Schedule

21.05.2023 5 pm
St. Marien Altona Bei der Reitbahn 4, 22763 Hamburg
Kerstin Petersen, organ
performs AUF DER SUCHE NACH ELLINOR JAHNN
in the concert ZUM GEBURTSTAG! containing works by
Ruth Wiesenfeld, Johann Ulrich Steigleder, Daniel Pinkham, Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas Beimel und György Ligeti
.

15.05.2023 7 pm
Bonn, Pantheon
Susanne Kessel, piano
performs NOTATA
in a concert of BEETHOVEN piano club
with works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Manos Tsangaris

Saturday 13. Mai 2023, 11 - 13 Uhr
Scribbles - public workshop for all from age 4
a project by LOUDsoft
Spielplatz Winterfeldtplatz, Berlin
with concepts by
Daniella Strasfogel
Ruth Wiesenfeld
David Bloom
in collaboration with
FELD - Theater für junges Publikum
funded by Musikfonds und die Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa

March 23 - 26, 2023
Participatory exhibition
TOWARDS SOUND //THE RAMPANT WALL
at
Limbó, The Living art Museum, Reykjavik
(Curation in the frame of TOWARDS SOUND)
supported by

©Nicole Wendel

Feb 18, 2023 5 pm
Performative Happening
Communicating a Sound a Line
Nicole Wendel & Ruth Wiesenfeld
&
Artist Talk
Feb 18, 2023 6 pm
Space, Sound and Line
Nicole Wendel, Ruth Wiesenfeld
in conversation with Jan-Philipp Frühsorge & Stephan Klee
in the frame of the exhibition
CHARTA #4 - Sound and Order
Frontviews at HAUNT
Kluckstraße 23 A / yard
D - 10785 Berlin

score excerpt Calef

Festival WinterMusik
St. Petri-Kirche Altona, Schillerstraße 22, 22767 Hamburg
February 11, 2023 6 pm
RAUREIF for three bowed instruments with Milena Hoge, Kerstin Petersen and Marcia Lemke-KErn
February 10, 2023 6 pm
Calef for Marcia Lemke-Kern (voice) and Kerstin Petersen (organ positive)

January 26 at 12.45 pm
Luisenkirche, Berlin
Lunchtime Concert at Luisenkirche with Kerstin Petersen (organ) and Ada Namani (gong)
NEBELKAMMERN for organ and gong (UA)

score excerpt

October 29, 2022 at 7 pm
Ansgarkirche, Hamburg
New Music for the Hans-Henny-Jahnn organ with world premieres by
Claus Bantzer, Szigmond Szathmáry. Manfred Stahnke and Ruth Wiesenfeld
AUF DER SUCHE NACH ELLINOR JAHNN
Kerstin Petersen, organ
an event of the Academy of Liberal Arts Hamburg
in cooperation with the Literature House Hamburg

©Stella Geppert CONSTITUTIONS OF THE BODIES / Seaside Drawings (2022)/ detail

04.10.2022 - 24.10.2022
+359 Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria
SOUNDS FOR THE ORGANS (electro-acoustic, 2022) is part of the exhibition
TOWER BREATH BODY MEMBRANE by Stella Geppert

07.10.2022 - 16..10.2022
@ HilbertRaum Berlin
CASINO (electro-acoustic, 2020) is part of the exhibition
GLÜCKSRITTER
featuring works by Philipp Caspari, Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete, Anne Lass, Daniel Wiesenfeld, Ruth Wiesenfeld

Intensification of the pressure from both sides, less flow, shorter strokes ©Ruth Wiesenfeld

August 26, 2022 at 6 pm
Sankt-Annen-Kirche Zepernick
XXX. Randspiele 2022
AGAÏJ
Susane Zapf, violin

August 20 & 21, 2022
Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 3, 10115 Berlin
MY VOICE! Stimmbilder
Workshop for women from 14 to 25 years in the frame of
réBelles! Le festival
Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 3, 10115 Berlin
more info here

June 18, 2022
6 pm
St. Petri-Kirche Altona Schillerstraße 22, 22767 Hamburg
phönix miracle
TO THOSE WHO WANT THE FABRIC TORN
Kerstin Petersen (organ), Lin Chen (percussion), Yu-Ching Chao (recorder)
also
June 19, 2022
6 pm
Lutherhaus Bahrenfeld, Lutherhöhe 22-24, 22761 Hamburg

