Decoder @ Mixtur Barcelona, Alexander Schubert Portrait

20.10.2024. 20:00

Decoder visits Barcelona’s Mixtur Festival for the first time, performing works of Alexander Schubert and a Premiere by his student Michael Brailey

Decoder @ November Music, Laura Bowler’s Advert

16.11.2024. 20:00

Exploring the idea of our ever growing tribalist society, this work draws focus on our desires to self advertise in order to ensure our place in our chosen tribes in the virtual and real life. The work will exist as a series of semi-autobiographical adverts, drawing from several key political and social experiences that can determine one’s tribe.

Performed by Laura Bowler and the Decoder Ensemble

Tattoo Artist: Julia Rehme

Decoder @ Modulus Festival Vancouver, Laura Bowler’s Advert

02.09.2024. 20:00

Exploring the idea of our ever growing tribalist society, this work draws focus on our desires to self advertise in order to ensure our place in our chosen tribes in the virtual and real life. The work will exist as a series of semi-autobiographical adverts, drawing from several key political and social experiences that can determine one’s tribe.

Performed by Laura Bowler and the Decoder Ensemble

Tattoo Artist: Julia Rehme

Decoder @ Ultima Oslo, Laura Bowler’s Advert

18.09.2024. 20:00

Exploring the idea of our ever growing tribalist society, this work draws focus on our desires to self advertise in order to ensure our place in our chosen tribes in the virtual and real life. The work will exist as a series of semi-autobiographical adverts, drawing from several key political and social experiences that can determine one’s tribe.

Performed by Laura Bowler and the Decoder Ensemble

Tattoo Artist: Julia Rehme

Decoder @ Time of Music Viitasaari, Laura Bowler’s Advert

06.07.2024. 19:00

Exploring the idea of our ever growing tribalist society, this work draws focus on our desires to self advertise in order to ensure our place in our chosen tribes in the virtual and real life. The work will exist as a series of semi-autobiographical adverts, drawing from several key political and social experiences that can determine one’s tribe.

Performed by Laura Bowler and the Decoder Ensemble

Tattoo Artist: Julia Rehme

Decoder @ New Music Dublin, Laura Bowler’s Advert

25.04.2024. 21:00

Exploring the idea of our ever growing tribalist society, this work draws focus on our desires to self advertise in order to ensure our place in our chosen tribes in the virtual and real life. The work will exist as a series of semi-autobiographical adverts, drawing from several key political and social experiences that can determine one’s tribe.

Performed by Laura Bowler and the Decoder Ensemble

Tattoo Artist: Julia Rehme

National Concert Hall Dublin, Studio

Decoder @ 51st Pan Music Festival

03.11.2023. 20:00

As part of the 51st Pan Music Festival in Seoul, Korea, produced by the ISCM Korea, Decoder will play works by Alexander Schubert, Andrej Koroliov, Leopold Hurt, Sarah Nemtsov and Liepa Vozgirdaitė.

Sowol Art Hall, Seoul Korea, November 3rd, 2023 19:30

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Dissociated Press

20.04.2023. 20:30

„Dissociated Press” by Leopold Hurt @ Elbphilharmonie

„Dissociated Press” is a concert-length cycle of compositions by Leopold Hurt, that began their creation in 2017. The instrumentation ranges from solo pieces with electronics to a septet – specifically conceived for the characteristic instrumentation of the Decoder Ensemble, with the guest speaker Heinrich Horwitz. Dissociated Press – as a pun on „Associated Press“ – utilizes an AI algorithm for automatic text generation based on known speech patterns. The cycle elaborates on this technique, exploring different approaches to the idea of “remix-ing“, both musically and with language. With variations of the material, sliding between original, copy, mashup and faking, the perception gradually shifts.

Musicians: Decoder Ensemble
Speaker: Heinrich Horwitz
Duration: approx. 60 minutes

Decoder @ impuls Academy, Graz

30.07.2023. 19:00

24. – 31.07.2023

Decoder @ IGNM Bern, Überbelichtung und Riss

22.02.2023. 20:00

Decoder gives the World Premiere of Andrej Koroliov’s newly completed cycle „Überbelichtung und Riss“ at the IGNM- Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Bern

Decoder @ Ultraschall Berlin, Dissociated Press

21.01.2023. 14:00

„Dissociated Press” by Leopold Hurt @ Ultraschall Festival Berlin

„Dissociated Press” is a concert-length cycle of compositions by Leopold Hurt, that began their creation in 2017. The instrumentation ranges from solo pieces with electronics to a septet – specifically conceived for the characteristic instrumentation of the Decoder Ensemble, with the guest speaker Heinrich Horwitz. Dissociated Press – as a pun on „Associated Press“ – utilizes an AI algorithm for automatic text generation based on known speech patterns. The cycle elaborates on this technique, exploring different approaches to the idea of “remix-ing“, both musically and with language. With variations of the material, sliding between original, copy, mashup and faking, the perception gradually shifts.

Musicians: Decoder Ensemble
Speaker: Heinrich Horwitz
Duration: approx. 60 minutes

ANIMA™

A Decoder Ensemble production, Co-produced by IRCAM- Centre Pompidou

With generous support from the  Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien as well as Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Impuls neue Musik, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, LICHTHOF Stiftung, Goethe Institut Paris, avec le soutien du réseau ULYSSES.

In cooperation with the LICHTHOF Theater as well as the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Kampnagel Hamburg

Decoder @ Kampnagel, ANIMA™ von Alexander Schubert (German Premiere)

23.10.2022. 19:30, Kampnagel Hamburg

Photo by Quentin Chevrier

ANIMA™ is a performative experimental setting that utilizes the tools of artificial intelligence in order to question the human constructivist perception and the formation of identity. ANIMA™ is a fictional spiritual institution where performers engage in intoxicating interactions with variations of themselves.

