German Electromantics

I am very excited to have been invited to present a lecture / play a solo set at Goethe-Institut China in Beijing on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 16:00 / 4pm.

Goethe-Institut China is located at Originality Square, 798 Art Zone, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015.

I will be talking about the conflict between the New German School, represented by Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner vs. the conservatives: Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

Then it is on to the discoveries of Hermann von Helmholtz and important developments by German inventors, magnetic tape, the Trautonium, ribbon controllers and Eurorack.

How do we get from Stockhausen’s Intuitive Music to Echtzeitmusik, and from there on to German Electromantics…

In the live set I will be talking about and performing on the Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard as well as Theremin plus modular synth, Landscape Stereo Field and STEIM Cracklebox.

安若闻’s China tour in October 2026

Here are the currently confirmed dates, times and locations:

10-23 evening – Ambient after party at the Modular Commune gathering. 798CUBE, Beijing 798 Community (北京 798 园区 798CUBE)

10-24 16:00 / 4pm – Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard workshop and…

10-24 19:40 / 7:30pm live set (Ambient space) at the Modular Commune gathering. 798CUBE, Beijing 798 Community (北京 798 园区 798CUBE)

10-25 afternoon – Duo with 朱文博 (Zhu Wenbo) @WuJinBeijing – No. 66 Fangjia Alley (inside Yuan Liao Space), Dongcheng District, Beijing (北京市东城区方家胡同66号原料空间里)

Gathering N°10

10-25 20:30 / 8:30pm – The Nook – Gate 1, Building B, Phase 3, Dongyi International Media Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Get your ticket here.

10-28 20:00 / 8pm – @411_hz Hangzhou / 肆幺幺 at 411 South Zhongshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou (杭州市上城区中山南路411号肆幺幺)

«Sino-German Electronic Music New Works Concert»

10-29 evening – 中德电子音乐新作品音乐会 – Concert at Soochow University of Science and Technology organised by Prof. Wang Chunming, Hangzhou

10-30 19:30 / 7:30pm – @MingRoomShanghai at 2d floor, 94 Shaoxing Rd,Huangpu District, Shanghai

Many thanks to Haken Audio for their generous support!

THE-ORG in September

RISS 4

The pipe organ of the Immanuelkirche in Hamburg-Veddel will be dismantled in the near future and we take part in a tribute. Join us for an evening of immergence on Saturday, September 6 at 19:00 / 7 PM CET.

中传视界·国际名师领航工坊

Sadly the sponsorship of the Chinese University of Communication was withdrawn, but fear not, I will be coming to China anyway ✊

***** CANCELLED *****

You are guessing correctly 😉 After a long hiatus I am very excited to have been invited to lecture in China again, and this time also officially perform – in a duo with prof. Agnes Miaotong Yuan.

Soundin’ China 2026 – Vibe of the world

***** CANCELLED *****

The performance and lecture will take place at the Beijing campus of the Communication University of China.

Acoustic Horizon – Violin and live electronics

There are more exciting concerts and releases coming up before then but this is something to look forward to already 🙂

Apolda – Apolda!

Single uncoupling from the integral recording

For last July’s concert with LufftStrom I traveled with a larger than usual assortment: Moog Claravox Theremin, Eurorack modular «Symphonic» skiff, SOMA Pipe and Flux. Plus recording gear (including two audio interfaces connected via Cat-6) I ended up with with approximately 75kg.

This is a lot already,…
But here is some more above 😅

Michael von Hintzenstern gave me a lift from Weimar to Apolda. We also packed two large Mackie speakers from the store of EFIM.

Photo © Michael von Hintzenstern

Unpacking, setup and soundcheck took a few hours.

What a fantastic location!

The audio release is scheduled for March 23, synchronised with the unabridged video recording.

Getting started with releases and concerts in 2026

After the release of Dialog with Inner Voices, my long form solo from Konstanz the next release will be a selection of tracks recorded with HaLeSi: Orion.

From 03/04-15 a track is released daily at 22:00 / 10 PM CET

Next in line is a duo with Peer Schlechta in Kassel on April 24 and the Urschrei concert with Frauke Aulbert and Kerstin Petersen on May 31. I will be performing with Kerstin as our duo TheOrg as well as solo.

Stay tuned for more 🙂

Basel & Konstanz

I had a wonderful time playing with the inspired organist Françoise Matile in Basel …

… and doing a 45min solo set in Konstanz. Admittedly I did reach the limit of what I am able to transport by train, which will be something to consider for future gigs, but having this palette of expressiveness at my disposal makes me forget the hassle of “the Schlepp.”