P r o j e c t s
P r o j e c t s
05.Mar 2025 | 7:00 pm
Trans-traditional Musik Lab
Encounter II: Trans-traditional Collectivity
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
04.Apr 2025 | 8:00 pm
spokenscores
Trickster Orchestra & George Lewis
Dresdner Days of Contemporary Music, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden
16.Apr 2025 | 7:00 pm
Trans-traditional Musik Lab
Encounter III: Trans-traditional Comprovisation
Radialsystem, Berlin
03.May 2025 | 8:00 pm
Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
, Witten
11.May 2025 | 7:00 pm
Musiques Démesurées Festival
, Clermont-Ferrand
10.Oct 2025 |
Trans-traditional Musik Lab
Encounter IV: Trans-traditional Microtonality
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
08.Feb 2026 | 7:00 pm
Trans-traditional Musik Lab
Encounter V: Trans-traditional Multiperspectivity
Radialsystem, Berlin
24.Apr 2026 |
TransTraditionale Festival
Radialsystem, Berlin
25.Apr 2026 |
TransTraditionale Festival
Radialsystem, Berlin
26.Apr 2026 |
TransTraditionale Festival
Radialsystem, Berlin
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Modara

Fest for Contemporary Music

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is Modara. I’ll meet you there.”
Rumi, 13th century

The Trickster Orchestra’s festival for contemporary music, Modara, celebrates ambiguity and cultural transformation in music. Rumi’s idea of Modara is a place of intense encounter and dissolution of the self into something completely new. The festival embodies this utopian place of unity and presents revolutionary musicians that create transcultural art music transcending boundaries and merging traditions, genres, and instruments into new musical experiences.

The festival begins with several improvisation sessions all over Berlin, before concluding with two days of concerts at Heimathafen, Neukölln.

Lineup

Vocals Cymin Samawatie
Trombone Hilary Jeffery
Oud & Guitar Mahan Mirarab
Grand Piano Niko Meinhold
Koto Naoko Kikuchi
Vibraphone & Marimba Taiko Saito
Bass Clarinet & Electronics Milian Vogel
Kanun Bassem Alkhouri
Trumpet Liz Allbee
Viola Martin Stegner
Electronics Korhan Erel
Paetzold Bass Recorder Susanne Fröhlich
Cello Anil Eraslan
Kawala & Nay Mohamad Fityan
Double Bass Ralf Schwarz
Drums Ketan Bhatti
Concept, Dramaturg Philip Geisler