A Decoder Ensemble production, Co-produced by IRCAM- Centre Pompidou

With generous support from the Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien as well as Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Impuls neue Musik, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, LICHTHOF Stiftung, Goethe Institut Paris, avec le soutien du réseau ULYSSES.

In cooperation with the LICHTHOF Theater as well as the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Kampnagel Hamburg

Decoder @ Kampnagel, ANIMA™ von Alexander Schubert (German Premiere)

22.10.2022. 19:30, Kampnagel Hamburg

Photo by Quentin Chevrier

ANIMA™ is a performative experimental setting that utilizes the tools of artificial intelligence in order to question the human constructivist perception and the formation of identity. ANIMA™ is a fictional spiritual institution where performers engage in intoxicating interactions with variations of themselves.

A Decoder Ensemble production, Co-produced by IRCAM- Centre Pompidou

With generous support from the Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien as well as Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Impuls neue Musik, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, LICHTHOF Stiftung, Goethe Institut Paris, avec le soutien du réseau ULYSSES.

In cooperation with the LICHTHOF Theater as well as the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Kampnagel Hamburg

Decoder @ Resonanzraum, Unzeitiger Gast

21.12.2022. 20:00, Resonanzraum Hamburg

World Premiere of the new opera „Unzeitiger Guest“ from Andrej Koroliov, Heinrich Horwitz and the Decoder Ensemble

In „Unzeitiger Gast“ the Team, together with the Decoder Ensemble, explores formally the historical „Mystery Plays“, transforming them into a contemporary, multimedia and installative intoxication of sound. The focus is on the finiteness of human existence – a topic often suppressed in our society. In various reenactments, individual moments are considered and relived. The cross-genre team takes its cue from dances of death (the earliest multimedia works of art in which painting, poetry, and music were combined) or from the so-called „Dancing Mania“ (a phenomenon of the early modern period), an ecstactic and fatal attack of dancing that lasted for days.
The room itself becomes a performer, through a powerful use of visual art, light and dance, in this deadly game.
The audience is invited to roam through the different spaces and times, celebrating their own morality – or even trying to cheat together with the others in a futuristic scenario.

Cast:

Decoder @ Musik Installation Nürnberg, DREAMS*, Day 4

10.07.2022. 00:00, Z-Bau Nürnberg

DREAMS* is a collaboration between Heinrich Horwitz, Sonja Lena Schmid, Jonathan Shapiro, Iggy Malmborg, Shlomi Moto Wagner and DJ Baby and will be on view at ZBau in Nuremberg from 07 – 10.07.2022, as part of the music installation. Heinrich Horwitz, director*, choreographer* and actor* from Berlin and Hamburg’s Decoder Ensemble have been working closely together since 2017. For DREAMS* they collaborate with an international team, with whom they create a cross-genre performance that ventures into artistic in-between worlds. Defined by historical half-beings and musical cyborgs that „queer“ the history of Nuremberg. Transformation, lucid dreaming, midsummer nights and a pleasant loss of time will accompany us through these endless new worlds. DREAMS* lures us into the garden of Nuremberg’s Z-Bau, a magical place for concerts and club nights that shines in a new light.

https://www.musikinstallationen.com/de/projekte/heinrich-horwitz-decoder-ensemble

Decoder @ Musik Installation Nürnberg, DREAMS*, Day 3

09.07.2022. 00:00, Z-Bau Nürnberg

DREAMS* is a collaboration between Heinrich Horwitz, Sonja Lena Schmid, Jonathan Shapiro, Iggy Malmborg, Shlomi Moto Wagner and DJ Baby and will be on view at ZBau in Nuremberg from 07 – 10.07.2022, as part of the music installation. Heinrich Horwitz, director*, choreographer* and actor* from Berlin and Hamburg’s Decoder Ensemble have been working closely together since 2017. For DREAMS* they collaborate with an international team, with whom they create a cross-genre performance that ventures into artistic in-between worlds. Defined by historical half-beings and musical cyborgs that „queer“ the history of Nuremberg. Transformation, lucid dreaming, midsummer nights and a pleasant loss of time will accompany us through these endless new worlds. DREAMS* lures us into the garden of Nuremberg’s Z-Bau, a magical place for concerts and club nights that shines in a new light.

https://www.musikinstallationen.com/de/projekte/heinrich-horwitz-decoder-ensemble

Decoder @ Musik Installation Nürnberg, DREAMS*, Day 2

08.07.2022. 00:00, Z-Bau Nürnberg

DREAMS* is a collaboration between Heinrich Horwitz, Sonja Lena Schmid, Jonathan Shapiro, Iggy Malmborg, Shlomi Moto Wagner and DJ Baby and will be on view at ZBau in Nuremberg from 07 – 10.07.2022, as part of the music installation. Heinrich Horwitz, director*, choreographer* and actor* from Berlin and Hamburg’s Decoder Ensemble have been working closely together since 2017. For DREAMS* they collaborate with an international team, with whom they create a cross-genre performance that ventures into artistic in-between worlds. Defined by historical half-beings and musical cyborgs that „queer“ the history of Nuremberg. Transformation, lucid dreaming, midsummer nights and a pleasant loss of time will accompany us through these endless new worlds. DREAMS* lures us into the garden of Nuremberg’s Z-Bau, a magical place for concerts and club nights that shines in a new light.

https://www.musikinstallationen.com/de/projekte/heinrich-horwitz-decoder-ensemble

