The Jury of the Treffen junge Musikszene 2025

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<h3>D. C. Erekul</h3>BerlinDavid Can Erekul, born in 1990, works in Berlin as a pianist, keyboardist composer and piano teacher. In 2003 and 2005 he was a prize winner of the Treffen junge Musik-Szene with the band Resoluto.In the context of the Theatertreffen der Jugend, the Treffen junger Autor*innen and at events of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research he took over the musical arrangement of the Intermezzi several times. He studied jazz piano and percussion as a minor subject at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and successfully completed his studies in 2016. Since 2009 he participated in numerous projects of pop, soul and jazz. Currently, his focus is on the development of his solo project, in which electronic elements meet the acoustic spectrum of the piano and drums, taking listeners* on a quest for modern soundscapes and driving beats. He also collaborates with various artists such as Meisje Djamila, Daughter, Jazzy Gudd and Molly's Peck, both as a live keyboardist and in the studio.&nbsp;<h3>Daniela Lunelli aka Munsha</h3>BerlinDaniela Lunelli aka Munsha is an Italian musician, composer, sound designer and music educator living in Berlin. She works in the fields of theatre, installation, video art and multimedia. Academic training in singing, composition for multimedia and cello, followed by training as an editor and sound designer for film and television.She specialises in contemporary music, voice research and composition as well as music production with a focus on experimental and avant-garde music. Munsha combines academic and transcultural sounds and pop music with technical expertise to create a spectrum of electronic music, noise and drone music, songwriting and soundtracks.She has composed music for theatre, dance and performative art as well as for sound installations. She has also written music for film, television and interdisciplinary projects. As a vocal teacher, she is particularly interested in researching the vocal tract and the practical use of resonating bodies through the cross-over technique.Munsha's musical research work is currently funded by the Musikfonds and the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.&nbsp;<h3>Jarita Freydank</h3>BerlinJarita Freydank is a Berlin-based drummer, percussionist and singer. As a juror, she attaches great importance to the background and message of the young musicians! After studying music at the Institute of Music at the University of Osnabr&uuml;ck, she moved to the big city. Since 2013 she has been on the road with Judith Holofernes and played for Astrid North, Peter Fox, Chefket, Die H&ouml;chste Eisenbahn and Jaqee, among others. In addition to working on stage and in the studio, Jarita is a music educator and gives workshops on rhythm &amp; groove. In 2018 she produced and released her debut "JARITA &amp; THE AFROBEATMOVEMENT - Live at Planet Earth EP". Currently she is working on her album and producing her Youtube interview series "JAMMIN WITH JARITA".<a href="https://www.jaritafreydank.com/" target="_blank" title="">www.jaritafreydank.com</a>&nbsp;<h3>Simon N’golo Zerbo</h3>WuppertalGolow (Simon N'golo Zerbo) is a music producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, vocal arranger, songwriter and host of his own podcast “Deepttalk mit Golow”. He began his career as a singer in the boys’ choir of the Wuppertaler Kurrende and instrumentalist in various bands in and around Wuppertal and first appeared on stage with his solo project Golow in 2012. Since then, the project has evolved from a guitar or piano &amp; voice set-up to an electro-acoustic experience incorporating Golow’s production techniques and skills. He studied musicology and philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit&auml;t Bonn. Today he lives in Wuppertal and produces for and with other artists such as Samy Deluxe, Flo Mega, Horst Wegener, UMI, and many more, and gives music production coaching for all kinds of genres in a workshop setting. Since December 2019, he has been working with the publishing company Sony ATV.&nbsp;<h3>Cymin Samawatie</h3>BerlinCymin Samawatie works as a conductor, composer, singer and pianist. She studied classical percussion, piano and singing at the Hanover University of Music and Theatre and jazz singing at the Berlin University of the Arts. Witty, expressive and with a great love of experimentation, she interweaves global instrumentation and musical traditions with urban live electronics, multilingual poetry and free improvisation in her trans-traditional version of contemporary music.With her quartet Cyminology, she combines chamber music jazz with Persian poetry.&nbsp; In 2013, together with Ketan Bhatti, she founded the Trickster Orchestra, with which they present a new form of contemporary art music as an expression of a diverse society. Their artistic work has been honoured with the Berlin Jazz Prize, the Tonali Award and the German Music Writers' Prize, among others. Their recordings have been released on the ECM Records label since 2009.<a href="http://www.cyminsamawatie.de/Cymin_Samawatie/Home.html" target="_blank" title="Zur Website von Cymin Samawatie">CyminSamawatie.de</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cyminology.de/#/" target="_blank" title="Zur Website von Cyminology">Cyminology.de</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://tricksterorchestra.de/" target="_blank" title="Zur Website des Trickster Orchestra">TricksterOrchestra.de</a>&nbsp;<h3>Marco Trochelmann</h3>Rotenburg/W&uuml;mmeMarco Trochelmann was born in Lower Saxony in 1976. He studied music, German studies and psychology in Berlin and gained experience as a musician and composer with concerts, CD productions, commissioned compositions for theatre, silent film accompaniment and in the field of performance. This was followed by work as a workshop leader, including at the theatre festival LIEBE MACHT TOT(D) - Sch&uuml;ler spielen Shakespeare 2008 and at the Theatertreffen der Jugend 2009 as well as a jury member at the ZDF youth competition Radikal B&uuml;chner 2013. He has also worked as a guest speaker at the congress of the Association of German Music Schools. Marco Trochelmann is currently head of the music department at the Ostetalschule KGS Sittensen (Lower Saxony).<a href="http://www.tonfinder.de/" target="_blank" title="To the website of Marco Trochelmann">www.tonfinder.de</a>&nbsp;<h3>Volkan T&uuml;reli</h3>BerlinVolkan T&uuml;reli aka Volkan T error is considered one of the pioneers of Turkish hip-hop, hardcore and metalcore. He founded the independent artist label Endzeit Industry, composed and developed pieces for various theater productions, films and performances and has been on stage for quite some time as a performer and musician in various productions throughout Europe. He studied European Ethnology, Political Science and Sociology and was one of the directors* of the akademie der autodidkaten at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse from 2008 to 2016, which set artistic accents in the youth sector with numerous sound, film, performance and theater productions. From 2013 to 2016, he sat on the advisory board of ZAKNRW and has been a jury member at the Treffen junge Musik-Szene since 2017. He currently runs the Houseclub at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, works under the label Endzeit Industry on new performances, radio plays and sound collages and produces under the name Volkan T error Sayko Bass, Turkotronica, Dance Floor Killer Machine, Oriental Electronic Beats , experimental Hip Hop, Spoken Word and Slam Poetry albums.<a href="http://www.endzeit-industry.com/" target="_blank" title="To the website of Endzeit Industry">www.endzeit-industry.com</a>

