Intersecting Encounters | Teil I – Sofia Jernberg & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard

This year’s Month of Contemporary Music will open on August 31 at the Kühlhaus Berlin with the festival »Intersecting Encounters«, which is dedicated to the intersections of composition, collective creation and improvisation. Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard, vocal artist Sofia Jernberg, the Sonar Quartet, pianist Tamara Stefanovich, the Trio Catch and members of the Zafraan Ensemble come together for this event. They will meet in a variety of configurations and explore the boundaries between composition and improvisation, between closed and open form, between instrumental and vocal music.

The programme combines new co-compositions and existing works by Berg, Bertrand, Chin, Dell, Ivičević, Jernberg, Lillinger, Odeh-Tamimi, Schönberg, Sonar, Stefanovich, Webern and Westergaard, among others. Additionally, the artists will give an insight into their collaboration in two short talks. In between and after the concerts, there will be time for dialogue, snacks and drinks in the spacious Kubus and in the courtyard of Kühlhaus Berlin.

15:00 — Prelude: »Ohrknacker« Matthias Kranebitter & Trio Catch (free admission)
16:00 — Doors open
17:00 — Sofia Jernberg & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard
18:30 — Trio Catch & Zafraan Ensemble
19:15 — Sonar Quartett & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard
20:00 — Words of Welcome for the Month of Contemporary Music
20:15 — Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard, Martin Adámek & Sun-Young Nam
21:00 — Tamara Stefanovich & Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard
22:00 — Get Together with drinks, music and DJ Kristoffer Cornils

Produced by Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard and bastille musique. Funded by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. Supported by field notes berlin. Media partners: Arts of the Working Class, Cashmere Radio, Digital in Berlin, Missy Magazin, neue musikzeitung, Positionen, radio3, The Berliner, The Wire