spreeklänge "Musik-Parcours zum und am Wasser" | Start: Caprivibrücke bis Rohrdammbrücke

Attention!

The venue is NOT the Akademie der Künste in Hanseatenweg!
The meeting point is the Caprivibrücke in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Eleven international composers have composed new works for special places on the Charlottenburg bank of the Spree. The audience is invited to walk towards the sunset from one performance situation to the next - spreeklänge celebrates the longest evenings of the year with an extraordinary musical walk along the water.

• Admission every quarter of an hour in time slots from 6 to 7.45 pm

  Admission at the Rosengarten at Caprivibrücke (near Richard-Wagner-Platz subway station: U7)
  Conclusion at Ruhwaldweg at Rohrdammbrücke (shuttle to Siemensdamm subway station: U7)

  The music trail lasts 2-3 hours, depending on individual walking and walking speed.

  If the event is canceled due to weather conditions on one of the three days, the respective ticket is valid on Sunday 28.6. in the corresponding time slot.

  In the context of the Musik-Parcours, the conference "Time to Listen. Multispecies Creativity in Music and Sound" will take place.

  Please book your time slot ticket online after selecting the desired admission time.

  Alternatively, you can purchase tickets at the box offices of the Academy buildings at Pariser Platz or Hanseatenweg (plus 1 euro box office fee).

  Tickets can also be purchased at the Box Office at the Caprivibrücke admission point. Please note that only cashless payment (by EC or credit card) is possible here.

The music trail runs for five kilometers along the Spree through various urban zones of the Charlottenburg district. It passes residential areas, parks, allotments, industry and the lock.

Eleven international composers were invited to compose new works for special places along Berlin's largest water artery - as a response to the respective geographical location and urban environment as well as in resonance with local and global water and multispecies knowledge. The "Spreeklänge" create immersive sound spaces and at the same time take up critical reflections such as questions about the spiritual significance of water in indigenous communities and the rights and dignity of rivers and non-human beings. The acoustic space is spanned from Philippine stalactite caves to water sounds that can only be perceived tactilely to encounters with diverse bat species on the Rotten Spree. Utopias are staged with singers on rowing boats, field names are recited and a sound forest is played by schoolchildren.

The performances take place around the river: on the riverside path, on boats on the water or on the other side of the river, under bridges or on open spaces. The individual compositions relate to the respective location, changing it and thus its perception. They are interventions in the everyday, normal use of public space.

Each work has its own specific format. From small concerts, music-theatrical interventions and installations, also involving communities and groups of schoolchildren, a multifaceted contemporary sound panorama is created for a mobile audience that can move individually from situation to situation with open senses and listen to the sounds, the flow and the living beings.

Composers

Peter Ablinger, Cathy van Eck, Em'kal Eyongakpa, Stephan Froleyks, Carlos Gutiérrez & Tatiana López, Susie Ibarra, Liza Lim, Kate Milligan, Trond Reinholdtsen, Annette Schmucki, Kristine Tjøgersen

Performers

ELISION Ensemble, Die Maulwerker / Fernanda Farah, Karin Hellqvist / Jennifer Torrence / Evelina Dembacke / Ellen Jerstad / Lars A. Skoglund, Christian Kesten, Jake Landau / Bilawa Ade Respati, Projekt Selbstgebaute Musik / pupils of Berggruen-Gymnasium / Phusiris de los Andes Ensemble / students of UdK/FU Berlin, Frauenchor der Künste Berlin, pupils of Schinkel Grundschule and others.

Artistic direction

Julia Gerlach, Daniel Ott

Route & accessibility

Rosengarten/Wintersteinstraße - Caprivibrücke - Schlossbrücke - Schlosspark Charlottenburg - S-Bahn bridge Jungfernheide - allotment garden colony - weir/lock Charlottenburg - Rudolf-Wissell-Brücke A 100 - Alte Siemensbahn/Fürstenbrunner Graben - allotment garden colony - industrial area - renaturalized oxbow lakes - Rohrdammbrücke - allotment garden colony

The music trail runs mainly along unpaved paths, some with a gravel surface. At some bridge crossings there are also narrow passages and inclines that are not fully wheelchair accessible. The route is therefore only partially suitable for people with limited mobility. Under certain circumstances, it may be possible to participate with a companion and an all-terrain outdoor wheelchair. The total length of the route is around 5-6 km.

Unfortunately, there are currently no special support services available for people with hearing or visual impairments. Nevertheless, the trail can provide interesting and enriching experiences, provided the route can be managed.

We believe that people with cognitive impairments can enjoy the music trail.