<ul> <li>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{00155f00-e5f9-4571-9546-e0f379885fe0},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/E/david-can-erekul}}}">D.C. Erekul</a> Berlin</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{7d793383-11b6-409a-bdff-d07c95615cc5},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/F/jarita-freydank}}}">Jarita Freydank</a> Berlin</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{3c134410-4fef-4c2d-a194-c38e8ba52293},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/G/barbara-greshake}}}">Barbara Greshake</a> K&ouml;ln</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{0abe1acb-24df-4afb-9d7c-28d068366f1e},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/L/daniela-lunelli}}}">Daniela Lunelli aka Munsha</a> Berlin</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{693c1679-fd7c-4c12-908c-2a05b4d38644},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/R/antonia-rug}}}">Antonia Rug aka Novaa</a> Berlin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{2c2c63b2-7cec-4869-aa11-6dc282921707},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/S/marco-sternsdorf}}}">Marco Sternsdorf</a> Berlin</li> <li><a href="${link:{uuid:{dad18d17-84d2-4718-8a5c-b2c395c7beeb},repository:{artists},path:{/bfs-mediathek/T/volkan-tuereli}}}">Volkan T&uuml;reli</a> Berlin</li></ul>

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The Treffen junge Musikszene 2025 presented a rather young line-up of surprisingly mature, accomplished and experimental musicians, including numerous strong female artists. The concerts at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele are available as recordings in the media library until November 2026.

Treffen junge Musikszene in the Media Library

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The next Treffen junge Musikszene will take place from 25 to 30 November 2026. Applications will be possible again from March&nbsp;2026.

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Every year we invite previous participants Treffen junge Musikszene meeting for Nahaufnahme. The Nahaufnahme 2024 starts where the musicians are in their development, tries to respond to individual needs and helps to formulate musical-artistic goals and explore ways to get there. New songs are created or musical projects that have already begun are further developed.&nbsp;

Nahaufnahme 2024

The Campus programme is exclusively for the participants of the Treffen junge Musikszene and not open to the public. It consists of the sections Workshops and Coachings.The programme is only available in German.

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A total of 13 musical acts — including four bands, two duos and seven solo performers — will come to Berlin from 19 to 24 November as award winners of the 42nd Treffen junge Musikszene. A day later, they will be joined by 21 other talented young people who have been selected by the jury as award winners of the 40th Treffen junger Autor*innen.From 20 to 23 November, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele will host concerts, readings, talks and performances by the prize-winning authors and musicians, open to the public. In addition, a variety of workshops and coaching sessions will provide safe spaces where the young artists can meet, inspire one another and, with professional support from experienced workshop leaders, be encouraged to further develop their personal artistic expression.

Inspiration included: Young authors and the young musicians come together

The Treffen junge Musikszene offers young musicians a platform to present their self-written, lyricized or self-produced music. In addition to public concerts, the Treffen creates a creative space in which the prize-winners can further develop their musical signature in intensive workshops, receive tips and knowledge from professionals for their work, and get to know each other, exchange ideas and jam together.

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All selected musicians and bands since 1984

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A highlight of the Treffen junge Musik-Szene is the public concert of the award winners. Due to the Corona pandemic, it was not possible for the twelve acts selected by the jury to present their work live in front of an audience in 2021. Instead, the young musicians had the opportunity to record their selected songs in professional studio sessions.

