Summer is back, along with everything that makes it Berlin’s best season: trips to the outdoor pool during your lunch break, ice cream at midnight, open-air concerts. From 27.–30.08.2025, the Neue Nationalgalerie provides the perfect backdrop for an open-air sound experience. As part of the Soundscapes in the Garden event series, live concerts will take place across three evenings, curated by Gregor Quack in collaboration with Tessa Nijdam and the CTM Festival. London-based electronic artist Loraine James will kick things off on Wednesday (27.08.) with dancer and musician Tom Heyes (better known as Blackhaine). A special highlight will be the performance by techno romantic Pantha du Prince on Friday(29.08.). In keeping with the setting, he will present his album Garden Gaia, exploring the relationship between humans and nature.
Limpe Fuchs, renowned for her improvised sound since the 1970s, will also perform that evening. She builds her instruments to create compositions that have never been heard before. Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture (see our article about it here) will take center stage in the garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie during the Long Night of Museums on Saturday (30.08.). As gently and swirlingly as her clouds of mist drift through the garden, music will unfold in the air. On the hour, when the fog rises, sound installations will play in parallel. While pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto composed pieces especially for Nakaya shortly before her death, Alva Noto (the pseudonym of Carsten Nicolai) and guitarist Stephen O’Malley rework them. Summer hasn’t sounded this creative in a long time!
Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Ivor Alice, Olivia Wunsche & David von Becker / Credit: Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Kulturforum Berlin & Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Str.50, 10785 Berlin–Tiergarten; map
Soundscapes in the Garden: An event series at Neue Nationalgalerie 27.–30.08.2025
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