June 5, 2022
6 pm
Kunstforum der GEDOK, Koppel 66/Lange Reihe 75, Hamburg
blurred edges 2022, Verband für aktuelle Musik, Hamburg
RUINS
Marcia Lemke-Kern, voice and paper

7.5. – 21.8.2022
Opening May 6, 7 pm
Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst
TOWARDS SOUND participates in
Beyond Drawing
Contemporary Drawing in Berlin.((
Group Exhibition curated by Katja Pudor and Matthias Beckmann
Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst, Zitadelle, Am Juliusturm 64, 13599 Berlin

the most delicate gestures of your hands and fingers © Ruth Wiesenfeld

April 26, 2022
8 pm
BKA am Mehringdamm, Mehringdamm 34, Berlin
Unerhörte Musik: NEW SENSES
AGAÏJ for violin solo
Susanne Zapf, violin

March 12, 2022
2 pm
HilbertRaum, Reuterstr. 31, Berlin
TOWARDS SOUND Festival
FREQUENCIES
Drawing Performance by Nicole Wendel and Ruth Wiesenfeld

March 9 - 13, 2022
HilbertRaum, Reuterstr. 31, Berlin
TOWARDS SOUND Festival
with
Colin Roche, Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete, Dr. Lidia Gasperoni, Nicole Wendel, Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola, Birgitta Flick, Mehdi Hesamizadeh, Bastian Duncker, James Etherington, Thomas van Walle, Dries Verheyen, Esther Venrooij and Atefeh Einali
artistic direction: Ruth Wiesenfeld

Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM),
as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR recovery programme.

score (deatil) © Verlag Neue Musik

Feb 12, 2022
7 pm
St. Petri Altona, Schillerstraße 22, Hamburg
subtle arts festival: music with candlelight 2
RUINS for female voice and paper
with Marcia Lemke-Kern, voice

Dec 18, 2021 - Jan 9, 2022
Opening Dec 17, 6 - 10 pm
HilbertRaum, Reuterstr. 31, 12047 Berlin

Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA)
and TOWARDS SOUND present
ROOTED IN IRAN
an exhibition of sketches by
Anahita Abasi, Atefeh Einali, Farzia Fallah,
Nilufar Habibian, Golfam Khayam, Martyna Kosecka,
Afarin Mansouri, Niloufar Nourbahksk, Farnaz Ohadi,
Arezou Rezaiei,, Elnaz Seyedi, Parisa Sabet, Aidia Shirazi, Negin Zomorodi
curated by Ruth Wiesenfeld

Gelegenheiten schaffen
Article about Rooted in Iran by Franziska Buhre in field notes

October 8 - October 30. 2021
Opening reception October 7, 6 pm - 9 pm
Artist Talk October 8, 7 pm
A BLINK FROM SONIC EYES
From the Fleeting Archive of TOWARDS SOUND by Ruth Wiesenfeld
Curated by Jan-Philipp Frühsorge
re:future LaB
Reinbeckstr. 32
12459 Berlin

photo © Lena Obst.

September 23 - 26, 2021
Die Krone der Schöpfung - part one of the opera cycle FUCK MARRY KILL
Eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des Monats für zeitgenössische Musik

Kleiner und Großer Wasserspeicher, Berlin

Teresa Reiber (direction). Katharina Duda, Madeleine Omwuzulike (dramaturgy),
Margarethe Mast (stage design), Ruth Wiesenfeld (composition and musical direction)
supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.
and Frankfurter Stiftung maecenia for women in science and art

September 12, 2021
HÖRWERKSTATT
Zinc Yellow for violin and cello
farblaut_c for double bass
with Juliane Manyak (violin), Georg Boge (cello), Jochen Carls (double bass)
Burg Klempenow, Breest
supported my Musikfonds e.V,

September 11, 2021
Stimme. Körper. Macht.
Diskussion und Einblick in die künstlerischer Praxis zeitgenössischer Komponistinnen
Auftaktveranstaltung zum Musiktheaterprojekt DIE KRONE DER SCHÖPFUNG - Teil 1 des Opernzyklus FUCK MARRY KILL
mit Dr. Karin Dietrich (Leitung Institut für zeitgenössische Musik, HfMDK), Teresa Reiber (Regisseurin),
Christina C. Messner (SPARK - Festival für aktuelle Muisktheater Köln)
Evelyn Sylor (FEM*_MUISC*_KOLLEKTIV, UdK Berlin), ), Dr. Ruth Wiesenfeld (Komponistin)
Sharehouse Refugio,Berlin
Frankfurter Stiftung maecenia for women in science and art

