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UPCOMING
2028
ULTRASCHALL BERLIN
Pony Says
MAY 2027
SCHWETZINGEN
with Kopatschinskaja and Zubel
APRIL 2027
WITTEN
Manassero / Rosenberger
FEB 2027
ECLAT FESTIVAL, STUTTGART
Pony Says Murail · Tristan Murail — Random Access Memory, world premiere of the new version
with Sebastian Berweck, Seth Josel and Tamara Kurkiewicz

DATES
2026
NOVEMBER
LIMINA, SALZBURG
Pony Says — Trio in Residence
four world premieres TBA · Salzburg
OCTOBER
08.10.
IMPULS FESTIVAL, HALLE
Pony Says · Damian Ibn Salem · Halle
SEPTEMBER
24.–25.09.
IGNM UPPER AUSTRIA + VIENNA
Pony Says · Sara Stevanović · world premiere
Tresor, Linz / Alte Schmiede, Vienna
18.09.
LEIPZIG
Pony Says · Damian Ibn Salem · world premiere
AUGUST
TBA
DETECT CLASSIC
Festival · premieres by Nicolas Berge and Svetlana Maraš
12.08.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN MUSIK FESTIVAL
Hindemith Composition Prize Concert
Benjamin Scheuer — Five Traces, world premiere · KulturForum, Kiel
JULY
25.07.
SOMMER IN STUTTGART
Pony Says POP-UP #4 feat. Marie Delprat
P1, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
JUNE
24. / 20. / 14.06.
ZORNFRIED
Philipp Krebs · Staatstheater Kassel
01.06.
STATION PARADISO
Opera by Sara Glojnarić · Staatsoper Stuttgart
MAY
29. / 15. / 09. / 02.05.
ZORNFRIED
Philipp Krebs · Staatstheater Kassel
24. / 17. / 14. / 10.05.
STATION PARADISO
Opera by Sara Glojnarić · Staatsoper Stuttgart
Premiere 10.05. · E-Guitar as part of the orchestra
APRIL
18.04.
STAATSTHEATER KASSEL — ZORNFRIED
Philipp Krebs · Premiere · Interim Spielstätte · 19:00
for voices, orchestra and two electronic soloists · Felix Nagl / Thilo Ruck
MARCH
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DYNAMITE BARREL
New European Ensemble · Den Haag
Guest appearance · Annesley Black / Joanna Bailie
FEBRUARY
08.02.
ECLAT FESTIVAL, STUTTGART — PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERT
works by Ying Wang and Georgia Koumará
Theaterhaus T1, Stuttgart
06.02.
ECLAT FESTIVAL, STUTTGART — MUTANTE
Pony Says · Ricardo Eizirik · with Tuce Alba and Ricardo Eizirik
Romy S., Stuttgart · 23:30
2025
JANUARY
10.01.
KLANGRAUM-FESTIVAL Stuttgart
Solo-Set @Theater Rampe, 20:00, Stuttgart (Berge, Lutz, Kreidler).
18.01.
ULTRASCHALL FESTIVAL Berlin
Pony Says Ultraschall. Pieces by Bång (premiere), Oehring, Krebs, Zhao. Radialsystem V, Halle, 22:00.
26.01.
BEYOND SOUNDSCAPES (Exhibition)
Pony Says Finissage. Closing concert of the Exhibition „Beyond Soundscapes“ by the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, 18:00.
FEBRUARY
05./07./09.02.
ECLAT (Festival)
Pony Says Uwe Rasch. Premiere in three versions on three days.
14.02.
MONTREAL NEW MUSIC (Festival)
With the New European Ensemble (guest). Pieces by Annesley Black et al. Société des arts technologiques, Montreal, Canada, 19:00.
MARCH
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CD-Release AAA-AAA: EP 1 & 2
10 Years AAA-AAA: M. Maierhof, D. Vincze, J. Broekman, U.-K- Lee, S. Krebber, M. Giesen, released @ Fake Marble Classical.
