exploratorium berlin

Improvisation für strings – violin / viola / cello / double bass
and any other string instruments which can be played with bow

Next course August–June 2022:
28.08. | 18.09. | 02.10. | 06.11. | 11.12. | 08.01.

In German language. For details see German version.

All currently valid Corona regulations in the exploratorium can be found here.

Please note that pre-registration is required. The registration form can be found at the bottom of this page.

Details || Registration form

As a pianist and sound researcher, Magda Mayas has been working for 20 years on how preparations, amplifications and objects can expand the sound possibilities of the instrument. She did her doctorate on this topic and has presented her work many times in workshops. Since 2019, she has been head of the improvisation department at the Lucerne School of Music.

In our series Workshop spezial, in which we invite important protagonists of the international improvisation scene to a concert and a workshop, Magda Mayas will present various methods of how objects and preparations can be used as multi-sensory tools in improvisation. The personal relationship to one’s own instrument forms the starting point for developing, expanding and internalising instrumental techniques for a respective individual “timbre vocabulary”.

The workshop is aimed at advanced improvisers, all instruments and voices are welcome.

For this event, the 2G-Plus rule applies, i.e. only vaccinated and recovered persons may participate. In addition, distance is mandatory and we ask all participants to take additional tests (tests are also available on site in the explo). In return, the mask requirement is waived.
All currently valid Corona regulations in the exploratorium can be found here.

Link to the podcast with Magda Mayas on “Materiality / Timbre” (in German language).

Workshop in German language. For more details see German version.

For this event, the 2G-Plus rule applies, i.e. only vaccinated and recovered persons may participate. In addition, distance is mandatory and we ask all participants to take additional tests (tests are also available on site in the explo). In return, the mask requirement is waived.
All currently valid Corona regulations in the exploratorium can be found here.

For the registration form and the organizational details, please scroll down!

Welcome to our monthly meeting for makam-based improvisation!
Once a month on Sunday, we will meet at noon to play and improvise together in a given makam or two for two full hours. The improvisation will be lead by Tayfun Guttstadt on the Ney. Theoretical aspects will be worked on, too, but the focus is on playing together and feel the mood of the respective makam. Typical forms of oriental music will also be introduced, everything by playing and feeling.

All instruments including voice and all levels welcome.  
Can take place again with up to ten people.
 

Dates until January 2022 (Sun 14.00–16.00)
12.12. | 16.01.
 
Dates from February until July 2022 (Sun 16.00–18.00)
20.02. | 27.03. | 24.04. | 15.05. | 12.06. | 10.07.

For this event, the 2G Plus Corona regulation applies: Participants have to present of a valid proof of vaccination or convalescence as well as an additional up-to-date test (not required for boostered persons, but recommended). In addition, masks are compulsory (FFP2 or medical), but may be taken off when singing or playing wind instruments.
All currently valid Corona regulations in the exploratorium can be found here.
Please note that pre-registration is required. The registration form can be found at the bottom of this page.