Decoder @ Musik Installation Nürnberg, DREAMS*, Day 1

07.07.2022. 00:00, Nürnberg

DREAMS* is a collaboration between Heinrich Horwitz, Sonja Lena Schmid, Jonathan Shapiro, Iggy Malmborg, Shlomi Moto Wagner and DJ Baby and will be on view at ZBau in Nuremberg from 07 – 10.07.2022, as part of the music installation. Heinrich Horwitz, director*, choreographer* and actor* from Berlin and Hamburg’s Decoder Ensemble have been working closely together since 2017. For DREAMS* they collaborate with an international team, with whom they create a cross-genre performance that ventures into artistic in-between worlds. Defined by historical half-beings and musical cyborgs that „queer“ the history of Nuremberg. Transformation, lucid dreaming, midsummer nights and a pleasant loss of time will accompany us through these endless new worlds. DREAMS* lures us into the garden of Nuremberg’s Z-Bau, a magical place for concerts and club nights that shines in a new light.

https://www.musikinstallationen.com/de/projekte/heinrich-horwitz-decoder-ensemble

Decoder @ IRCAM- Centre Pompidou, ANIMA™ von Alexander Schubert (World Premiere)

11.06.2022. 20:30

ANIMA™

A Decoder Ensemble production, Co-produced by IRCAM- Centre Pompidou

With generous support from the  Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien as well as Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Impuls neue Musik, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, LICHTHOF Stiftung, Goethe Institut Paris, avec le soutien du réseau ULYSSES.

In cooperation with the LICHTHOF Theater as well as the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Kampnagel Hamburg

ANIMA™ @Kunstfest Weimar

06.09.2022. 00:00

ANIMA™ ist ein experimentelles Institut, das mit Hilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz die herkömmliche, konstruktivistische Wahrnehmung des Menschen hinterfragt. Die Arbeit geht von der Annahme aus, dass die Identität und Wahrnehmung einer Person lediglich ein Modell darstellt, welches sich erforschen, variieren und manipulieren lässt. Unter konkreter Anwendung des sogenannten „Deep Learning“ wird metaphorisch die Fluidität des menschlichen Wesens herausgearbeitet und das Fixierte aufgebrochen.

Künstlerische Leitung, Komposition: Alexander Schubert / Choreographie: Patricia Carolin Mai / Outside Eye: Alexander Giesche / Video: Lucas Gutierrez / Set Design: Stefan Britze / Kostüm: Felina Levits / Lichtdesign: Diego Muhr / Ircam Computer Music Designer: Thomas Goepfer, Luca Bagnoli und Dionysios Papanicolaou / Scientific Collaboration Ircam-STMS (équipe représentations musicales – ACIDS): Antoine Caillon, Philippe Esling / Musiker – Decoder Ensemble: Leopold Hurt, Andrej Koroliov, Carola Schaal, Sonja Lena Schmid, Alexander Schubert, Jonathan Shapiro / Performer: Guy Marsan, Si-Ying Fung /Text Assistenz: Michael Brailey/ Choreographische Assistenz: Lise Herdam, Ines Assoual/ Produktionsleitung: Elisabeth Brunmayr / Produktionsassistenz: Mirella Frenzel / Technische Koordination: Dennis Nähr

Eine Produktion des Decoder Ensemble, Ko-Produktion von IRCAM- Centre Pompidou

Gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien sowie dem Elbkulturfonds der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, Impuls neue Musik, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, LICHTHOF Stiftung, Goethe Institut Paris, avec le soutien du réseau ULYSSES.

In Kooperation mit dem LICHTHOF Theater sowie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Kampnagel Hamburg und Kunstfest Weimar.

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Dissociated Press

20.04.2023. 20:30

„Dissociated Press” by Leopold Hurt @ Elbphilharmonie

„Dissociated Press” is a concert-length cycle of compositions by Leopold Hurt, that began their creation in 2017. The instrumentation ranges from solo pieces with electronics to a septet – specifically conceived for the characteristic instrumentation of the Decoder Ensemble, with the guest speaker Heinrich Horwitz. Dissociated Press – as a pun on „Associated Press“ – utilizes an AI algorithm for automatic text generation based on known speech patterns. The cycle elaborates on this technique, exploring different approaches to the idea of “remix-ing“, both musically and with language. With variations of the material, sliding between original, copy, mashup and faking, the perception gradually shifts.

Musicians: Decoder Ensemble
Speaker: Heinrich Horwitz
Duration: approx. 60 minutes

When live comes breaking in

19.12.2021. 18:00

Decoder @ Nachtasyl, 10 Years Decoder Documentary

11.12.2021. 19:00

10 Years Decoder Anniversary Party

Video selections from

„Roses for my Funeral“ (2021, Sarah Nemtsov/Heinrich Horwitz/Rosa Wernecke),

„Film 1″ (2017) from Johannes Kreidler

10 Years Decoder Documentary Film from Stephanie Schiller.

with support from

Decoder @ Forum Neue Musik, Roses for my Funeral

21.11.2021. 21:05

Tune in Deutschlandfunk Radio this Sunday, 21st of November at 21:05 for the radio play version of Sarah Nemtsov’s „Roses for my Funeral“ with Decoder Ensemble, Heinrich Horwitz and Sebastian Berweck as part of Deutschlandfunk’s „Forum Neuer Musik“ Festival, moderated by Leonie Reineke.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/forum-neuer-musik-2021-roses-for-my-funeral-100.html?fbclid=IwAR2siz9-xRxo8M0kRfDPLUTf4PImi9exJ8aiUmVV_iZRZX1s6t9BXMUERA8

We thank our fundings:
Kompositionsauftrag von: Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Musikfonds e.V.
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien

Fotocredit: Rosa Wernecke

Decoder @ numu, Baden (CH)

17.12.2021. 21:00

concert cancelled

Decoder @numu – Neue und ungedeckte Musik in Baden (CH)

Mit:
Carola Schaal, Clarinete
Jonathan Shapiro, Percussion
Alexander Schubert, Light, Sound and Elektronics

