Opening & Conversation

Library of MaerzMusik – Opening

with Ellen Fullman and Pelle Schilling

A person is sitting in an armchair in front of a window at dusk.

Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Camille Blake

Now in its fourth year, the Library of MaerzMusik is open throughout the festival as a space for collective reflection, facilitating encounters between artists, musicians and visitors. Open to the public free of charge, it offers a setting for the co-existence and exchange of knowledge(s), while enabling new and shared experiences. This year’s Library edition hosts Wolke Verlag in a collaborative format under the title MaerzMusik x Wolke Library. For the opening, Kamila Metwaly, artistic director of the festival will give a welcoming address. 

13:00 Library of MaerzMusik opening and Garden of Berliner Festspiele opens 
13:25 Welcome notes
13:30 Artist Talk


20.3.–29.3.26 | Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Concert installation: The Long String Instrument


23.3.26, 19:00 | St. Elisabeth Church
Concert / Performance: Energy Archive 4

A following talk brings together two composers whose practices resonate across generations: Ellen Fullman, pioneer and creator of the Long String Instrument, and sound artist Pelle Schilling, whose work is deeply informed by her explorations of resonance and space. The conversation will explore the distinct yet interconnected vocabularies that shape their practices.

Moderated by Irene Lehmann, author and editor of numerous publications on contemporary and experimental music and theatre, among them mf:fm - Magazine for independent Music Theater.

Supported by means of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Capital Cultural Fund)