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I'm working with MAX/MSP right now, writing a piece for piano (Kathrin Isabelle Klein), Percussion (Moritz Koch) and Live-Electronics (Lukas Nowok). Premiere: October 6th at the HMT Köln.

Finished a new piece for Ensemble Horizonte. Premiere will be at the Hörfest in Detmold on October 2nd. A second performance is scheduled for Nov. 8th in Schwere Reiter, Munich. We recorded it in Darmstadt already in mid July.

Also recently I finished a piece for flute, violin and cello. It's commissioned by the Munich flutist Martina Silvester who will premiere and record it with Nina Takai (Vln) and Katerina Giannitsioti (Vlc). CD recording later this year.

Another recent piece is a collaboration with Polychrome Orchestra. This by the Musikfonds funded project will result in an 60 minutes ensemble piece including (not being an arrangement of) the Kinder-totenlieder by G. Mahler. It will also be recorded and broadcast by the Bavarian Radio. Concerts are planned for Berlin (Sept. 18th), Fürth (Nov. 18th) and Munich (Nov 19th).

September-October

Together with "Musicians for a better life" and the Goethe Institut I will go to Tanzania to work with the Wagogo tribe. My music theater piece "Ng'oma Wagogo Opera" with lyrics by Anne Buter and Catherine Elibariki Mushi will be performed on three different locataion in the country including The International Bagamoyo Arts Festival. Originally planned for October 2021 this is a postponed project due to the pandemic.

Upcoming performances:
Oct. 2nd - Hörfest, Detmold (D)
Premiere of "Stille" through Ensemble Horizonte

Oct. 6th - HMT Köln (D)
Premiere of new piece for percussion, piano and live-elektronics
with Moritz Koch, Kathrin Isabelle Klein and Lukas Nowok

Oct. 9th - Fürstensaal, Fulda (D) -17h00
Samira Spiegel performs "Verwinkeltes Dasein" and "Spukhafte Fernwirkung" (pieces with loop station)

Oct. 14th/17th/24th - Dodoma/Arusha/Bagamoyo (Tanzania)
Premiere of Ng'oma Wagogo Opera

Nov. 8th - Schwere Reiter, Munich
New ensemble piece (16. Min) "Stille" with Ensemble Horizonte

Nov. 18th - Kulturforum Fürth (D)
Kindertotenlieder - Betrachtungen zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits. New ensemble piece (70 Min.) with Gustav Mahler

Nov. 19th - Schwere Reiter, Munich (D)
s. Nov 18th

Recently performed pieces:

June 20th - 20h00 Rubinsteinsaal, München (D)
"Vertigo" for Viola and Accordion is performed by Duo 2KW as part of their concert by Tonkünstlerverband München.

June 24th - 19h30 Detmold, Konzerthaus
Samira Spiegel performs "Verwinkeltes Dasein".