In der Aktionshalle Stanzerei, Merker-Areal
Bruggerstrasse 37
5400 Baden

Decoder @ Kulturwerft Gollan, Dissociated Press

01.12.2021. 20:00

Dissociated Press is a series of compositions by Leopold Hurt continuously added to as a work-in-progress since 2017. Here instrumentation ranges from solo pieces featuring electronics through to a septet – specially conceived for the characteristic line-up of Decoder Ensemble. The term Dissociated Press refers to an Internet algorithm for the automatic generation of texts on the basis of language patterns. Derived from this the cycle unites different approaches to the “Remix” principle, a genre term that is defining for art in the digital age. This principle is applied both on the language and musical level, as a constant interplay between the original, the copy and the “fake”. Each individual composition is paired with electronic audio and video feeds that create multimedia references to the algorithms and uninterrupted data flows. The individual parts can be played in any desired order one after each other or simultaneously. Thus, the solo pieces are performed in different rooms within the location, each with a limited number of spectators. The individual groups of listeners “wander” in a coordinated fashion through the rooms and experience the individual works one after another. Duo and ensemble pieces are then compiled into a live stream: the performing partner musicians are then broadcast in the individual rooms symbiotically. This means each group of listeners can experience the interplay as a combination of live performance and live stream. The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation is enabling the performances of the new works by Dissociated Press.

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von:

Decoder @ Hellerau, The Followers of Ø

04.11.2021. 20:00

The Followers of Ø – (World Premiere)
Trond Reinholdtsen & The Norwegian Opra (NO)/ Decoder Ensemble (DE)
Music Theatre

Commissioned by HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts for TONLAGEN – 30th Dresden Festival of Contemporary Music

TONLAGEN is supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes and the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen.

Decoder @ Klangzeit Münster, roses for my funeral

24.09.2021. 20:00, Theater im Pumpenhaus

Decoder @ Music Biennale Zagreb

16.07.2021. 21:00

The third programming block of the 2021 Biennale (Continuum No. 3 – Le sacre de l’été, 15–17 July) includes two programs by the Decoder Ensemble from Hamburg, both taking place on 16 July at the Jedinstvo Plant. The recorded performances of the thesis compositions by the students in the PhD program at Stanford University – Davor Branimir Vincze, Julie Herndon and Chris Lortie – will be presented first, and then, in the evening slot, the Ensemble will, together with the soprano Jessica Aszodi, perform pieces by Leopold Hurt, Sara Glojnarić, Sara Nemtsov, Marko Ciciliani, Andrej Koroliov and Alexander Schubert.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Loud and Clear (10th Anniversary Concert)

29.10.2021. 20:30, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

We are celebrating our 10th anniversary as part of our „Below Deck“ series at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.  We have commisioned new works from Jessie Marino, Rojin Sharafi and our own Alexander Schubert.  Aside from the new gems, we will presenting some of our favorite repertoire from the last 10 years with works from Brigitta Muntendorf, Leopold Hurt and Andrej Koroliov.

Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM), as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR recovery programme.

Fotocredit: Gerhard Kühne

Decoder @ Hans Resonanz / Kultursommer Hamburg

13.08.2021. 19:00, Hamburg

Decoder plays works by Michael Maierhof, Jessie Marino, Alexander Schubert, Andrej Koroliov and Leopold Hurt

Decoder @ Ponte Kammermusikfestival Ulm

02.09.2020. 20:30, Boothaus Ulm

Decoder plays works from the Decoder „house“ composers (Alexander Schubert, Leopold Hurt and Andrej Koroliov) in its first outdoor concert ever!

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

03.05.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

02.05.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

01.05.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

30.04.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

29.04.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

28.04.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Genesis

27.04.2020. 00:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Decoder performs Alexander Schubert’s „Genesis“ at the Elbphilharmonie’s International Music Festival

Decoder @ Forum Neue Musik, roses for my funeral, postponed

03.04.2020. 00:00, Deutschlandfunk

More Information TBA

Decoder @ Next Level

30.11.2019. 00:00

More Information TBA

Decoder @ Klangfest 2019, Backstage Music

12.05.2019. 11:30, Kampnagel Hamburg DE

In cooperation with KinderKinder e.V. Decoder presents experimental interactive concerts for youths.  The participants have the chance to experience three different rooms where they interact and create music together with the members of Decoder based on works from Michael Beil, Pedro Gonzales Fernandez and Jonathan Shapiro

Performances begin at:

11.May.2019
14:00
15:15
16:30

12.May.2019
11:30
14:30
16:00

Decoder @ Klangfest 2019, Backstage Music

11.05.2019. 14:00, Kampnagel Hamburg DE

In cooperation with KinderKinder e.V. Decoder presents experimental interactive concerts for youths.  The participants have the chance to experience three different rooms where they interact and create music together with the members of Decoder based on works from Michael Beil, Pedro Gonzales Fernandez and Jonathan Shapiro

Performances begin at:

11.May.2019
14:00
15:15
16:30

12.May.2019
11:30
14:30
16:00

Decoder @ Trugschluss / aDevantgarde

29.05.2019. 21:00, MUCCA – Munich Center of Community Arts

Co-Presented by Trugschluss and the aDevantgarde Festival, with the support of the Siemens Stiftung, Decoder premieres new works composed by resident composer Leopold Hurt and guest composer Hannes Seidl (with films from Daniel Kötter) as part of the 20th Anniversary of the music publisher Edition Juliane Klein.  In addition to the premieres Decoder performs classic works from the composers, including Hurt’s „Five Minutes Or Less“ and Seidl’s „Mixtape“,

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Light By Light

15.02.2019. 20:30

Composer Sarah Nemtsov (b. 1980) impresses with her unique, sensitively sounded-out set-ups in which her highly complex music occupies a space worlds away from familiar interpretative patterns. In terms of subject matter, Nemtsov deals with existential questions of existence and the vivid expression of extreme life experiences. Working with the Decoder Ensemble, the composer sets off in search of appropriate forms in which to depict human fates in sound.

