P r o j e c t s

P r o j e c t s

05.May 2024 | 8:00 pm

Podium Festival

New Compositions by the Trickster Collective, presented by Ensemble Reflektor

23.May 2024 | 8:00 pm

Pantopia Festival

Spreehalle, Berlin-Oberschöneweine

25.May 2024 | 8:00 pm

Persian Poetry and Contemporary Music

Wege durch das Land Festival

Dalheim Monestary, Lichtenau

14.Sep 2024 | 8:00 pm

Goethe in Exile

ACUD Theater, Berlin

16.Nov 2024 | 8:00 pm

Be Kind Festival

Brewhouse of the Old Kindl Brewery, Berlin

03.May 2025 | 8:00 pm

Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

Divan Berlin–İstanbul

TransPositions between Poetry and Music

“Text is not just translated into another language of words, but into the language of music. The musicians perform translation and interpretation on multiple levels driven by curiosity.”

Das Orchester Magazine, 2019

Outstanding poets and soloists of contemporary music fashion new realms of musical experience between two metropolises. German meets Turkish poetry as kanun, saz, and kemenche encounter trombone, electronics, and double bass. Berlin and İstanbul are cities of experimental words and sounds nourishing the imagination. Musicians and poets from both cities collaborate to mimic each other’s languages and to create shapeshifting new pieces.

For Divan Berlin–İstanbul, members of Trickster Orchestra join together with members of Hezarfen Ensemble and six poets to unearth artistic forms between music, sound, electronics, and poetry.

Lineup

TRICKSTER ORCHESTRA

Vocals & Marimba Cymin Samawatie

Bass Clarinet & Electronics Milian Vogel

Trombone Florian Juncker

Flute & Contrabass Flute Tilmann Dehnhard

Electronics Korhan Erel

Electronics Simon Stockhausen

Double Bass Ralf Schwarz

Drums Ketan Bhatti

HEZARFEN ENSEMBLE

Vocals Sumru Ağıryürüyen

Viola Ulrich Mertin

Violin Özcan Ulucan

Kanun Serkan Halili

Kemenche Neva Özgen

Saz Erdem Şimşek

Kavala Serkan Şener

Flute Cem Önertürk

Poets (Berlin) Matthias Göritz

Nadja Küchenmeister

Monika Rinck

Poets (İstanbul) Efe Duyan

Gonca Özmen

Gökçenur Ç.

Video Art Roman Hagenbrock

Dramaturg Philip Geisler