Friday, 2/20/2026
at 8:00 PM


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Percussion concert with “young wild” composers

The first impression is impressive, as the audience is greeted on stage by a “sound mass” of drums, cymbals, and gongs from all over the world, enriched by marimba and vibraphone and all sorts of surprises like rain barrels, cooking spoons, etc.

Like few other formations, the four accurate percussionists from Hamburg master the creative crossover of classical, jazz, and world music, captivating their audience with breathtakingly precise virtuoso soundplays.

Germany's renowned percussion ensemble dedicates its new program NEO(N) to artists & boundary crossers such as Radiohead, Keiko Abe, or Thierry de Mey: Their work is illuminated as atmospheric chamber music in the elbtonal sound lab, contrasting with works by the great role models & pioneers of classical and contemporary music like Iannis Xenakis, Philip Glass, or Johann Sebastian Bach: NEO(N) sounds like a universal film music of life and takes you to places where one wouldn't necessarily expect to arrive with a classically trained ensemble - in urban spaces, in the club, in the neon-bright night.

Excerpts from the program:
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree
J.S. Bach: Gigue (from the Lute Suite in E minor)
Nebojsa J. Zivkovic: Uneven Souls
Andrew Thomas: Merlin
Philip Glass: Madeira River
Keiko Abe / Kaoru Wada: The Wave
Radiohead: Daydreaming

Doors open: 7:30 PM

Event data provided by: Reservix

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