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Schnittmuster

26.03.2019. 20:30, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

CUTTING-PATTERNS
A corn field, in the background, train tracks. A man enters the picture and looks at the audience, a train rushing by. Cut. Four mixing consoles pulsate in self-oscillation. Cut. The sounds and movements of the cello break up into a kaleidoscope of velocities a hit is dissected to the very basics of its suppressed excess, cut through the middle, interrupted by a strobe-lit, distant approximation of an icon. Cut.
In the evening curated by the filmmaker Daniel Kötter and the composer Hannes Seidl, the Decoder Ensemble plays volatile, interruptive, with hard contrasts and slight shifts.
Cutting between seeing and hearing, concert and cinema, inside and outside, approach and distance. Cut

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie, Entities

07.12.2018. 20:30, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Unterdeck IV, „Entities“
curated by Heinrich Horwitz

Entity describes the existent, the existing, a thing, the essence of an object, the element necessary for its identity. The entity takes place, it is complete, it needs neither a name nor a label to be visible or define itself. It can be a vague idea or a concrete idea.

This evening we are looking for the entities of the musicians, the audience, the lobby, and the hall. The instruments, the architecture, the body and also the music, the expression are equally at the center of the inquiry. The heterogeneity of the entities is not an obstacle, but on the contrary highlighting it is the goal of the evening. Attempting to meet in diversity is the challenge.

Decoder @ Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste

14.11.2018. 19:00

Forum Young Composers: Andrej Koroliov

Decoder Performs works by Andrej Koroliov (WP), Leopold Hurt, Alexander Schubert and Levy Lorenzo

Decoder @ Pyramidale

18.11.2018. 16:00, Schloss Biesdorf

Decoder performs for the first time at Berlin’s Pyramidale Festival, playing works by Johannes Kreidler, Leopold Hurt, Andrej Koroliov, Donny Karsadi and Martin Daske (WP)

Decoder @ Hellerau, #AsPresentAsPossible

11.11.2018. 18:00, Festspielhaus Hellerau

#AsPresentAsPossible
Curated by: Brigitta Muntendorf

#AsPresentAsPossible – an homage to the “Bang”!  The Decoder Ensemble and Brigitta Muntendorf invite all to a transmedia happening, where the significance of corporal presence intertwines with concepts of physical and virtual existence in the events occupying all areas of the concert room.  With the music of Michael Beil​, Jessie Marino​, Brigitta Muntendorf, Fat Boy Slim, Josh Spear and interludes drawing upon the Youtube/street musicians “Too Many Zooz”, #AsPresentAsPossible is constantly exploring the space between music, theater, and video amidst real and virtual “thereness”.  Through the collaboration with the choreographer Heinrich Horwitz​, one witnesses how the Decoder Ensemble encounters a new side of performance culture.  Here, physicality and reality, and the perception of those, confronts the musical interpretation.  How present can we, and do we want to be?  When do we transcend into presence through the very mediums that should make us invisible?

Decoder @ Resonanzraum, Never Sleeps

18.10.2018. 21:00, Resonanzraum Hamburg DE

Exploring the works of kindred spirits from across the pond, Decoder features New York based composers in a concert dedicated to the city that „never sleeps“.

World Premieres from Tristan Perich, Dennis Sullivan and Erin Rogers as well as existing works from Natacha Diels, Sam Pluta and more!

Decoder @ Festival Musica

04.10.2018. 20:30, Cité de la musique et de la dans

Decoder performs a portrait concert of Alexander Schubert’s works including F1, Point Ones, Sensate Focus and the world premiere of Acceptance at the Festival Musica in Strasbourg, France

20:30 Cité de la musique et de la dans, 1 Pl. Dauphine, 67076 Strasbourg, France

Decoder @ Ultima, Control

22.09.2018. 13:00, Gamle Museet for samtidskunst - Nasjonalmuseet

Alexander Schubert: Control (WP)

Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Gamle Museet for samtidskunst – Nasjonalmuseet (Bankplassen 4), Oslo

21/9 17:00 + 22/9 13:00

Ticket: 250/150 NOK (participant) / 100 NOK (observer)

German composer Alexander Schubert presents a new concert installation that drags audience members into a closed system of manipulation and surveillance. Control is a participatory experience which takes place in various spaces in the cellars of an old bank building Oslo.

Each presentation involves a small audience group and several members of the Decoder Ensemble. During any presentation, the audience moves through different phases dealing with different setups of control, surveillance and virtuality.

Control works on numerous levels: breaking down the barrier between public and performer; placing them in situations where virtual reality can be deceptive; and forcing a remote interaction between participants. Audience members become part of the mechanism of control, altering the subject matter but becoming complicit in a hierarchical system.

Decoder @ Ultima, Control

21.09.2018. 17:00, Gamle Museet for samtidskunst - Nasjonalmuseet

Alexander Schubert: Control (WP)

Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Gamle Museet for samtidskunst – Nasjonalmuseet (Bankplassen 4), Oslo

21/9 17:00 + 22/9 13:00

Ticket: 250/150 NOK (participant) / 100 NOK (observer)

German composer Alexander Schubert presents a new concert installation that drags audience members into a closed system of manipulation and surveillance. Control is a participatory experience which takes place in various spaces in the cellars of an old bank building Oslo.

Each presentation involves a small audience group and several members of the Decoder Ensemble. During any presentation, the audience moves through different phases dealing with different setups of control, surveillance and virtuality.