APRIL
24.04.
DUBLIN NEW MUSIC CURRENT (Festival)
Pony Says Marcoll/Canning. Premieres, Talks, Workshops.
MAY
16./17.05.
PODIUM ESSLINGEN (Festival)
Premiere by Zara Ali and rocking with Andriessen’s de Staat as part of the ensemble. Other concert: Ni Zheng’s trio for three performers the nakedness of our naked laceration .
22.05.
FREQUENZ KIEL (Festival)
Pony Says Club#7 w/ DJ Margarethe Specht.
31.05.
WERKSTATTFESTIVAL
As guest in the ensemble, Music University Stuttgart, playing Schiphorst’s „Was wird hier eigentlich gespielt“ and a Premiere by Martha Haladzhun: Rooms within rooms for quartets and lights.
JUNE
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Music Theatre FUNDBÜRO – JOiN Stuttgart
Junge Oper im Nord, Stuttgart, diverse Termine.
JULY
12.07.
BIOTOPE OF SOUND (Festival)
Pony Says Goth Club; Pieces by Malin Bang und Nikola Lutz and improvs; with Nikola Lutz and special guest Christian Grüny as vocal performer. 21:00, Open-Air, Marienplatz Stuttgart.
26.07.
DER SOMMER IN STUTTGART (Festival)
MUTANTE – von und mit Ricardo Eizirik/Pony Says/ Tuce Alba, 21:30 Theaterhaus P1
AUGUST
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LP-Release Darmstadt-Sonicals
Darmstadt Sonicals #1: Eine Anthologie klanglicher Transformationen in der zeitgenössischen Musik. Curated and enabled by Yaron Deutsch (thank you!!!).
SEPTEMBER
03.09.
MUSIKFEST BERN (Festival)
Pony Says feat. ICTUS: Liquid Room. Joint durational concert curated by ICTUS; with ICTUS and Svetlana Maraš
07.09.
George Enescu International Festival – Bucharest
with New European Ensemble @Auditorium, National Museum of art of Romania, Bucharest, 11:00.
08.09.
George Enescu International Festival – Bucharest
with New European Ensemble, Maria Filotti Theatre, Braila, 18:00.
NOVEMBER
07.11.
Pony Says Mannheim
invited by SWR and GNM Mannheim. Bernhard Lang, Malin Bång, Nikola Lutz, Improv. Epiphanias, 20:00.
22.11.
RAINY DAYS LUXEMBOURG (Festival)
Pony Says Maximilian Marcoll and Katarina Gryvul (Premiere)
27.11.
SINGLE-RELEASE SALUT FOR CAUDWELL
Limited Series of 90 Maxi-Cds as Hommage à Helmut Lachenmann (with AAA-AAA).
DECEMBER
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Recording Sessions
Preparing some solo CDs…
2024
JANUARY
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„Fundbüro“: Musiktheater by Martin Mutschler / Kollektiv Membra and Ui-Kyung Lee. @JOiN = Junge Oper im Nord, Stuttgart.
FEBRUARY
01.02.
ECLAT Festival : Pony Says feat. ICTUS
09.-11.02.
Hannes Seidl – Unter der Stadt. Musiktheater, Mousonturm Frankfurt
MARCH
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Akademie der Künste Berlin – Recordings with Pony Says for LP-Release.
APRIL
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77. Tagung der INMM Darmstadt. Konzert Pony Says Takasugi.
MAY
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Fundbüro @ JOiN Stuttgart, Musiktheater.
JUNE
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Fundbüro @ JOiN Stuttgart, Musiktheater.
SEPTEMBER
14.09.
EXPEDITION POP/SOUNDS
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Solo-Set, Franck-Areal, 21:00, Ludwigsburg.
30.09.
SOLO
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Pieces by N. Berge (premiere), Laima Adelaide and Ui-Kyung Lee. Part of Concert Series K.R.A.M. (by S.K.A.M.) and of „Montage“ / Rakete / Theater Rampe. 20:30.
