Where the wild children live
Where The Wild Things Are
Zhao Cong, Zhu Wenbo, Sun Yizhou (CN)
Zhao Cong, Zhu Wenbo and Sun Yizhou are pioneers of the experimental music scene.
Ying Yang Hexa Cosmos (CN/DE)
The Immortal Mountain
Ying Yang’s Hexa Cosmos combines complex rhythms, harmonic structures and spontaneous improvisation to create a sonic universe that sounds both familiar and unexplored.
Multiple Voices (CH / AT)
Thomas Tallis – Spem in Alium (1570)
Multiple Voices performs the monumental work Spem in alium with only two singers.
Spinifex Maxximus (BE / DE / NL / GR / US / PT)
Spinifex celebrate their 20th anniversary with the German premiere of MAXXIMUS at the moers festival.
Futur2 (DE)
Futur2 temporarily brings together pioneers of advanced cueing techniques, driven by their shared passion for frequency distortion and authenticity, striving for sonic advancement and lasting experiences.
Foreshores Rising (UK)
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Foreshores Rising was developed by David Sappa and consists of kinetic and non-kinetic sound objects.
Li Daiguo solo (CN)
Li Daiguo is an influential musician in China’s experimental, world music and new music scene.
Moers session! #1
The moers sessions offer musicians from different musical worlds an opportunity to improvise.
RIGHT HERE: Charlotte Keeffe & Ashley John Long (UK)
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Curated by Graham McKenzie (artistic director hcmf)XN is a partnership project between the moers festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (= hcmf//) (UK).
Darius Heid solo (DE)
Moers Jazz Quartet feat. Maya Kehren (DE)
Why are they called the Moers Jazz Quartet?
Mamer (CN)
As one of China’s most representative avant-garde musicians, Mamer Weise combines traditional Kazakh folk music, world music and modern experimental music.
Cath Roberts, Kate Carr, Iris Colomb (UK)
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Three British artists from the improvisational and experimental music scene have come together to develop a multidisciplinary project.
Oliver Potratz & John-Dennis Renken (DE)
As a duo, Oliver Potratz & John-Dennis Renken explore the interface between acoustic improvisation and electronic sound art.
BlipVert (US)
Futur2 (DE)
Futur2 temporarily brings together pioneers of advanced cueing techniques, driven by their shared passion for frequency distortion and authenticity, striving for sonic advancement and lasting experiences.
Where the wild children live
Where The Wild Things Are
Moers Jazz Quartet feat. Maya Kehren (DE)
Why are they called the Moers Jazz Quartet?
Moers session! #2
The moers sessions offer musicians from different musical worlds an opportunity to improvise.
khm@moers
soft rotation
soft rotation is a monthly performance and concert series jointly organized by students of the Cologne Academy of Media Arts (KHM).
Be quiet! (DE / ISR / CA)
Premiere – Commissioned by the Moers Festival
Maya Dunietz – Speak out / William Northlich-Redmond – WRecked Wheel“Be quiet!
sourcrowd (DE)
‘Sourcrowd’ wants to tell stories.
bBb bBb (Li Daiguo & Lao Dan) (CN)
free improvisational ethnic music
In their project bBb bBb, Lao Dan and Li Daiguo present their unique interpretation of traditional Chinese music using extended playing techniques on classical Chinese instruments such as duduk, pipa and guzheng combined with saxophone, prepared piano and tabla.
Willi Kellers – The Circle (DE / JP)
Willi Keller’s The Circle Quartet brings together an impressive variety of musical backgrounds and influences, ranging from deep-rooted jazz and classical music to the boundaries of free improvisation.
UNPRETTED! (DE)
UNGPRBT! is more than just a band name – it’s a principle!
Koshiro Hino: Chronograffiti (JP)
Premiere – Commissioned by the Moers Festival
“Chronograffiti” is a work for three percussionists: Tsuyoshi Maeda, former
URWEREKA (RWA)
URWEREKA is the name of the joint project of the four artists from Kigala (Rwanda): Bobo Elvis, Binghi, Manzi Mbaya and Natacha “Miziguruka” Muziramakenga.
Kasper kills the flies
A gigantic musical struggle for survival
CULTURE SEAL OF QUALITY* / STUTTGART and SNUFF PUPPETS / MELBOURNE.
Rummel, Tan & Ketonge (CN/DE)
Photo credits: Sh
Flo’s Flow feat. byYEbYEsOLEIL (DE)
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (DEN / UK / IT / AT)
“The Sleep Of Reason Produces Monsters,” a powerful new quartet created during Mariam Rezaei’s residency at Café Oto in London in November 2023, blends elements of jazz, noise, hip-hop, techno, and new music to create a ferocious storm of sound.
Maya Dunietz (ISR)
Organ solo
The Israeli musician and composer Maya Dunietz is at home in experimental music, improvisation and electronic sound art.
YPY (JP)
Photo credit: Dai…
random expectation (CN / DE)
The encounter project between Sun Yizhou, Zhu Wenbo, Zhao Cong, Tan Shuoxin, Simon Rummel, Thilo Schoelpen and Matthias Kaiser promises a fusion of diverse sound worlds.