Control works on numerous levels: breaking down the barrier between public and performer; placing them in situations where virtual reality can be deceptive; and forcing a remote interaction between participants. Audience members become part of the mechanism of control, altering the subject matter but becoming complicit in a hierarchical system.

Decoder @ Blurred Edges, Silent Posts II and Microphone/Reenactment

25.05.2018. 20:00, Künstlerhaus Faktor

“Silent Posts” is a concept piece by Alexander Schubert. Within its framework there are several source pieces which serve as starting points for artists and musicians to interpret and to make new versions of. This work can be interpreted and adapted by any kind of artist – ranging from musicians, performers, writers, video artists to chefs.

The artist (or artist group) can choose a source piece (provided by the composer) as a starting point or another Silent Post version that some other artist has created before him. It is basically a concept where the versions evolve, as in a family tree.

The artist interprets the previous version following a set of loose guidelines, which are described in the score. Aside from that he can also make individual changes in the piece based on a set of tools.
http://silent-posts.net/

New versions by:
Toon Callier
Charlotte Bösling
Robert Weiss
Ulli Bassenge
Olivia Newton John
Lucia Kilger
Frau Kraushaar
Victor Barceló
Seth Shafer
Incite
Niklas Seidl
Gustavo Chab

Bjørn Erik Haugen – „Reenacment / Microphone“
Reenactment is a restaging or recreation of an earlier event. To enact is to do or make something, and to reenact is to do it again. A reenactment is the action of performing a new version of an old event, usually in a theatrical performance. If you’re interested in history, you might enjoy watching a reenactment of a major battle or speech. In a reenactment, people try to get the details as close to the original as possible. Doing reenactments is a hands-on way to learn and celebrate history.
Microphone is an electric device that amplifies the sound of a voice or instrument. If you’re going to stand up in front of a large crowd and want to be heard, you better use a microphone.
Microphones require electricity and amplifiers to work — what they do is take a sound and convert it into an electrical signal. That signal can then be amplified and sent to a speaker or recorded. Performers can sing softly into a microphone and still be heard clearly by an audience member at the very back of a huge concert hall.

http://www.vamh.de/index.php?what=blurred_edges&year=2018&gig=3522

Decoder @ Klang, Microphone / Silent Posts

03.06.2018. 20:00, Koncertkirchen Copenhagen

“Silent Posts” is a concept piece by Alexander Schubert. Within its framework there are several source pieces which serve as starting points for artists and musicians to interpret and to make new versions of. This work can be interpreted and adapted by any kind of artist – ranging from musicians, performers, writers, video artists to chefs.

The artist (or artist group) can choose a source piece (provided by the composer) as a starting point or another Silent Post version that some other artist has created before him. It is basically a concept where the versions evolve, as in a family tree.

The artist interprets the previous version following a set of loose guidelines, which are described in the score. Aside from that he can also make individual changes in the piece based on a set of tools.
http://silent-posts.net/

New versions by:
Jonathan Shapiro
Lucia Kilger
Niklas Seidl
Evy Schubert
Olivia Newton John
Pedro Gonzales Fernandez
Seth Shafer
and more….

Bjørn Erik Haugen – „Reenacment / Microphone“
Reenactment is a restaging or recreation of an earlier event. To enact is to do or make something, and to reenact is to do it again. A reenactment is the action of performing a new version of an old event, usually in a theatrical performance. If you’re interested in history, you might enjoy watching a reenactment of a major battle or speech. In a reenactment, people try to get the details as close to the original as possible. Doing reenactments is a hands-on way to learn and celebrate history.
Microphone is an electric device that amplifies the sound of a voice or instrument. If you’re going to stand up in front of a large crowd and want to be heard, you better use a microphone.
Microphones require electricity and amplifiers to work — what they do is take a sound and convert it into an electrical signal. That signal can then be amplified and sent to a speaker or recorded. Performers can sing softly into a microphone and still be heard clearly by an audience member at the very back of a huge concert hall.

http://klang.dk/en/2018/programme/decoder-d

Decoder @ Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, The Way Sounds Go

29.05.2018. 20:00, Orangerie Herrenhausen

The Way Sounds Go

a staged concert by Simon Steen-Andersen and the Decoder Ensemble

Centred around three new ensemble-specific versions of the video work “Run Time Error”, Steen-Andersen weaves together a staged concert event, combining music, video, light and performance. „Run Time Error“, „Asthma“, Steen-Andersen’s most recent piece, and excerpts from his music theatre work “If This Then That And Now What” offer alternative perspectives on everyday objects and activities like walking and running, opening and closing doors as well as exploring rube-goldberg-contraptions, ritualistic repetitions and found film footage. This builds a natural bridge to two ‘classic’ video works by Martin Arnold (“Pièce Touché”, 1989) and Fischli/Weiss (“Lauf der Dinge / The Way Things Go”, 1987), where similar elements play a central role and which could be seen as predecessors to a work like “Run Time Error”.

