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

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