©Katja Pudor - I feel like a dancer, a choreographer, a pianist, 2021

September 7, 2021
Artist Talk in the frame of the solo exhibition I Feel Like A Dancer,A Choreographer, A Pianist by Katja Pudor
with Dr. Ruth Wiesenfeld (Komponistin, Künstlerin), Nicole Wendel (Künstlerin), Jan-Philipp Frühsorge (Kurator) und Katja Pudor
alte feuerwache, projektraum, Berlin

May 13, 2021
10.30 pm
geometries of attention No 1 for out of tune zither
@ ecos virtuales

Audiograft Festival for Experimental Music and Sound Art
5th - 9th April 2021
TOWARDS SOUND portrays the creative process of
Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola, Atefeh Einali and Thomas van Walle
curated by Ruth Wiesenfeld

HALT HALTUNG VERHALTEN
January 21, 2021
TOWARDS SOUND presents contribution of its
FLEETING ARCHIVE
at the closing event of the Artistic Research Laboratory
@Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
online event, please visit here: http://www.towardssound.org/haltung.html

towards sound: rooted in Iran
Artifacts of sketching by fourteen Iranian female composers
an exhibition in collaboration with the
Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA)
Opening January 15 at HilbertRaum Berlin
curated by Ruth Wiesenfeld

POSTPONED, please visit the online version for now:
http://www.towardssound.org/rooted-in-iran.html

Sketch Requiem for a Beetle by Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete (2000)

TOWARDS SOUND
(curated by Ruth Wiesenfeld)
presents its
wall of abandoned ideas & a small collection of notes and stories
@
OPEN CALL · SCHAUSAMMLUNG 2020
Internationale Klangbasierte Künste
curated by Rochus Aust
28.10. - 07.11.2020 · Mi-Sa 16-20h
LTK4 · Klangbasierte Künste
Lutherturm
Martin-Luther-Platz 2-4
50677 Köln-Südstadt
www.towardssound.org/ltk4-schausammlung-2020.html www.ltk4.de/termine.html

TOWARDS SOUND #1: OPEN CALL
curated by Ruth Wiesenfeld

Twenty-five composers and sound artists grant a peek behind the scenes of their creative process. Their contributions respond to the question : How do you transform the intangible aspects of sonic imagination to something more palpable preceding musical notation or actual sound?

HilbertRaum Berlin
31.07.2020 - 09.08.2020

Nun ist aber der einzelne Ton beziehungslos
Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo
February 8, 2019
Dr. Warner Inversen, Theorbo
commissioned by Paul Simoni

watch on YouTube

Between Post and Pre
HILBERTRAUM@DURDEN AND RAY

opening: March 3, 2018 4pm to 7pm

DURRDEN AND RAY,1923 S Santa Fe Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA

http://www.durdenandray.com/

duration: March 3 - March 31, 2018
opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday by appointment. Closed Monday

NOTATA for piano solo
4. Januar 2018
NOTATA for piano solo
Susanne Kessel
Klavierhaus Klavins, Bonn-Beuel

http://250-piano-pieces-for-beethoven.com/

ZWIPF
an exhibition with
Daniel Wiesenfeld, Ruth Wiesenfeld and Aneh Ondare

opening 05 January 2018, 6 - 10 pm
HilbertRaum - Reuterstr. 31 - 12047 Berlin
http://hilbertraum.org

duration: 05 - 14 January 2018
opening hours: Fri 6 - 10 pm, Sat+Su 2-7 pm

          21 October 2017 8 pm
CRACKS for ensemble and video
            snim - spontanes netzwerk für imrprovisierte musik
           das kleine symposion 2017
            echoraum WIEN

30 Septemebr 2017 8 pm
NOTATA for piano solo
Susanne Kessel
Post Tower Lounge, Bonn
http://www.beethovenfest.de
http://250-piano-pieces-for-beethoven.com/

25 June 2017 4 pm
denn es wankt for mixed choir, organ and percussion
Kammerchor Passion, Ltg. Matthias Schmelmer
Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie, BERLIN

24 June 2017 7.30 pm
denn es wankt for mixed choir, organ and percusssion
Kammerchor Passion, Ltg. Matthias Schmelmer
Passionskirche, Marheinikeplatz 1, BERLIN

