In Eres Holz: Waisengarten, shared suffering turns intimately human. The title itself holds a quiet ambivalence, whispering of rootlessness and solace. Desperate cries and darkly smoldering uncertainty dissolve into glimmers of celesta and glockenspiel — sparks of light breaking through, unfolding into a sensuous, iridescent beauty.

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Isabel Herzfeld

#1_2026

Also premiered was Waisengarten by the Polish-born Israeli Eres Holz. Fragile sounds cautiously probe through rests and suddenly accumulate into harsh dissonances, which unexpectedly give way to delicate glockenspiel. The sonic symbol of a surreal childhood is then brutally crushed by the grinding mill that resumes once again.

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Rainer Nonnenmann

11_2025

Autumn

World premiere of a madrigal book based on poems by Paul Celan (1954) for mixed choir

Olaf Katzer – artistic direction

Auditiv Vokal Dresden

November

7. 22h05

Atelier neuer Musik

30 Years of German Unity
Return from Exile
An Account of Personal Experience During the Fall of the Berlin Wall

with Georg Beck

"[...] Author Georg Beck recounts his encounters with Jewish composers and musicians: Josef Tal, Jeffrey Burns, Ursula Mamlok, Ruth Schonthal, Simha Arom and others. The focus is not on the 'progress of musical material', but rather on the emergence of a new sense of togetherness among musicians and contemporary witnesses. Beck describes moods, mentalities, personal sensitivities, old wounds and the miracle of a new openness. A glimpse into a dynamic era in which the process of remembering began to reorganise itself."

October

5. 21h05

Music Panorama

Broadcast by Frank Kämpfer

Forum neuer Music 2023 - In Post-War Germany. A musical-literary evening with Olaf Reitz and the E-MEX Ensemble

„Ein Mensch erkennt, dass er nie Mensch war“ (2023)

Commissioned by Deutschlandfunk

Christoph Maria Wagner - Artistic Director

E-MEX Ensemble

[...] A characteristic ability to merge sounds is found in Holz’ piece Moiré (2006/07) for accordion and clarinet. Complex textures are temporally offset, resulting in a shimmering, iridescent sound.

[...] In Holz’ ensemble work Ein Mensch erkennt, dass er nie Mensch war (2023), the accordion creates an obsessive, ominous rumbling in the background.

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Ecki Ramón Weber

July 2026

July

5. 8 pm

Concert featuring Kataklothes (2015) for large ensemble

Ensemble Zafraan

Photo: Neda Navaee

Konzerthaus, Berlin

June

6. 22:05

Atelier Neue Musik

Produced by Deutschlandfunk Part 12: My Composing Generation X Recordings by Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Jamilia Jazylbekova, Lisa Streich, Ying Wang, Sarah Nemtsov, Farzia Fallah and Eres Holz

Presented by Frank Kämpfer

Providing emerging musical artists with airtime, a platform, and opportunities for development has long been a tradition at Deutschlandfunk. With the emergence of a rapidly diversifying label landscape around the year 2000, it therefore made sense to also open the Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall to the next generation of composers. Within the framework of CD co-production, a completely new field emerged, enabling selected young authors to be conceptually supported in their development. At the same time, an editorial self-understanding began to take shape in which support was combined with challenge and responsibility. In this final episode of the series, producer Frank Kämpfer outlines the collaboration with seven composers – from Samir Odeh-Tamimi, born in 1970, to Lisa Streich, born in 1985.