A number of artists have withdrawn from this year’s edition, joining a call for a boycott of German state-funded cultural institutions in solidarity with Palestine. Therefore our programme has undergone some changes. Please follow the below link for details on the updated programme including information on ticket refunds. Further acts will be announced soon.

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Due to popular demand, we are adding an additional show on 2 February 2024 that will see Kali Malone play the organ at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. Tickets are on sale now.

What is deafness if not another mode of perception? What is a cyborg if not an exploded mirror of today’s corporeal experience? Running 2 & 3 February 2024, »Ex Silens« is a performance by Marco Donnarumma that investigates deafness, sound, and (artificial) intelligence through participatory research driven by and with d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing people. The performances will be flushed out with the screening of the short documentary film Niranthea, accompanied by a talk by Donnarumma with DGS German sign language interpretation on 3 February.

Following the Goethe-Institut supported »Quantum Computing & Sound« day of exploratory talks and groundbreaking performances around quantum technologies and music, Eduardo Reck Miranda will present a concert of Quantum Computer Music showcasing pioneering systems and performances developed by his team at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), Plymouth, UK.

The Sustain Discourse programme covering several themes from the intersection of sound and climate, the role of sound in identity and protest music, sound perception in d/Deaf and hard of hearing communities, quantum computing and sound, a spotlight on Ireland, and more with: Aldana Duoraan (CZ), AM Kanngieser (AU/DE), crys cole (CA/DE), Daniel Irrgang (DE), Dara Smith (IE), Eduardo Reck Miranda (BR/DE), Edy Fung (IE), Eugénie Mérieau (FR), Félicia Atkinson (FR), Gesche Joost (DE), Giada Dalla Bontà (DK), Hazey Haze (IE), Heinali (UA), Kate Butler (IE), KMRU (KE/DE), Luis-Manuel Garcia Mispireta (CA/UK), Lolz (IE), Marco Donnarumma (IT/DE), Mere Nailatikau (FJ), Muiredach O’Riain (IE), Prof. Oliver Benson (DE), Pinky Htut Aung (MM/FR), Pisitakun (TH/DE), Stas Shärifulla (INT), Stefanie Alisch (DE), Victoria Sarangova (INT).

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31.1.2024 | 18:00-20:00 | Free entry
Berlin Open Lab, UdK, Einsteinufer 43

Concert and discussion with: Andrea Szigetvári (HU), Samu Gryllus (HU / AT), Boris Hegenbart (DE), Ágnes Klára Máthé (HU), Ákos Lovász (HU), Georg Friedrich Volkert (IT / DE), Miriam Jochmann (AT) Daria Redkina (UA), Victor Burton (CA)

The Ligeti 100.101 project celebrates 100 years since the composer György Ligeti's birth by inviting nine artists to research the composer's oeuvre through a creative process, where a deep understanding of his methods, thought, and metaphors provides inspiration for the creation of new pieces performed by an ensemble of electronic musicians. The performing artists were invited to work with Ligeti's ideas using computers, analogue/digital synthesisers, and algorithmic processes more than five decades after the composer abandoned electronic devices. Following concerts hosted by the music academies of Vienna and Budapest, this third and final concert will be hosted by UdK in Berlin.

We launch or series of CTM 2024 articles with the essay »Quantum Computer Music. What the Heck?« Tapping into the properties and laws of quantum mechanics, the nascent field of quantum computing promises a technological leap that will make current computation and AI systems look obsolete. Eduardo Reck Miranda, composer and pioneer in the field of AI and music, gives a brief overview of the history of computing and sound that lead to this new leap, and adds examples of his own music practice with quantum computing.

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Festival passes and event tickets are on sale in limited quantities. Festivalgoers can choose between the CTM Pass, which grants access to most of the festival’s events, or the Connect Pass which offers additional access to transmediale festival programming. New this year, we are also offering Weekend Passes for each CTM Festival weekend respectively.

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Funded by
Senate Department of Culture and Social Cohesion | Hauptstadtkulturfonds | The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media | Goethe-Institut | German Federal Foreign Office | Creative Europe Programme of the European Union | Zeitgeist Irland 24, an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany

In Cooperation with
transmediale 2024 | Berghain | Gedächtniskirche | Morphine Raum | OXI | radialsystem | RSO.Berlin | silent green | Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 

Institutional Partners
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Embassy of Sweden | Pro Helvetia

Programme Partners
SHAPE+ | Deutschlandfunk Kultur Hörspiel / Klangkunst | ORF Ö1 Kunstradio | tekhnē | CDM | German Association for Music Business and Music Culture Research | Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) | Paderborn University | Institute Art Gender Nature at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel | Trust | Refuge Worldwide | VierNulVier (Ghent) | Stuk (Leuven) | Lunchmeat Festival

Media Partners
Deutschlandfunk Kultur Hörspiel / Klangkunst | Full Moon | Groove | RBB radioeins | Refuge Worldwide | Siegessäule | Tip | The Wire 

Supported by
d&b | SAE | Berliner Pilsner | WALL AG