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Improvisation in the exploratorium berlin

Free improvisation in the various arts – in music, dance, poetry, theatre and the visual arts – is at the heart of exploratorium berlin’s work. We see improvisation as a kind of artistic colloquial language that is just as suitable as an introduction to music-making as it is as a high-level art form.

We offer the whole range: concerts, workshops & courses, ensembles, open sessions, discussions and a library.
Have fun browsing through our program!

Highlights

Freie Improvisation

Our Highlights

stage: explorations

Ipek Eginli + Slow Pixel

young explo: for families

Shadow Stories: The Bat in the Feather Tree

Workshop for children aged 5–8 with an accompanying adult

Facilitator: Julia Dorsch

stage: Improvisation International

Mondolettosottoilcorvo – Kwiatkowski – Spera: LAUTE STILLE

Willehad Grafenhorst, Gandolfo Pagano, Fine Kwiatkowski & Fabrizio Spera

learn: weekend workshops

Expansion of klezmer practice: Variation & improvisation in klezmer music

Facilitator: Alan Bern

learn: weekend workshops

Theater improvisation and mindfulness – words and voice

Facilitator: Pedro Kadivar

young explo: for families

Ear Sharpeners and Sound Seekers – Games with Music and Movement

Workshop for children aged 2–6 years with an accompanying adult (2 groups)

Facilitator: Hada Benedito Mateo

young explo: for families

One Word Tumbles out, the Next Makes a Racket

Workshop for children aged 6–9 with an accompanying adult

Facilitator: Julia Dorsch

play: further events

Theater-Klang-Direkt

Facilitator: Lorenz Hippe

Thursdays, 18:00–20:00

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learn: offers for groups and further trainings

geräusch[mu’si:k] – Music with everyday objects in the kindergarden

Training for early childhood and primary teachers

Facilitators: Daniela Fromberg, Stefan Roigk

Overarching Events:

Neighbourhood Party 2025

Why improvisation?

Improvisation offers the opportunity to invent music, and to do so without notation. Moreover, this form of creativity is special because it takes place in a group setting. Like in a good conversation, the players develop ideas, which they would not have been able to find otherwise, by inspiring each other.

In the exploratorium we focus on so-called free improvisation, which needs neither scales nor harmony or rhythm schemes. The sound as such is the basis of music invention.

Lerning improvising and improvising learning is about collecting experiences in forming music, understanding music „from the inside out“ and getting involved in the musical flow. That requires alertness in every moment and intense listening to the other players as well as to the collective musical process.

Free improvisation means taking responsibility and contributing your own impulses while simultaneously adapting to a collective at any moment. Learning this is learning for life. To experience this in concert means to participate in a special adventure.

Performance

The exploratorium berlin enables

  • amateurs & musicians

    gain first experiences with improvisation and make contacts

  • teachers

    to get to know concepts for lively improvisational music making

  • improvisers

    to deepen their own abilities, gain new experiences and get to know new players

  • musicians & ensembles

    to perform, also in collaboration with artists from other fields

  • curious listeners

    to experience concerts from young ensembles or internationally known musicians

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Address

exploratorium berlin

Zossener Straße 24
10961 Berlin (Kreuzberg)

Marheinekeplatz (Bus 248, 20m)
U Gneisenaustraße (Bus 140, U7, 200m)
U Mehringdamm (Bus M19, U6, U7, 900m)
U Hallesches Tor (Bus M41, Bus 248, U1, U3, U6, 1000m)

Office Hours

Mo – Di 10.00 – 14.00
Mi 14.00 – 18.00
Do – Fr 10.00 – 14.00