Decoder @ Spor, The Way Sounds Go

06.05.2018. 19:00, Abne Scene Aarhus

The Way Sounds Go

a staged concert by Simon Steen-Andersen and the Decoder Ensemble

Centred around three new ensemble-specific versions of the video work “Run Time Error”, Steen-Andersen weaves together a staged concert event, combining music, video, light and performance. „Run Time Error“, „Asthma“, Steen-Andersen’s most recent piece, and excerpts from his music theatre work “If This Then That And Now What” offer alternative perspectives on everyday objects and activities like walking and running, opening and closing doors as well as exploring rube-goldberg-contraptions, ritualistic repetitions and found film footage. This builds a natural bridge to two ‘classic’ video works by Martin Arnold (“Pièce Touché”, 1989) and Fischli/Weiss (“Lauf der Dinge / The Way Things Go”, 1987), where similar elements play a central role and which could be seen as predecessors to a work like “Run Time Error”.

http://www.sporfestival.dk/

Decoder @ Elbpilharmonie, The Way Sounds Go

04.05.2018. 20:30, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The Way Sounds Go

a staged concert by Simon Steen-Andersen and the Decoder Ensemble

Centred around three new ensemble-specific versions of the video work “Run Time Error”, Steen-Andersen weaves together a staged concert event, combining music, video, light and performance. „Run Time Error“, „Asthma“, Steen-Andersen’s most recent piece, and excerpts from his music theatre work “If This Then That And Now What” offer alternative perspectives on everyday objects and activities like walking and running, opening and closing doors as well as exploring rube-goldberg-contraptions, ritualistic repetitions and found film footage. This builds a natural bridge to two ‘classic’ video works by Martin Arnold (“Pièce Touché”, 1989) and Fischli/Weiss (“Lauf der Dinge / The Way Things Go”, 1987), where similar elements play a central role and which could be seen as predecessors to a work like “Run Time Error”.

Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie #AsPresentAsPossible

01.12.2017. 20:30, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

#AsPresentAsPossible – an homage to the “Bang”!  With a glimpse from the Elbphilharmonie, the Decoder Ensemble and Brigitta Muntendorf invite all to a transmedia happening, where the significance of corporal presence intertwines with concepts of physical and virtual existence in the events occupying all areas of the concert room.  With the music of Michael Beil​, Jessie Marino​, Brigitta Muntendorf (WP), Fat Boy Slim, Josh Spear and interludes drawing upon the Youtube/street musicians “Too Many Zooz”, #AsPresentAsPossible is constantly exploring the space between music, theater, and video amidst real and virtual “thereness”.  Through the collaboration with the choreographer Miriam Heinrich Horwitz​, one witnesses how the Decoder Ensemble encounters a new side of performance culture.  Here, physicality and reality, and the perception of those, confronts the musical interpretation.  How present can we, and do we want to be?  When do we transcend into presence through the very mediums that should make us invisible?

Decoder @ Mittersill Composer’s Forum (kofomi) Silent Posts III

16.09.2017. 19:00

Mittersill Composer’s Forum (KoFoMi) Sept 11th-17th 2017

Decoder & friends – Ensemble in Residence

cello – Sonja Lena Schmid

clarinet – Carola Schaal

video – Charlotte Bösling (guest)

e-guitar, composition – Raphael Vanoli (guest)

Mittersill is the place where the Austrian composer Anton Webern died in 1945, the Mittersill Composers‘ Forum was founded in 1996 as a living monument for Anton Webern. After 20 years the Composer’s Forum started with a new interdisciplinary concept.

participants

Elisa Andessner (A) – visual artist from Linz, photography, video, performance

Hui Ye (CHN) – composer, video, installation, transart, living in Vienna

Helmut Seethaler (A) – poet, poems in public space („Zettelgedichte“, „Pflückgedichte“)

Ulrich Bassenge (D) – composer and radio artist from Regensburg

Robert Michael Weiß (A) – pianist. composer, in Mittersill he will have a workshop in school and a

lecture concert in the frame of the symposium

Decoder & friends (D) bring a Alexander Schubert’s compositional concept „Silent Posts“ by to Mittersill, a remix project utilizing the snowball effect of remixing and modifying existing source pieces or already existing remixes of those pieces, generation after generation. All participants are invited to create new works based on the previous works, in collaboration with Decoder.

http://kofomi.com/

http://raphaelvanoli.tumblr.com/

http://charlotteboesling.tumblr.com/

http://www.alexanderschubert.net/works/Silent_Posts.php

Decoder @ Big Data Weekend Day 1

01.09.2017. 21:00, Resonanzraum Hamburg DE

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Decoder @ Elbphilharmonie 2017/18

Advanced ticket sales for our concert series „Unterdeck“ at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie during the 2017/18 concert season have already begun.  Click here for tickets and more information!

https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/series/unterdeck-below-deck/293

English Homepage

The English version of our homepage will be up soon, please visit us here again!

Decoder @ Frappant, Into the Wild

24.08.2014. 20:00, Frappant Hamburg DE

James Tenney – Having Never Written A Note For Percussion

John Zorn – Cobra

Andrej Koroliov – resist mix

Alexander Schubert – Hello

Leopold Hurt – Aggregat

Decoder @ Reverb Festival London

22.08.2014. 19:00, RoundhouseLondon GB

„One Man Band“
performances by Peter Gregson, Maja Ratjke, Pekka Kuusisto,
Imogen Heap, Arve Henriksen, Tim Exile

Decoder Ensemble performs
Alexander Schubert (*1979) – Lucky Dip (2013)

http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2014/imogen-heaps-reverb-/

Crowdfunding

Das Decoder Ensemble wird im Dezember 2013 eine CD in Kooperation mit dem Deutschlandfunk Köln aufnehmen. Teil des Programms sind neue Werke für bis zu elf Musiker von Burkhard Friedrich, Leopold Hurt, Gordon Kampe, Alexander Schubert, Andrej Koroliov und Jorge Sánchez-Chiong. Über Startnext suchen wir Unterstützer, die uns bei den umfangreichen Produktionskosten unter die Arme greifen können. Für jeden gespendeten Geldbetrag erhalten Sie ein Geschenk!

LINK zur Crowdfunding Kampagne!

Worum geht es in diesem Projekt?

