Hamburg Contemporary

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From September 22 to 27, 2025, the HfMT will be dedicated to contemporary music: Hamburg Contemporary presents three outstanding concerts that open up new sound spaces. The renowned ensemble LUX:NM will take center stage, working on new works with young musicians in intensive rehearsals as an ensemble in residence. The Akademie Kontemporär places a special emphasis on the collaboration with visiting composer Philipp Mainz, who will be holding a master class with the academy's scholarship holders. This year's thematic bracket "MONEY DOUGH" takes up an explosive topic: In the face of increasing cuts in cultural funding, Hamburg Contemporary wants to make a musical statement - loud, alert and unmistakable. Art is not a luxury, but a necessity. Let's make music as if it were the last concert - so that many more can follow.

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Preliminary program
Boulez: Anthèmes 1 (violin solo), Livre 1b (string quartet)
Berio: selections from 34 duetti
Yixuan Hu: String Quartet 'Gradient'
Jonas Otte: Piano Trio 'īn nīz bogzarad'

Performers
Yaodong Zhang | violin
Yu Kai Sun | violin
t.b.a. | viola
Michael Heupel | violoncello

Admission free

Registration is necessary and can be made via eventbrite.

The concert is presented in the frame of Hamburg Contemporary, a part of the Ulysses Platform, co-funded by the European Union and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius and the Gerhard Trede Stiftung.

Our thanks go to the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius as well as the Ulysses Platform and the Gerhard Trede Foundationwhose support sends a clear signal against cultural policy austerity - and for the future of contemporary music.

Dates at a glance
26.09., 19:30
27.09., 19:30
28.09., 19:30