News 2026

Ecce homo

Theater group "Die Perlen" & Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
21 November 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Amateur musicians concert "musica viva Heimsheim" (protestant church Heimsheim)


Poems Without Words

Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
26 October 2026 -- 08:00 PM o'clock
Kaunas - details will follow


Poems Without Words

Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
24 October 2026 -- 08:00 PM o'clock
Vilnius - details will follow


Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
22 October 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Iasi, "Eduard Caudella" Concert Hall, 29 Cuza Voda Street - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
21 October 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Bukarest, Nationale Musikuniversität, Strada Stirbei Voda 33 - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
12 October 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
München, Seidl Villa, Kulturzentrum, Nikolaiplatz 1B - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
10 October 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Erlangen, Palais Stutterheim, Bürgersaal, Marktplatz 1 - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
27 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Hellange (Luxemburg), Kerger-Haff 17, Garerbier - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
26 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Paris, Le Temple de Port Royal, 18 Boulevard Arago - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Nocturne "Dryaden" & Hoffnungsblüten "Rose" (world premiere)

Pianoduo Hayashizaki & Hagemann and Johannes Hustedt (flute)
26 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Charity concert at the Kammermusiksaal Schloss Bruchsal (Schlossraum 4, 76646 Bruchsal)
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
22 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Berlin, Schwartzsche Villa, Grunewaldstraße 55 - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten & Two arias from the chamber opera DUST

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
20 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Kirche St. Johannes XXIII. (Berrenrather Straße 119 50937 Köln) - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Solfeggio Apparation II

acousmatic composition (pianosample: Friederike Wild)
16 September 2026 -- 08:30 AM o'clock
Broadcast on Radiophrenia Glasgow between 8:30 and 9:00 am BST
[Radiophrenia Glasgow Broadcast Schedule] [Logo]


Two arias from the chamber opera DUST (world premiere) - Libretto Marko Rackovic

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
12 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Basel, Haus zur Musik, Schillerstraße 5 - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Hoffnungsblüten (world premiere) - Songs based on poems by Karina Finkenau

Christine Simolka (soprano) & René Wohlhauser (piano)
12 September 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
Basel, Haus zur Musik, Schillerstraße 5 - concert series "Neue Gesänge aus Europa (17)"
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Solfeggio Apparation II

acousmatic composition (pianosample: Friederike Wild)
10 September 2026 -- 06:30 AM o'clock
Broadcast on Radiophrenia Glasgow between 6:30 and 7:00 am BST
[Radiophrenia Glasgow Broadcast Schedule] [Logo]


tasten II

Andrew White (baritone)
12 July 2026 -- 05:00 PM o'clock
"Baritone Bonanza" St Michael The Archangel's Church (Church St, Mere, Warminster BA12 6DS, UK)
[Program]


Ecce homo

Felix Beck with the theater group "Die Perlen" & Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
11 July 2026 -- 05:30 PM o'clock
Performance as part of the play "Zwischen Welten oder Niemand hat die Absicht ..." at Theater Schlosskeller Nürtingen (Schloßgartenstraße 3/1, 72622 Nürtingen)
[Poster]


tasten II

Andrew White (baritone) & Kirsten Johnson (piano)
10 July 2026 -- 01:00 PM o'clock
"A Concert of Vocal Music" Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford, UK
[Livestream]


Ecce homo (world premiere)

Theater group "Die Perlen", Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
14 June 2026 -- 04:00 PM o'clock
TheaterTherapieTreffen at the Kulturhaus Osterfeld Pforzheim (Osterfeldstraße 12, 75172 Pforzheim)
[Program]


Sound Installation EISSCHMELZE

13 June 2026 -- 09:00 PM o'clock
Performance as part of the finalists concert of the composition competition Weimarer Frühjahrstage 2026 at the Jugend- und Kulturzentrum Mon Ami (Goethepl. 11, 99423 Weimar) - wins the 3rd prize
[Program]


Sound Installation EISSCHMELZE

07 June 2026 -- 02:25 PM o'clock
will presented and discussed online at the Xenopoem Conference 2026
[Schedule] [Presenters] [Access]


Poems Without Words (world premiere)

Volker Ignaz Schmidt (piano)
06 June 2026 -- 06:00 PM o'clock
Wohnstift Rüppurr (Erlenweg 2 76199 Karlsruhe)


tenebre (world premiere)

David Bohn (organ)
05 June 2026 -- 12:00 PM o'clock
**Music On the Hill** St. John XXIII Parish, St. Mary's Church (451 N. Johnson Street Port Washington, WI 53074)
[Concert Link] [Programm]


Sound Installation EISSCHMELZE

Cultural Alleys Exhibition
31 March 2026 -- 12:00 AM o'clock
Online exhibition "Fragments of Becoming" 31.3.2026 - 31.3.2027
[3D Exhibition] [Flipbook] [Artist Map]


Sound Installation EISSCHMELZE

20 March 2026 -- 12:00 AM o'clock
MUSLAB Electroacoustic Music Festival Sound Exhibition (Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City)
Festival taking place from March 20 to May 10. Details to be announced at muslab.org


AIR

Kari Johnson Barroso (piano)
05 March 2026 -- 07:00 PM o'clock
University of Central Missouri UTT 104 - Hart Recital Hall
[Program]


rituals I - the sundance (world premiere)

Kevin von Kampen (percussion)
28 February 2026 -- 08:00 PM o'clock
Online-concert "Composer's Voice - Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring CAMP"
[Concert Link]


AIR (world premiere)

Kari Johnson Barroso (piano)
03 February 2026 -- 07:30 PM o'clock
St. Charles Borromeo Convocation Hall Romeoville, Illinois (USA)
[Program]


tasten II

Andrew White (baritone) & David Wolfson (piano)
31 January 2026 -- 08:00 PM o'clock
Online-concert "Composer's Voice - Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame"
[Concert Link]


Qu'est-ce que la douleur de la vie? - Ein Versuch über Trauer

Margarete Goth (paintings and sculptures) & Volker Ignaz Schmidt (sounds)
-- 12:00 AM o'clock
Kunstraum Johanneskirche Streichen/Balingen 2026 - Details will follow
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