Marco Fusinato – Deleterious exhalation (AUS)
Marco Fusinato’s project “Deleterious exhalation” is an innovative artistic exploration of the boundaries of music and visual art.
Ghost Dogs (DE)
Ghost Dogs is the name of a group led by drummer Armin Thommesen that is fully dedicated to jazz, jazz-rock, blues and swing music.
Where the wild children live
Where The Wild Things Are
khm@moers
soft rotation
soft rotation is a monthly performance and concert series jointly organized by students of the Cologne Academy of Media Arts (KHM).
The moers sessions offer musicians from different musical worlds an opportunity to improvise.
Hey! 2025! (DE, BE)
Types and texts by Hanns Dieter Hüsch
Molass (DE)
MOLASS’s new soul combines old and new, a play between hot and cold that evokes emotions that are difficult to put into words.
…suddenly quiet in the universe
Youth project of the Moers Festival
This year, the moers festival is once again offering children and young people the opportunity to experience the world of moers under the title “… suddenly quiet in the Unimoersum?
Led Bib (UK)
In 2019, Led Bib’s album It’s Morning marked a turning point when the keyboardist left the band and it seemed as if the ensemble’s 20-year history was over.
hcmf@moers
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XN is a partnership project between the moers festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (= hcmf//) (UK).
Sax for Peace (ISR)
“Sax for Peace” is a project by Israeli musician and composer Maya Dunietz that uses music as a universal language for peace and understanding.
Holy Scum (UK / US)
Holy Scum is a band from Manchester whose name reflects the visceral growl of their music – a mix of raw sludge, noise and improvised rock.
Kasper kills the flies
A gigantic musical struggle for survival
Hayden Chisholm’s Kinetic Chain (NZ / DE / SWE)
The New Zealand musician and composer Hayden Chisholm combines elements of traditional music, jazz and free improvisation and brings with Hayden Chisholm’s Kinetic Chain a true supergroup to Moers: Chisholm, Achim Kaufmann, Petter Eldh and Jonas Burgwinkel move at the highest level between compositions and sound worlds that take the audience on a profound musical journey.
The Temple of Electryone
by William Nortlich-Redmond
In Will Northlich-Redmond’s project The Temple of Electryone, up to 20 musicians from the festival line-up create a spatial experience in the Protestant city church as a festival ensemble.
God’s Burnout (CN / DE)
While creation is weakening, God’s Burnout delivers uncompromising curiosity about (sonic) existence.
Angelica Sanchez (US)
Composer and pianist Angelica Sanchez is known for her unique, sonically experimental compositions, which draw on both traditional jazz elements and modern, avant-garde techniques.
Ellen Arkbro (SWE)
presents Nightclouds (solo organ)
Ellen Arkbro (born 1990) is a composer, musician and sound artist who works with precisely tuned intervallic harmony.
The End of Love & su dance110 (CN / DE)
Das Ende der Liebe and the Chinese performance artist su dance110 present a project on the theme of “silence” developed especially for the moers festival.
Caspar Brötzmann (DE)
It will be loud, raw, experimental and intense, as Caspar Brötzmann fuses elements of rock, jazz, noise and free improvisation – plus distortion and unconventional techniques.
Binghi (RWA)
DJ set
Binghi is a DJ and music producer and a driving force in Kigali’s modern music scene.
Koshiro Hino: SO-TEN-I (JP)
(Phase Transition)
After an unforgettable performance in 2024, Koshiro Hino returns in 2025 with two performances – as composer and performer.
Ghost Dogs (DE)
Ghost Dogs is the name of a group led by drummer Armin Thommesen that is fully dedicated to jazz, jazz-rock, blues and swing music.
Moers session! #4
The moers sessions offer musicians from different musical worlds an opportunity to improvise.
khm@moers
soft rotation
soft rotation is a monthly performance and concert series jointly organized by students of the Cologne Academy of Media Arts (KHM).
Kapustin revisited (DE)
“Kapustin revisited” is a musical and artistic statement on the music of the Ukrainian composer who died in 2020.
Orchestra of Occassion (CH / FIN / BE)
Orchestre d’occasion is a contemporary music ensemble from Basel.
Federal Jazz Orchestra (Bujazzo) (DE)
Somewhere in the world…
In its current program, the Federal Jazz Orchestra (Bujazzo) presents music from compensation files of musicians persecuted under National Socialism.
Where the wild children live
Where The Wild Things Are
A special place where laughter, joy and freedom are the focus – here both small and big children can play, romp and discover the world in their own way!
Kalia Vandever (US)
Not only in her home country of America, trombonist and composer Kalia Vandever inspires with her experimental approach to jazz and avant-garde music.
Nduduzo Makhathini & Omagugu (ZAF)
Zulu Love Songs
Zulu Love Songs is a project by Nduduzo and Omagugu Makhathini that combines traditional Zulu music with modern influences.
June 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the hall
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith (US)
DEFIANT LIFE
Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith create powerful, unclassifiable duets imbued with subtle emotion, mystery and spiritual intensity.
Caspar Brötzmann Massacre (DE)
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker is known for its innovative mix of heavy, experimental rock with elements of industrial and avant-garde music.