OCTOBER
25.10.
PONY SAYS CLUB#6 Concert Series
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Premiere by Laima Adelaide, Improv. White Noise Stuttgart, 21:00.
NOVEMBER
16.11.
SYMPOSIUM MUSIKFEST STUTTGART
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Workshop on pedagogic approaches to electronics and microphones.
2023
JANUARY
28.01.
Oblivia – Pleasure (premiere) with Ensemble Oblivia (Helsinki), Music by Yiran Zhao, Theater Rampe Stuttgart, 20:00
FEBRUARY
01.02.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Theater Rampe)
02.02.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Theater Rampe)
03.02.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Theater Rampe)
25.02.
Pony Says Popup (Werkstatthaus Stuttgart)
MARCH
02.03.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Arge Salzburg)
03.03.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Arge Salzburg)
22.03.
EXIT Festival Montevideo (Uruguay) with Y-Band playing Concepts of Flow (Koumara, Manassero)
23.03. – 31.03.
Concepts of Flow – Tour in Uruguay and Argentina with Y-Band
APRIL
13.04.
Pony Says Club #5 with music by Adrian Nagel (premiere) and Pony Says, special guest Joan Jordi Oliver White Noise Stuttgart, 20:00
15.04.
Pony Says Club #5 Music by Adrian Nagel and Pony Says, special guest Joan Jordi Oliver. Baby Angel Zurich, 20:00
28.04.
Stefan Prins – Not I Lange Nacht der Museen – Oper Stuttgart Not I by and with Stefan Prins
MAY
19. – 21.05.
Hannes Seidl – N.N. for Duo (premiere), Basis Frankfurt
JUNE
02.06.
Blurred Edges Hamburg Pony Says Templates Premieres by Malte Giesen and Philipp Krebs Resonanzraum Hamburg, 20:00
09.06.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Berlin)
10.06.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Berlin)
16.06.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Schwankhalle Bremen)
17.06.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Schwankhalle Bremen)
30.06.
ACHK – ACHK drei Antrittskonzert Prof. Maximilian Marcoll (Weimar)
JULY
12.-15.07.
Y-Band summer tour (pt. 1 , tba)
20.-22.07.
Der Sommer in Stuttgart Pony Says Templates (Giesen, Krebs)
AUGUST
28.08. – 03.09.
Y-Band summer tour (pt. 2, tba)
SEPTEMBER
28.08.
Ensemble Scope: In Charge. Premieren von Clemens K. Thomas, Sara Stevanovic, Lucia Kilger und Tamara Miller (E-Werk Freiburg, als Gast)
OCTOBER
6.10.
Pony Says REM Bremen
14.10.
Pony Says Freeze @ Zeitgenuss Karlsruhe (tba)
NOVEMBER
10.11.
Y-Band – Concepts of Flow (Koumara, Manassero) )
17.11.
@Frau Musica Nova: Ensemble Scope – In Charge (Alte Feuerwache, Köln)
DECEMBER
02.12.
Pony Says Popup (Stuttgart, tba)
08.-14.12.
Oblivia – Pleasure (Helsinki)
16.12.
Pony Says Freez e (Stuttgart, tba)
2022
FEBRUARY
04.02.
ECLAT Festival, Premieres by Jessie Marino and Steven Takasugi, with Pony Says
28.02. – 04.03.
LandesJugendEnsemble Neue Musik, Coach
APRIL
10.04.
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Quartet Premiere by Daniel Ott
MAY
06.05.
Oper Stuttgart – „Lange Nacht des Brütens“, Arnold Schönberg’s Serenade op. 24 and Solo Pieces
19.05.