Das Decoder Ensemble, eine junge Formation für aktuelle Musik aus Hamburg, wird im Dezember 2013 eine CD in Kooperation mit dem Deutschlandfunk Köln aufnehmen. Teil des Programms sind Werke von Burkhard Friedrich („Flug P“), Leopold Hurt („Fred Ott’s Sneeze“), Gordon Kampe („Nischenmusik mit Klopfgeistern“), Alexander Schubert („Sugar, Math and Whips“) sowie neue Kompositionen von Andrej Koroliov und Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, die speziell von Decoder in Auftrag gegeben wurden. Alle Kompositionen zeichet ein innovativer und origineller Umgang mit Elektronik in Verbindung mit Live-Instrumenten aus: von subtilen, hintergründig ironischen Einspielungen bis hin zu brachialen, rockigen aber stets differenzierten Soundscapes.

Was sind die Ziele und wer die Zielgruppe?

Unser Ziel ist eine Musikproduktion, die aufregend neue Werke auf höchstem Niveau präsentiert. Dabei liegen uns die ausgewählten Komponisten besonders am Herzen: Wir versprechen uns von ihnen wichtige Impulse für die internationale zeitgenössische Musikszene. Die Produktion soll diese neuen künstlerischen Tendenzen professionell dokumentieren und einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich machen.
Die Zielgruppe ist dabei weit gefasst: Von Electronica-Fans bis hin zu eingefleischten Avantgarde-Liebhabern wird hier jede Person angesprochen, für die Musik eine zentrale Ausdrucksform unserer Zeit, abseits des Mainstreams darstellt.

Warum sollte man dieses Projekt unterstützen?

Sie unterstützen mit diesem Projekt einerseits junge und besonders vielversprechende Komponisten, die mit ihrer Arbeit bereits international Aufmerksamkeit erregt haben. Zum anderen fördern Sie die Weiterentwicklung des künstlerischen Profils von Decoder. Dieses Ensemble, das sich innerhalb kürzester Zeit erfolgreich in der Musikszene positionieren konnte, möchte auch in Zukunft dem Musikleben mit bewährter Originalität, Kreativität und Professionalität seinen Stempel aufdrücken. Dauerhaft ist das nur mit einer dementsprechenden finanziellen Unterstützung möglich. Legen Sie mit uns den Finger auf den Puls der Zeit!

Was passiert mit dem Geld bei erfolgreicher Finanzierung?

Der über Startnext erzielte Geldbetrag wird vor allem für das Mastering und die Pressung der CD sowie für Fahrt- und Übernachtungskosten der beteiligten elf Musiker am Aufnahmeort (Köln) verwendet werden. Falls die Zuwendungen den erhofften Zielbetrag überschreiten sollten, würden wir damit gerne weitere enstehende Kosten, z.B. für die graphische Gestaltung, die Erstellung der Booklet-Texte und für die Werbung decken.

Wer steht hinter dem Projekt?

Das Decoder Ensemble versteht sich als „Band“ für aktuelle Musik und präsentiert in seinen Konzerten ein weites Spektrum internationaler Klangkunst, von experimenteller Instrumentalmusik über Elektronik bis hin zu musikalischer Konzeptkunst. Die jungen, in Hamburg lebenden Musiker haben sich bereits als Solisten, Performer oder Komponisten einen Namen gemacht und stellen seit 2011 ihr hohes künstlerisches Niveau im Team unter Beweis. Hierfür wird die Besetzung ständig erweitert und besonders für ausgefallene Kombinationen offen gehalten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Zusammenarbeit mit Komponisten der jüngsten Generation, denen eine professionelle Aufführungsplattform geboten wird. Die Projekte des Ensembles wurden erfolgreich zu Festivals im In- und Ausland eingeladen, so z.B. zu „What’s Next“ Brüssel, KLANG Kopenhagen, aDevantgarde München sowie 2014 zu den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik Darmstadt. 2012 wurde Decoder im Rahmen des “Hermann und Milena Ebel-Preises” ausgezeichnet und erhielt 2013 wiederholt eine Förderung der Kulturbehörde der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg.

Intern. Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2014

Decoder wird im August 2014 ein Konzert bei den 47. Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik Darmstadt geben. In Rahmen der Staubach Honoraria wird das Ensemble unter anderem ein Werk des Stipendienpreisträgers Steven Daverson uraufführen.

Decoder Ensemble @ Deutschlandradio Kultur

28.05.2013. 00:05, Deutschlandradio Kultur Radio DE

In der Nacht von 27.05. auf 28.05.2013 sendet Deutschlandradio Kultur eine Porträtsendung über das Decoder Ensemble von Michael Rebhahn.

28.05.2013, 00:05 Uhr, Neue Musik

Eine Band für Neue Musik
Das Hamburger Decoder Ensemble
Von Michael Rebhahn

Experimentelle Instrumentalstücke, neue Kombinationen, Konzeptkunst – Decoder sucht nach Musik jenseits feststehender Kategorien.

Decoder @ E-Festival Tunis

Frauke Aulbert performs „Your Fox’s, A Dirty Gold“
Alexander Schubert performs „Laplace Tiger“
Alexander Schubert exhibits the installation „A Set of Dots“

Decoder erhält Ensemble-Preis

Decoder erhält Ensemble-Preis
im Rahmen des „Hermann und Milena Ebel-Preises 2012“

Der „Hermann und Milena Ebel-Preis 2012“ wurde am 19. April 2012 zum inzwischen fünften Mal verliehen. Die Förderung des künstlerischen Nachwuchses in Hamburg ist eines der Ziele, die sich die Stiftung Maritim Hermann und Milena Ebel auf die Flagge geschrieben hat. Gemeinsam mit der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg vergibt das Stifterehepaar daher jedes Jahr die mit insgesamt 30.000 Euro dotierte Auszeichnung an herausragende junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Zwei Ensemblepreise in Höhe von je 6.000 Euro erhielten das Trio Catch sowie das Decoder Ensemble.