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The Berliner Festspiele organise a range of festivals and art exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, readings, lectures, debates and much more throughout the year. These events are presented at a range of locations across Berlin but are concentrated primarily at their own two venues: the Gropius Bau and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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Young theatre makers, dancers, musicians and authors are given a platform for their creative work at the four national contests of the Treffen junge Szene and are specifically supported in their artistic development.

The Jury of the Treffen junge Musikszene 2025

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You can listen to some of our events this year digitally in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library after the live concerts.&nbsp;In addition, On Demand offers from past years are available.

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The international Jazzfest Research Lab&nbsp;welcomes academics and students to take a critical look at the festival’s archive, its programmes, creators, musicians and – last but not least – its myths. In two seminars during the summer semester of 2024, students from the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Hildesheim have explored the festival’s history from various perspectives. In this film, the participants give a first look at how they dealt with their research subject.

Introducing: Jazzfest Research Lab

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To mark its 60th anniversary, Jazzfest Berlin is celebrating the cultural diversity of the neighbouring district of Moabit in collaboration with around 35 official partners and initiatives and with over 350 participants of all ages.&nbsp;In June 2024, interviews were conducted with 20 partners who presented their perspectives, wishes and ideas for the Jazzfest Community Lab Moabit. You can get a first impression with this film.

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Curated by&nbsp;Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema&nbsp;

From 13 to 16 June 2024, the interdisciplinary themed days “Reflexes &amp; Reflections” on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its consequences for society in Germany took place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. You can now find video and audio recordings of the discourse events in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library!

Reflexes &amp; Reflections. 7 October, the war in Gaza and the debate in Germany

In the Media Library

Musikfest Berlin will take place from 28&nbsp;August to 23&nbsp;September 2026 in co-operation with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and marks the 75th&nbsp;anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele. Tickets are already available now for ten selected concert highlights at the Philharmonie Berlin. These guest concerts include some of the world’s best symphony orchestras and choirs from Finland, Spain, England, South Africa, the USA, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The complete festival programme will be announced on 21&nbsp;April 2026.

Musikfest Berlin 2026: Tickets for First Concert Highlights Available Now!

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The 10 Remarkable Productions 2024

On 26 January, the Theatertreffen’s jury of critics announced their selection of 10 remarkable productions for the 2024 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants! The programme will be published on 5 April.

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The massacre, hostage-taking and rocket attacks by Hamas have shaken us deeply. The grue-some attack on Israel on 7&nbsp;October left us stunned and initially lost for words.

The Berliner Festspiele on Current Events in Israel, Gaza and Germany

With this letter of intent, we, the signing cultural organizations, express our intention to welcome, host and stage Ukrainian theatre artists in our venues, to make Ukrainian dramatic work visible to the European community.

Support of the Ukrainian Cultural Scene

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In Thorsten Lensing’s new play, Ursina Lardi, Karin Neuh&auml;user, Sebastian Blomberg, André Jung and drummer Willi Kellers play characters careening their way from one disaster to the next. What defines them is an absurd blend of brutality and tenderness, anarchy and metaphysical curiosity, existential pain and zest for life.

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As an international co-production, artists Nina Laisné and François Chaignaud and singer Nadia Larcher have developed a performance that is carried by music, singing and dance at once. In “Último helecho”, European Baroque meets South American folklore and mythology.

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A dance collage by John Neumeier which explores aspects of German expressive dance through music, texts and songs and commemorates the victims of Nazi rule. Guest performance of the National Youth Ballet John Neumeier.

The Invisibles

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Advance sales are now live: tickets for ten selected concert highlights of the Musikfest Berlin, which in 2026 will also mark the 75th&nbsp;anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele, are now available. The programme includes Gy&ouml;rgy Ligeti’s grotesquely humorous anti-opera Le Grand Macabre and George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

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<h3>Theatertreffen</h3><h4>2 to 20 May 2024</h4>The 10&nbsp;remarkable productions, selected by a jury of critics, were announced in a press conference on 26&nbsp;January 2024, 11:00. The programme will be published on 5&nbsp;April, advance ticket sales will start on 19&nbsp;April at 14:00

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The Berlinale as a guest at Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Nina Laisné and François Chaignaud with Nadia Larcher

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Widely regarded as one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th&nbsp;century, Diane Arbus’ bold black-and-white photographs demolish aesthetic conventions and upend all certainties. With Diane Arbus: Konstellationen, Gropius Bau presents the most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date. Featuring 454&nbsp;prints, many of them shown here for the first time, Konstellationen offers new perspectives on Arbus’ iconic images and the wide range of her portraiture.

Diane Arbus: Konstellationen

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Marking twenty years since artist, writer and performer Vaginal Davis made Berlin her home, Gropius Bau presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of her work in Germany. In her expansive oeuvre, punk meets glamour, queer activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire. Fabelhaftes Produkt offers an overview of Davis’ practice and artistic collaborations.

Vaginal Davis:&nbsp;Fabelhaftes Produkt

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions at the Gropius&nbsp;Bau