Ensemble Recherche plays Andreas Frank – Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
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Tour with Y-Band (Switzerland), Premieres by Koumaraka and Manassero
JUNE
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Concert with Y-Band (Russia)
JULY
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F/X Delay with AAA-AA (Stuttgart, Köln)
AUGUST
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Concert with Y-Band (Stuttgart, Köln)
SEPTEMBER
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Kontakte Berlin, „HACK#3“ with Marcoll and AAA-AAA
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Kontakte Berlin, with Pony Says, Premiere by Ui-Kyung Lee
PERSPECTIVES
Premiere by Malte Giesen (Pony Says), Cooperation with oblivia, more concerts with the Y-Band
2021
JANUARY
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Out of the Box Leonberg, Concert Series, Solo Pieces by Kreidler, Maierhof, Siffert, Tramte (online documentation)
FEBRUARY
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Eclat Festival, Echoes of Belarus, Cooperation between Pony Says and Zhanna Gladko
MAY
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Y-Band in Zürich and Basel, „Arrangements“ Programm (Frank, Rosenberger, Lorenz, Schubert)
JUNE
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Pony Says Capsules, Acker Stadt Palast, Premieres by Neo Hülcker and Ui-Kyung Lee, Berlin
JULY
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Recordings with Ensemble Recherche, Andreas Frank, Freiburg
AUGUST
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Kontraklang Berlin with Aleph Guitar Quartet, Premiere by Uday Krishnakumar
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Y-Band in Brussels, „Arrangement“-Repertoire
SEPTEMBER
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Musik21 Niedersachsen, Show
OCTOBER
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Ensemble Recherche, Konzerthaus Wien, Andreas Frank
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Donaueschingen, Premiere by Daniel Ott
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Aufnahmen zu Bernhard Lang: DW6b
NOVEMBER
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Internationales Digitalkunst-Festival Stuttgart, Show
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Liederabend Oper Stuttgart, Musik der 20’er-30’er
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IG Jazz Festival, Johnny Delazer (Premiere), Theaterhaus Stuttgart
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Pony Says Club #4, White Noise Stuttgart, Yiran Zhao (Premiere)
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Pony Says Club #4, Périscope Lyon
DECEMBER
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Benjamin Scheuer, Sprechblasen (Premiere), Akademie der Wissenschaften Mainz
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The Creature in my Mirror, Bernhard Lang, Nikola Lutz, Kulturkiosk Stuttgart
2020
JANUARY
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Tonart Festival, Show with AAA-AAA
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– Eclat Stuttgart: Marcoll/AAA-AAA
APRIL
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Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Tiny Room Session, solo show
JUNE
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Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Guitar Night
JULY
11.07.
Oper Stuttgart, Radio Show #6, with Helmut Oehring
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SWR, Recording for Podcast #zusammenspielen
AUGUST
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Interakt Initiative, Music on a Truck, The Roads of Stuttgart
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Y-Band in Basel, Arrangements Program
SEPTEMBER
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Jingle for Kulturamt Stuttgart, Nikola Lutz, Lucas Gerin
OCTOBER
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Women United: Free Kalesnikava, Interact Initiative, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Guest appearance
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Villa Lobos, Solo Concerto, Musikhochschule Stuttgart
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Master of Music, Music Theory (cum laude)
NOVEMBER
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Südseite Nachts Stuttgart, Pony Says Video Production (Walshe, Løffler, Schüttler, Lang)
DECEMBER
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Bürgerstiftung Stuttgart, Video Documentation of two small pieces
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Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, F/X Volume, Ui-Kyung Lee (premiere), AAA-AAA
2019
JANUARY
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Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, The Cold Trip pt. 1
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Klub Katarakt, „HACK“, Marcoll and AAA-AAA, Hamburg Kampnagel
FEBRUARY
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Oper Stuttgart, Radio Show #3, with Bernhard Gander
MARCH
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Oper Stuttgart, Lange Nacht der Minimal Music, 30.03.
