AGGREGATE festival 2021

Computer-Controlled Pipe Organ Music in Berlin

The AGGREGATE Festival, curated by gamut inc, is Berlin’s annual festival for new music for computer-controlled pipe organ. Since 2021, it commissions and presents works at iconic venues including Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Auenkirche, and St. Hedwig’s Cathedral — building a sustained body of repertoire at the intersection of electronic music and the organ.

Aug 30 | ZIONSKIRCHE | Panels with Hans Fidom (Orgelpark Amsterdam), Sinua, Elisabeth Hubmann; Talks with Arturas Bumšteinas and gamut inc | Moderation: Paul Paulun

Aug 30 |KAPELLE DER VERSÖHNUNG | Selected works by Conlon Nancarrow, arranged for organ by gamut inc (MIDI files: Wolfgang Heisig), and a new work for hyperorgan and electronics by Arturas Bumšteinas

Aug 31 | AUENKIRCHE | Talks with Nils Henrik Asheim and Stefan Fraunberger | Moderation: Paul Paulun. New works by Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger, Stefan Fraunberger, Nils Henrik Asheim

Sept 1 | GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE | Talks with Gamut Inc, Jessica Ekomane and Seth Horvitz | Moderation: Paul Paulun. New works by gamut inc, Jessica Ekomane, Seth Horvitz

Review, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Aggregate Festival 2021