22 - 25 March 2017
PFFFHP TT!
16 mm film by Deborah S. Phillips
sound: Ruth Wiesenfeld

PrOcess Experimental Film Festival
Riga, Latvia
http://www.process-fest.lv/

20 February 2017
AIR
by Malgven Gerbes & David Brandstätter / shifts (Rouen/Berlin)
with music by Ruth Wiesenfeld
CDC - Les Hivernales Avignon www.hivernales-avignon.com/
Trailer: vimeo.com/145805155

18 February 2017
oscuro for large ensemble
Ukho Ensemble Kyiv, conducted by Luigi Gaggero
Plivka, Kiew I Ukraine
http://ukhoensemble.com/

SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld wins the
2016 Great Lakes International Shorts Film Festival Award in the category Music Video !

17 November 2016
PFFFHP TT!
16 mm film by Deborah S. Phillips
sound: Ruth Wiesenfeld
Austrian Film Museum, Vienna

4 October 2016, 10 pm
SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld
First European Short Film Festival
Kino Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, BERLIN
http://film-festival.eu/

17 Septemeber 2016
SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld
Cannes Short Film Festival
Cinéma Pathé Masséna, 31 Avenue Jean Médecin, Nice

Photo: Cezary Zacharewicz

23 JUNE 2016
FESTINA LENTE

by Malgven Gerbes & David Brandstätter / shifts (Rouen/Berlin)
with music by Ruth Wiesenfeld
In Between Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
Trailer: vimeo.com/110029410

ANTECEDENT
a duo exhibition with
David Benforado and Ruth Wiesenfeld

opening 27 May 2016, 6 - 10 pm
HilbertRaum - Reuterstr. 31 - 12047 Berlin
http://hilbertraum.org

duration: 27 May - 5 June
opening hours: Fri 6 - 10 pm, Sat+Su 2-7 pm
and by appointment

Blanc Noir Art Exhibition
opening 7 May 2016 at 12pm
Plateau Gallery - Greenhouse Berlin

Ascending from the darkness into light, we bring you Blanc Noir Exhibition curated by Diverso collective. We open our doors at Gallery Plateau on 7th of May at 12 o’clock noon to the Blanc Noir exhibition of the darkest art that Berlin has to offer, followed by the contrary, a night of colour, passion, performance and music.

April 13 - 21
SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld
@ PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS 2016
HONG KONG

Tuesdays @ HilbertRaum
KOLO
Tuesday 12 April, 2016, 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
a performance evening with Philipp Caspari,
Beate von Hahn and Ruth Wiesenfeld
free entrance, suggested donation
HilbertRaum - Reuterstr. 31 - 12047 Berlin
http://hilbertraum.org

SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld wins the
Prix VIDEOFORMES 2016 / Conseil Départemental du Puy-de-Dôme !
http://festival2016.videoformes.com/palmares-prix-videoformes-2016/

17 and 18 March 2016
SPYR by Christoph Lemmen and Ruth Wiesenfeld
at Filmfestival Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France

16 and 17 January 2016
AIR
by Malgven Gerbes & David Brandstätter / shifts (Rouen/Berlin)
with music by Ruth Wiesenfeld
Festival Made in Potsdam
fabrik Potsdam, Schiffbauergasse 10, 14467 Potsdam

6 November 2015, 6 pm
Opening in due time
an installation by Ruth and Daniel Wiesenfeld
Performance, 8 PM: James Fulkerson, trombone
HilbertRaum, Reuterstr. 31, Berlin Neukölln
http://hilbertraum.org

17 October 2015, 8 pm
labour of love / imprints (premiere)
for voice, viola, cello, melodica and conductor
Ensemble Xenon
Exploratorium, Sarotti-Höfe, Mehringdamm 55, 10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg

19 September 2015, 8.30 om
RUINS for female voice and paper
Beate von Hahn, voice
Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Travemünder Str. 2, Berlin
12. International Sound Art Festival Berlin 2015

8 May 2015
RUINS for solo voice
open - close for accordion and voice
Air - like murmuring winds for solo voice
Moshe Shulman (accordion) and Julia Bentley (voice)
Burchfield Penney Art Center
at SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, USA
https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/

25 January 2015
soffocato for vocal ensemble
La Dolce Maniera, directed by Luigi Gaggero
Ukho Kiev New Music Festival
http://www.ladolcemaniera.com/