APRIL
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Teacher at Pedagogical University Heidelberg
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Scholarship Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
MAY
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SWR2 Jetztmusik live, solo recital on radio
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Achtbrücken Festival, „HACK“, Marcoll and AAA-AAA, Gewölbe Köln
JUNE
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Recording for CD „Resonanz“, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, The Cold Trip pt. 1 by Bernhard Lang
JULY
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Der Sommer in Stuttgart, with ascolta, solo concerto miniature
OCTOBER
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Zeitgenuss Karlsruhe, Solo Piece by Johannes Kreidler, Wolfgang Rihm Forum
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Improvisation, Kongress, Lecture über Michael Maierhof
NOVEMBER
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Wege in die Gegenwart, Konzertreihe Neue Musik für Gitarre, Solo Recital, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, (Lee, Hernandez, Lutz, Maierhof, Tramte)
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Concert Exam, Soloist Contemporary Music Degree (summa cum laude)
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Generator, Concert Series, Mehrspur Zürich, Y-Band
DECEMBER
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Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, F/X: Modulation, with AAA-AAA
2018
JANUARY
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Berghain Berlin, CTM Festival,
MARCH
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FAM LAB, with Philipp Krebs and Timm Roller
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Pony Says Club #2, White Noise Stuttgart, Ui-Kyung Lee (premiere),
APRIL
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Forum Neue Musik, DLF, FOCO, Nikola Lutz
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Master of Music, Contemporary Music (summa cum laude)
MAY
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Teaching at Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart (Lehrauftrag)
JUNE
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F/X Distortion
JULY
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State Exam, Music Teacher (cum laude)
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Darmstadt, Elena Rkova (Premiere), Oliver Thurley (Premiere),
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Showcase Concert E-Guitar Workshop, Yaron Deutsch (<3)
AUGUST
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Detect Festival, Berlin, Solo Recital
SEPTEMBER
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Chile, Valparaiso, Guest of ensemble f(r)actura, several concerts
OCTOBER
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Teaching at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Lehrauftrag)
NOVEMBER
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Klangwerkstatt Berlin
DECEMBER
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Pony Says Club #3 (Climax)
2017
JANUARY
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Bar Romantica, PSC#1
JUNE
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Blurred Edges
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Heavy Hitter
JULY
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Palermo Gallery, Stuttgart, Improv Session with Timm Roller and Philipp Krebs
SEPTEMBER
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Kyung Hee University Seoul, Composition Festival
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LAB317, Nico Sauer (Premiere), with AAA-AAA
OCTOBER
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Donaueschingen, Adrian Nagel (Premiere)
NOVEMBER
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SWR Studio, Recording of Malte Giesen’s unisono 3: Singer-Songwriter, with AAA-AAA
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Wege in die Gegenwart, Konzertreihe Neue Musik für Gitarre, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, (Feldman)
2016
FEBRUARY
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ECLAT Stuttgart, Ulrich Kreppein
MARCH
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BA Degree (summa cum laude)
MAY
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Wirklichkeiten Kongress
JUNE
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Werkstattfestival Randy Recognition
NOVEMBER
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Attaca SWR, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
2015
MAY
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Achtbrücken Köln Festival, Evening with suono mobile (Huber, Andriessen, Kreidler (Premiere))
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Südseite Nachts, Stuttgart, Concert Series, with suono mobile (Huber, Andriessen, Kreidler)
JULY
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Ready.Made.Go., Evening curated by AAA-AAA, Malte Giesen (Premiere), Michael Maierhof (Premiere)
SEPTEMBER
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Oper Frankfurt, Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, Several Performances, with AAA-AAA
OCTOBER
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EXPO Milano, Performances in German Pavillion, solo
NOVEMBER
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Lachenmann Perspektiven Festival, Stuttgart, Helmut Lachenmann’s Fassade (1973), with AAA-AAA
DECEMBER
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Lachenmann Perspektiven Festival, Davor Vincze (Premiere), Salut for Caudwell, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, with AAA-AAA
2013
OCTOBER
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1st Prize Karlsruhe Competition for Contemporary Chamber Music with AAA-AAA for Lachenmann’s Salut for Caudwell