist conversations and diverse perspectives on the programme’s themes and contributors, and is available free of charge at all MaerzMusik 2026 events.

German and English, 120 pages
Please note: The pdf is not barrier-free.

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In the Media Library

Interviews and artist portraits featuring, among others, composer-performer and media artist Pamela Z and composers Chaya Czernowin and Brigitta Muntendorf, as well as recap videos and recordings of selected festival highlights, including the closing event of MaerzMusik 2025, I AM ALL EARS, have been published in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library.

To the Media Library
A screen shows a close-up female-presenting person and a depiction of a dancer. Text reads, "Dakaze believed that musicality arises in the body."

MaerzMusik

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

About MaerzMusik

MaerzMusik sees itself as a place to exchange artistic knowledge(s) through new encounters and collective experiences. The festival is rooted in the multimodality of listening, contemporary music, and sound, employing concerts, performances, installations, music theatre, film screenings, and discursive formats to open up a space where life, art, and theory can co-exist.

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